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Commercial awareness is a vital skill for trainee solicitors. For candidates applying for vacation schemes and training contracts, becoming commercially aware involves building an understanding of how law firms and their clients work as businesses and how the wider world impacts them. This concise guide rounds up a range of key commercial stories and talking points from 2021.
Let’s break down the top stories that made headlines in 2023 and consider what you should look out for in 2024.
The Treasury Solicitor’s department has become the first government department to commit to the Law Society diversity charter, making it the 400th signatory to date.
Corporate law firm Travers Smith is partnering with a LGBT charity to develop a mentoring programme designed to empower a new, diverse generation of lawyers.
Partner salaries at Travers Smith LLP have increased by 18%, bringing average earnings to £1.3 million.
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Elite corporate firm Travers Smith has become the latest big firm to announce that it is embracing flexible working.
Women make up all of the latest round of partner promotions at leading corporate firm Travers Smith.
Travers Smith is encouraging staff to use ‘safe-words’ to call out inappropriate language in the office.
The transition from sixth form to university, especially at the height of the pandemic, was quite challenging (for context, I attended an international school outside the UK).
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The Legal Education and Training Review has resolved to make ethics central to the legal profession following a well-attended symposium in Manchester, which focused on the emerging issues from the review.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has apologised for creating "confusion" over the number of training contracts there were in 2014.
A training contract, or qualifying work experience (QWE), is a two-year period spent working at a law firm or other organisation that employs solicitors. It’s one of the stages required to qualify as a solicitor.
Many law firms use assessment centres as part of the selection process for vacation scheme and training contract candidates. So how do you prepare for an assessment centre, what can you expect on the day and what are firms looking for? Read on for LawCareers.Net’s expert advice.
Many law firms use assessment centres as part of the selection process for vacation scheme and training contract candidates. So, how do you prepare for an assessment centre, what can you expect on the day and what exactly are firms assessing you on? Here’s our expert advice.
