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Dentons reveals disappointing 68% autumn retention figure
Global mega firm hangs on to 13 of its 19 London NQs Dentons has revealed a less than impressive 2016 autumn retention rate of 68%. The global giant — which offers around 20 London-based training...
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Bird & Bird boosts junior lawyer pay packets to £62,000
City law firm keeps hold of 88% of its autumn NQs Bird & Bird has treated its London-based newly qualified (NQ) lawyers to a modest pay boost, which will see salaries upped by 5% to £62,000. The...
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Dechert hikes newly qualified salaries by 22% to £90,000
City outfit Watson Farley & Williams also bumps junior lawyer pay to £68,000 US outfit Dechert has upped the pay packets of its London newly qualified lawyers (NQs) to £90,000. NQs at the...
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Event: Brexit and the future — how global law firms deal with political...
Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers look ahead to a potentially eventful autumn; students ask the questions Commercial Awareness Question Time is back, with the London office of leading international law...
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Cleary Gottlieb boosts pay for newly qualified solicitors to £105,000
MoneyLaw but on a more modest scale US stalwart Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has leapt about the MoneyLaw bandwagon, upping the pay packets of its London-based newly qualified (NQ) lawyers to a...
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RPC unveils 70% autumn retention score
While Watson Farley & Williams’ stands at 93% International outfit RPC has revealed a 2016 autumn retention rate of 70%. Of the 20 trainees due to qualify this month, 14 will be taking up newly...
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We spoke to the Hogan Lovells junior solicitor who is helping the British...
Newly qualified Lorn Joseph on the legal experience of a lifetime When lawyers look back on their careers, often it’s the chance pieces of work that come along during their training contracts that set...
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Solicitor turned ISIS supporter sentenced to five-and-a-half-years for terror...
Judge tells Anjem Choudary his actions “divided the world into two” A radical preacher has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison today for inviting others to support ISIS, having...
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Alan Blacker re-hearing bid fails
Controversial solicitor-advocate was booted out of the profession earlier this summer Alan Blacker has had his application for a fresh hearing rejected by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)....
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Travers Smith keeps 94% of new qualifiers while Eversheds hangs on to 77%
Contrasting autumn retention results Big name corporate law firms Travers Smith and Eversheds have released their trainee retention results. Travers has kept all but one of its new qualifiers from a...
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Clifford Chance latest magic circle firm to release newly qualified retention...
Nine NQs head for the exit Clifford Chance has become the latest magic outfit to reveal its autumn retention rate, chalking up a fairly underwhelming 82%. The firm revealed that of its 49 autumn...
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Charlie Hebdo rant trainee qualifies as a solicitor and is retained by...
Exclusive: Magic circle firm stands by its man Clifford Chance has decided to hang on to a trainee solicitor who caused national outrage last year when he took to YouTube to point the finger at the...
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18-year-old Northern Irish school-leaver bags City law apprentice glamour gig...
Timmy Kennedy’s earnings at Mayer Brown will reach £47,000 in final year of scheme An 18-year-old school-leaver has landed a place on Mayer Brown’s highly sought after earn-while-you-learn “articled...
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Revealed: Lawyers are the most right-swiped profession in the UK
Tinder dates all round in firms and chambers Lawyers have come out on top in the quest to find the most right-swiped profession on Tinder in the country. Fending off competition from the likes of...
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Weil Gotshal boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £115,000
More MoneyLaw madness The London office of US giant Weil Gotshal & Manges has increased pay by 15%, according to a report from a usually reliable blog. This means that the firm’s newly qualified...
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Simmons & Simmons has retained just half of its trainees
Firm points to Brexit to explain disappointing result City giant Simmons & Simmons has revealed its 2016 autumn retention rate, and it’s pretty low. Out of a cohort of 24 trainees, just half will...
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Law grad ‘deeply concerned’ for future career as he’s fined for unlawfully...
He’s planning to appeal his conviction A law graduate has felt the full weight of the justice system this week, being fined $1,500 (£868) for unlawfully posing as a solicitor when he wasn’t qualified...
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Reed Smith keeps 8 out of 12 qualifying trainees
Four rookies exit the Broadgate Tower Global law firm Reed Smith has revealed a so-so retention rate of 67% — albeit from a relatively small cohort. Of the 12 final-seat trainees due to qualify this...
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Macfarlanes and Addleshaw Goddard reveal autumn retention results
Encouraging 80%+ performances from ‘silver circle’ outfit and ‘northern giant’ Corporate duo Macfarlanes and Addleshaw Goddard have released their autumn retention results, with both firms keeping over...
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Politician says parliament to be kept in dark about EU negotiations, lawyers...
Basic principle of parliamentary sovereignty may be under threat from Brexit “farce” Lawyers have clubbed together for a shared social media moan this week, slamming David Davis’ position on...
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