2018: A window into the future
What will the legal industry look like in five years’ time?
Richard Simmons
Rich is The Lawyer’s deputy editor. He has a particular focus on firms outside the UK top 50.
He was previously editor of The Lawyer’s student publication Lawyer 2B, and as such also has an interest everything to do with legal education, training contracts and pupillage, as well as lawyers’ ongoing career development.
Orrick and Olswang’s L-plate tectonics
Market shift sees firms pay for overambitious trainee policies September’s NQ retention figures are trickling in and, as always, some firms have had good years while others have resigned themselves to the fact that the thousands they invested in LPC fees and trainee salaries may as well have been spent on a giant statue of […]
The longest day: waiting for pupillage offers
Waiting on pupillage offers can be tough. One bar hopeful put pen to paper to save her nails. It’s one minute past midnight on Monday 1 August. Today’s the day that will make or break the careers of this year’s clutch of aspiring barristers. Today we’ll find out whether we have what it takes to […]
Vacation schemes: how to stand out and get ahead
Vacation schemes are not only a chance to get noticed by a law firm, but provide the perfect opportunity for you to decide where you want to work
The big interview: Baroness Scotland
From an East End working class background to the highest legal post in the land, Baroness Scotland talks to Corinne McPartland about her epic journey.
Salayha Hussain-Din: the trainee who negotiated with the Taliban
As a trainee in-house lawyer at Northern & Shell, Salayha Hussain-Din got a little more than she bargained for when she was sent to negotiate with the Taliban for the release of reporter Yvonne Ridley. Jennifer Currie discovers being a trainee can sometimes involve more than just photocopying