Tag: Herbert Smith Freehills

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

HSF junior lawyer makes Forbes power list for ‘alternative Old Boys network’
Sophie Pender recognised for social mobility efforts

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

Eight new speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2022
Latest speakers unveiled to bolster line-up for Legal Cheek’s annual future of legal education and training conference as countdown to 12 May draws closer

HSF ups financial support for future trainees studying the LPC to £12,500
New figure matches majority of magic circle

How the SQE brings greater ‘flexibility, freedom and innovation’
Graduate recruiters and L&D teams at Baker McKenzie, DWF, HSF and Reed Smith join an expert in legal education at BARBRI to discuss the opportunities available to aspiring solicitors under the new regime

Freshfields, BCLP, HSF, Latham and Squires join flood of firms to quit Moscow
Russia exodus continues

HSF and White & Case reveal spring trainee retention scores
Global law firms both retain 83% of March qualifying cohort

Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2022
From rookies staying late for each other to partners always being available for a chat — which firms are the friendliest?

HSF joins City pay war with £105k base NQ salary
Bonus on top

Oxford v Cambridge moot debacle shows that even top law students make mistakes
Howlers on both sides in aftermath of face-off

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey quits HSF advisory role amid MPs second jobs row
PM proposes rules banning political consultancy gigs

From self-taught coder to tech lawyer
Herbert Smith Freehills junior associate Jamie Ball shares his career journey and advice to students

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

Top City firms join forces to launch legal ops grad scheme
Intensive four-week course designed in partnership with ULaw

Solicitor accused of injecting blood into supermarket food previously worked for A&O, Milbank and HSF
Leoaai Elghareeb arrested last week

Herbert Smith Freehills launches legal ops graduate training scheme
Includes three-month secondment

City firms publish strong financial results despite Covid disruption
Revenue rises at HSF, Eversheds, Fieldfisher and Kennedys

HSF raises NQ ‘total compensation’ to £107k
Posts 97% autumn trainee retention result

Clifford Chance latest law firm to dish out COVID bonuses to all lawyers and staff
Follows similar moves made by HSF, Simmons and Bevan Brittan

HSF appoints first female senior partner
M&A specialist Rebecca Maslen-Stannage takes up new role from 1 May