Tuesday, November 30, 2004

LEGAL BUSINESS AWARDS 2005

Simply Law Jobs were very proud to be sponsors of the "Boutique Law Firm of the Year" Merit Award at the LEGAL BUSINESS AWARDS 2005 on the 10th February. This award recognised smaller law firms (with less than 15 partners) that have excelled in focused areas of law. The judges looked at relative performance, comments from clients about the strength of the service received, and for profile beyond what might be expected of a firm of such size. This award is focused on quality. We are delighted to have sponsored this award as we are a small, independent company with a focus on quality and delivering a service that exceeds people’s expectations.

The 2005 Legal Business Awards were held on 10th February 2005 at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. They were certainly the 'Oscars of the Legal Profession, the best in the business, rewarding absolute excellence in the practice of commercial law.

The Categories & Winners:

Pro Bono Initiative of the Year - Weil, Gotshal & Manges
In-House Team of the Year - The Royal Bank of Scotland
Regional Firm of the Year - Hill Dickinson
Boutique Firm of the Year - Curtis Davis Garrard
Most Enterprising Law Firm of the Year - Linklaters
European Office of the Year - Gleiss Lutz
Asia Pacific Office of the Year - Norton Rose
Best US Law Firm in London - O'Melveny & Myers
Lawyer of the Year - Edwin Glasgow QC, 39 Essex Street
Management Partner of the Year - Neville Eisenberg, Berwin Leighton Paisner
Law Firm of the Year - DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

Teams of the Year:
Banking & Finance - White & Case
Competition - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Corporate/Restructuring - Clifford Chance
Dispute Resolution - Stephenson Harwood
Financial Services & Insurance - Allen & Overy
M&A/Private Equity - Slaughter and May
Planning & Environment - Eversheds
Private Client - Clintons
Project Finance - Sullivan & Cromwell
Real Estate - S J Berwin
TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology) - Bird & Bird


What a night was had by all! Ian Hislop was the guest presenter.

Visit www.simplylawjobs.com

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Press Release October 2004

www.simplylawjobs.com gets off to a great start!

Simply Law Jobs, one of the UK’s leading online legal recruitment websites, is this week celebrating its first six months of business with latest figures showing it to be one of the fastest growing companies in its sector.

Since going live in April 2004, the website has made significant headway within the online legal recruitment sector and has received praise from all corners of industry. Advertising legal vacancies on behalf of Legal Recruitment Companies, Solicitors Firms and Corporate Companies, simplylawjobs.com has already seen itself registered as the No. 1 site of its kind based on traffic levels.

Popular website www.alljobsuk.com rated the site as ‘Excellent’, describing it as:

‘One of the best new entrants to the online recruitment sector this year. This site has really hit the ground running and has quickly established itself in a competitive niche sector.’

The independently run website offers the most competitive prices in the market (within its field), and from October 04 the site showed an average of 572,000 hits per month. In addition, there have been over 1600 applications sent via the site since its launch and it sends out around 1200 jobs-by-email each week.

The company have also recently announced that they are working exclusively in partnership with a number of high-profile companies within the Legal and Recruitment fields, which is sure to enhance their profile even further in the coming months.

Simply Law Jobs is the No.1 site of its kind based on web traffic levels – www.alexa.com

Michelle Jones, Sales & Managing Director of Simply Law Jobs, says: “We are delighted with the response to date and the positive feedback we have been receiving. We are very excited about building on this success to have the best jobs and the best recruiters advertising on the site, coupled with attracting the highest quality candidates. As an independent business we are incredibly passionate about the service we provide and are constantly promoting the site to its target audience through a wide range of activities. We recommend that recruiters have a look at the site and see the benefits for themselves’.

For further information, please contact Michelle Jones on 0870 766 7650

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Useful Legal Links & Websites

Ability Plus - Commercial Mediation
Agency Central - Search for Legal recruitment agencies
AH Paralegal - Paralegal Training Company
Amnesty - Amnesty International
Bar Council - General Council of the Bar
Blue Line Careers - The Police & Criminal Justice Job Site
Bournemouth University - Careers Service
Clickdocks - UK Legal Documents, Contracts, Tenancy Agreements etc
Criminal Justice Systems - Criminal Justice Systems
Commission for Racial - Equality Commission for Racial
Court Service - Court Service
Connecting Legal - Online Legal directory information
Crown Prosecution Service - Crown Prosecution Service
Dti - Dti Employment Relations
Environmental Law - Environmental Law Foundation
Foil - Forum of Insurance Lawyers
Forensic Practitioners - Forensic Practitioners
Fortius - Legal Conferences
Google - Search Engine Her Majesty’s Stationery Office - Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Institute of Legal Executives - Institute of Legal Executives
Insurance Job Site - Insurance Jobboard including Compliance Jobs
Infolaw - Infolaw
Internet Intellectual Property - Internet Intellectual Property
Justices’ Clerks’ Society - Justices’ Clerks’ Society
Just Ask - Need information on a Legal Issue
Lawyer Locator - Lawyer Locator
Lawtel - News for Lawyers
Lawyers UK: Lawyers UK and other related lawyer links Legal Directory - UK Solicitors, Barristers and legal resources
Legal Services Commission - Legal Services Commission
Legal Technology - Legal Software
Magistrates Association - Magistrates Association
National Online Recruitment Audience Survey - National Online Recruitment Audience Survey Newbusiness.co.uk - Latest News
Nottingham Law School One Search Direct - Legal & National Searches
Parliament (UK) - Parliament (UK)
Peapod-Legal - Experts in Legal IT
Pro Bono Group - Solicitors Pro Bono Group
Procius - Personnel Vetting
Solicitors Family Law Association - Solicitors Family Law Association
Solicitors Online - Find a Solicitor
The Home Office - The Home Office
The Law Education Network - The Law Education Network
The Law Society - The Law Society
The Law Society of Ireland - The Law Society of Ireland
The Law Society of Scotland - The Law Society of Scotland
The Law Commission - The Law Commission
The Law Careers Advice Network- The Law Careers Advice Network
The Law Gazette - The Law Gazette
The NAPL - The National Association Of Paralegals
The Property Search Group UK Law School - UK Law Schools
Underoak - Legal Training
Venables - Excellent Legal Information Source
Useful Legal Links & Websites