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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Addleshaws creates new level with managing associate rank

    Addleshaw Goddard has introduced the role of managing associate, it has emerged, as part of a drive to reward high-achieving lawyers with four years' post-qualification experience (PQE) and more.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Addleshaws taps school regeneration market with £250m east London deal

    Addleshaw Goddard has sealed an eye-catching mandate to advise on a new £250m schools regeneration project in northeast London.

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  • September 17, 2007 |

    Hammonds extends notice periods in associate benefits revamp

    Hammonds has brought in a new-look benefits package for associates in a move that also extends the notice periods required of its junior lawyers. The new incentives scheme is part of a wider revamp of the firm's compensation for junior fee earners that began earlier this year and includes greater holiday allowances as its lawyers move up the career ladder, with senior associates receiving 27 days of paid leave a year.

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  • September 13, 2007 |

    Links tops law firms in graduate employer poll

    Law firms continue to lag accountancy giants and corporate employers in the opportunities they offer UK graduates, according to a recent poll by The Times. Linklaters was placed highest of 11 law firms to feature in the newspaper's latest annual top 100 list of the UK's leading graduate employers, compiled from interviews with more than 17,000 new graduates to leave university this summer.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Mishcons partner becomes latest Withers IP hire

    Withers has beefed up its intellectual property (IP) practice in the capital after scooping the head of non-contentious brands and rights from London rival Mishcon de Reya.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    The North: Deal or no deal

    They have won the big clients and are doing the big deals, but how do they solve the problem of luring the lawyers back up north? Helen Mooney reports

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 12/9/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Osborne Clarke, Wragges and Norton Rose among the movers and shakers

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    City litigators want right to judge the judges

    Calls for judges to be assessed by court users have received strong backing from senior litigators, who have identified the quality of the judiciary as a major factor behind the length and expense of trials. Nearly half (43%) the respondents to a Legal Week survey of more than 100 senior litigators and barristers said they would 'definitely' support the introduction of an 'upward appraisal' of judges, with a further 41% indicating they might support such a move.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Proskauer closes in on long-awaited London debut

    Proskauer Rose is set to make its entrance into the London market with the New York law firm in talks to recruit the former head of O'Melveny & Myers' City arm to launch its UK law practice.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Racial equality cited as number one issue in legal diversity drive

    Lawyers view racial equality as the crucial issue in the legal profession's battle to boost diversity, while the need to properly monitor diversity statistics is also acknowledged as a priority for law firms. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest Big Question survey

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