Tag: Freshfields

Has the Magic Circle lost its magic?
After a quarter of a century of pulling rabbits out of the hat, the elite quintet is facing arguably its toughest test yet

Solicitor General Alex Chalk and ex-magic circle associate Bim Afolami MP become latest Tory lawyers to abandon Boris Johnson
Conservative vice-chair Afolami quit on live TV

City Consortium reveals future trainees will complete ‘mini-training seats’ with virtual law firm as part of SQE prep
New details emerge during LegalEdCon 2022

TikTok tours of some of the City’s fanciest law firm offices
Go beyond the plush lobbies

What top City firms will pay in maintenance to future SQE trainees
Financial grants range from £12,500 to £17,000

Freshfields and Slaughters follow Clifford Chance in upping LPC maintenance grants by a quarter
Future trainees to receive £12,500 in financial support

Freshfields narrows gender pay gap for third year
Ethnicity, disability and LGBTQ+ results also improve

Magic circle firms A&O and Freshfields latest to review Russia client links
City response continues

Revealed: The law firms with the best offices 2022
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey can reveal the law firms with the swankiest digs

Freshfields launches fintech-focused virtual work experience programme
Students help fictitious client acquire crypto business

Top City law firms come together to run diversity ‘hackathon’
Legal CORE aims to increase representation of BAME individuals in private practice through collaborative forums and crowdsourcing ideas

Freshfields matches Clifford Chance on trainee pay
£50k in year one and £55k in year two

Freshfields reports 5% uplift in revenue and partner profits
PEP hits £1.91 million

Exclusive: Freshfields trainee jokes to fellow rookies ‘the poor are nothing’
Spokesperson says misplaced remark in email 'not reflective of the firm or its values'

Freshfields junior lawyer to compete in Tokyo Olympics
Caroline Chew, 27, is set to become the first Singaporean to compete in equestrian at the Games

Pride 2021: Clifford Chance lawyers belt out gender-neutral track
Magic circle marks Pride month 🏳️🌈

THIS WEEK: The Legal Cheek Summer Virtual Vacation Scheme
Featuring magic circle, US and international law firms