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Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group belt out Bruno Mars hit
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Slaughter and May offers junior lawyers ‘job share’ option
Magic circle firm pilots series of flexi-work schemes which see associates work reduced hours for less pay
Hogan Lovells and Simmons latest to up junior lawyer pay
£100k and £88k
City firms publish strong financial results despite Covid disruption
Revenue rises at HSF, Eversheds, Fieldfisher and Kennedys
Pinsents ditches billing targets in bonus shake-up
International firm will now set financial rewards against criteria including colleague trust and environmental impact
Macfarlanes boosts NQ lawyer pay to £90k as it confirms 88% trainee retention score
Rookies also handed rises
Trainee solicitor dismissed a month after revealing pregnancy loses employment case
Bosses didn't know rookie was pregnant when they decided not to keep her on, tribunal finds
Clifford Chance appoints ULaw as exclusive SQE prep course provider
First rookies start next summer
How to use Roman law to fight the eco war
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HSF raises NQ ‘total compensation’ to £107k
Posts 97% autumn trainee retention result
Linklaters hands lawyers £300 to cover knitting, yoga and meditation classes
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Exclusive: Freshfields trainee jokes to fellow rookies ‘the poor are nothing’
Spokesperson says misplaced remark in email 'not reflective of the firm or its values'
Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers
'Mfs in the 1700s saw this hairstyle and were like YOOOO 🔥🔥🔥'
DLA Piper London NQ pay hits £88k as trainees handed £1k increases
Rises in regions too
Quarter of junior lawyers expect to work from the office full-time after ‘Freedom Day’
WFH guidance to be dropped on 19 July
Linklaters joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer pay to £100k
New base rate follows similar rises by Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy
BPP to offer wealth management course to help young lawyers cope with skyrocketing salaries
Some 20-somethings now earn £150k+