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Regional rises: CMS ups Bristol trainee pay by 16%
Exclusive: Newly-merged mega firm also throws extra cash at NQs north and south of the border Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol CMS has boosted trainee pay packets at its Bristol office by £5,000 as...
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I want to be a barrister but now I’ve been offered a training contract — what...
This is a life-changing decision for me In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one aspiring barrister has been thrown a curve ball, and he’s wondering whether to catch it. I have...
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From student to solicitor: The most important things that you learn during...
‘A person who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new’ — advice from a Burges Salmon NQ ahead of the firm’s TC application deadline “Being proactive is the name of the game,” says John...
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Asylum seeker turned solicitor who only qualified in 2016 wins immigration...
Baroness Doreen Lawrence handed out gongs at yesterday’s legal aid awards Award winners. Image via @LALYawards A solicitor from Croydon who relied on legal aid lawyers when he came to the UK as an...
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Macfarlanes sharply raises NQ pay to over £80,000
Exclusive: £10k increase for firm’s newly qualified lawyers Instagram (Rich Kids Of Instagram) Macfarlanes has bumped up the pay cheques of its newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors by a hefty £10,000....
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The rise of the new media lawyers
Remote-working, low overhead model that allows for work-life balance is shaking up provision of defamation law Alex Wade skateboarding Sat by the Cornish seafront eating fish and chips with his newborn...
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Travers Smith boosts pay for trainees and NQs
It has been a very good week for firms’ salary increases Travers Smith has revealed trainee pay rises of between 2% and 3%, and a newly-qualified (NQ) pay rise of 5%. Until recently, budding lawyers in...
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Leigh Day suspends two paralegals accused of ‘touting’ for business among...
Not ideal when you’re angling for a training contract The top human rights firm cleared last month over Iraq murder compensation claims has been hit by yet more controversy after two of its paralegals...
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Shearman & Sterling keeps 13 out of 15 trainees
Their pay will now more than DOUBLE from £50k to £105k Kerching! It’s trainee retention rate season once again, as the nation’s leading law firms decide who they’ll keep (and pay massive real lawyer...
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Where will corporate law firms be ten years from now?
Ahead of ‘Lawyers and the fourth industrial revolution’ in Birmingham this Wednesday, Pinsent Masons partner Richard Masters draws on 30 years of practice to forecast what comes next “I suspect that...
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Love happens here: The very best lawyer photos from London Pride
Includes a dog in a barrister’s wig wearing a Hawaiian lei Lawyers took to the glitter-laden streets of London this weekend to march for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights...
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Norton Rose Fulbright raises NQ pay to £75k
Trainee money is increased too The London office of Norton Rose Fulbright has become the latest corporate law firm to raise pay for its rookie lawyers. Newly qualified solicitor remuneration at the...
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Ashurst autumn retention rate: 95% of NQs staying on
Their salaries will leap from £46,000 to £72,000 overnight City giant Ashurst has announced its September 2017 qualification stats, and it’s good news for its trainees. Of the 20 aspiring lawyers due...
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Training contract applications, they’re a two-way street
Think as much about what you can offer the firm as what the firm can offer you, advises trainee Gillian Jaravaza ahead of Norton Rose Fulbright’s TC application deadline on Sunday We’ve all been there...
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The tuition fee backlash could spell danger for the solicitor super-exam
Design of the cheaper LPC replacement is based on undergraduate fees staying high A growing backlash against undergraduate tuition fees, that looks set to see them reduced or even abandoned altogether,...
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A second law firm is set to list on the London Stock Exchange
Gordon Dadds to follow Gateley in going public A London commercial law firm has announced that it is set to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) — only the second time in history such a move has...
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Slaughter and May reveals solid 91% autumn retention score
29 out of 32 rookies commit their future to the elite magic circle firm Slaughter and May has announced 91% of its September qualifiers will be staying on at the firm. The elite magic circle outfit,...
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How to survive the supervisor from hell
A junior solicitor reflects on the sadism lurking within City law firms You’ve heard the rumours. You’ve listened to the tales of unspeakable cruelty. You’ve imagined how you would cope if you too were...
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Fieldfisher reveals perfect 100% retention score as top partners pocket £2...
Backslapping all-round Fieldfisher has trumpeted a perfect 100% autumn retention score, as its latest set of financial results reveal top partners are trousering a whopping £2 million. The firm, one of...
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Trowers keeps 7 out of 10 qualifying trainees as Withers unveils 73% autumn...
Dip in retention form for City duo Trowers & Hamlins’ office (left) Withers’ office (right) International outfit Trowers & Hamlins and private client specialist Withers have revealed mediocre...
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