Legal Recruitment Blog

31.07.07 What does a Crime Solicitor do? We occasionally run series of articles on this site with a different theme, and this one is all about what different types of law actually mean... at this time of year, we get a lot of calls from would be trainee solicitors hunting for holiday work, vacation placements and training contracts, and most probably have very little idea as to the reality of life as a solicitor in a certain field. A crime solicitor used to have a little bit of credibility about him/her, but in recent times it has almost become an embarrassment to be one. Rates for the work haven't gone up in years, and currently a crime solicitor could earn more working the night shift at Asda stacking shelves than going to a police station on a murder representation. A field to avoid if at all possible, unless hooked on adrenalin bursts, no sleep for weeks at a time, 18 hour working days for no recompense, or a strange desire to see that justice is done fairly. A typical day of a...

30.07.07 What does a Company Commercial Solicitor do? We occasionally run series of articles on this site with a different theme, and this one is all about what different types of law actually mean... at this time of year, we get a lot of calls from would be trainee solicitors hunting for holiday work, vacation placements and training contracts, and most probably have very little idea as to the reality of life as a solicitor in a certain field. A company commercial solicitor is usually well paid, deals with a lot of administrative work, and spends an inordinate amount of time being nice to directors of companies from back bedroom start ups through to blue chip multinationals. In essence, company commercial work is all to do with compliance with various regulations, and ensuring that the operation of a company is within the legal framework of legislation. Quite a lot of time is spent reading contracts, agreements, shareholder paperwork, and chairing meetings. This is one area of the law...

July 2007 - the changing face of high street legal recruitment Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment is made up of a number of different websites and you can register to improve your prospects via any of our sites. Our sites simply offer law jobs, and we are totally committed to legal recruitment - we operate www.ten-percent.co.uk, our main site, www.jonathanfagan.co.uk (property, wills, probate, litigation), www.conveyancing-jobs.co.uk, www.crime-solicitor.co.uk (crime - duty solicitors, police station accredited reps and NQ), www.eastmidlandslegal.co.uk, www.yorkshire-legal-recruitment.co.uk, www.hampshirelegal.co.uk, www.homecountieslegal.co.uk and www.chancerylane.co.uk (UK corporate and commercial solicitor recruitment by email). All our sites are an integral part of our legal recruitment group. We also offer a locum service for assignments of more than 1 month at www.ten-percent.co.uk/locum.htm   We remain at the forefront of online recruitment, and currently feature fairly prominently ...

Family Solicitors - what do they do? Family law tends to be concentrated at the high street end of the legal profession, with the majority of family lawyers dealing with matters for both private or legal services commission funded (legal aid) clients, where there is probably one large asset (a house), a couple of children, and warring parents. Family law is divided up into sectors - there is divorce and ancillary relief (the latter is the financial aspects of divorce - who gets what), children work (contact, residence and restrictions on living arrangements) and injunctions for domestic violence. If you are thinking of doing family law at the higher end of the scale, the majority of the work is ancillary relief - who gets what from the money put together in the marriage. At the lower end, it is likely to be a mix of children and domestic violence with straightforward divorces with no finances involved. Family lawyers tend to be a breed unto themselves. There can be a lot of "my cl...

Weather and Legal Recruitment Legal recruitment is a fickle thing. Some years ago, when the second Gulf War broke out, recruitment of lawyers plummeted. We found all our clients suddenly deciding not to recruit at the same speed they were a few months beforehand, and our consultants twiddling their thumbs. Similarly September 11th 2001 and 7th July 2005 also had a profound effect on us, with people glued to their television screens and the BBC website rather than the Ten-Percent site unsurprisingly! In the same vein we also find that major football tournaments affect our recruitment, with The World Cup being particularly interesting last year. On the dates of the matches involving England, we discovered that the morning would be frenetic - people wanting CVs, firms wanting interviews, and candidates wanting advice, and in the afternoon we were completely quiet with no interest from anyone! At present, the bad weather is increasing our workload. Firms are recruiting, candidates a...

09.07.07 What does a Conveyancing Solicitor do? A new series of "What does a lawyer do" We occasionally run series of articles on this site with a different theme, and this one is all about what different types of law actually mean... at this time of year, we get a lot of calls from would be trainee solicitors hunting for holiday work, vacation placements and training contracts, and most probably have very little idea as to the reality of life as a solicitor in a certain field. Conveyancing Solicitors - what do they do? Conveyancing is usually divided into two areas of work in a high street setting - firstly there is residential conveyancing, and secondly there is commercial conveyancing. The difference is exactly that - one is houses for individuals or investors, the other is offices and premises for business or commercial interests. On the whole, high street firms tend to deal with residential conveyancing and some light commercial work - eg chip shops, post offices, indivi...