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Conference organiser and LC.N editor Isla Grant outlines the value of CityLawLIVE for aspiring commercial lawyers.
Jonathan Wood, partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, gives his advice on developing a commercial outlook and understanding the law firm as a business.
Mark Deem, a commercial litigation partner specialising in technology and media at Cooley (UK) LLP, talks about the challenge of using old laws to regulate new technological advances and what motivated him to go into law.
Civil law involves relations between persons, and between persons and organisations.
Legal aid is the assistance given to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. It’s essential in helping to provide equal access to justice to all – something that is crucial to ensure everyone has the right to a fair trial.
Human rights law has long been a popular choice for students and practitioners, with universities increasingly offering human rights modules as part of their law degrees, and ever more firms and chambers boasting specialisms in the field.
Human rights law is essential for a fair and civilised society where all are protected, including the vulnerable, and is a popular choice for students and practitioners.
Civil litigation and criminal litigation are two of the centrally set assessments on the Bar course and the books are massive.
New research from the Social Mobility Foundation has revealed that those from working-class origins earn on average 13.05% less than their middle and upper-class peers.
Magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May have said that they will not introduce legal apprenticeships to their recruitment and training models, while Freshfields may soon become the first magic circle firm to take on apprentices.
Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has introduced a "CV blind policy" in the final recruitment stage of its trainee selection process.
The University of Law has secured an exclusive partnership with magic circle law firm Clifford Chance to deliver its Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) courses.
Clifford Chance has raised its newly qualified (NQ) lawyer salaries to £107,500 – a 7% increase from £100,000 – as the NQ lawyer pay war continues.
Magic circle firm Clifford Chance launched its Racial Justice Award in October, following the killing of George Floyd and the increased awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement that followed.
