Category: News

Love Island welcomes its fifth law graduate
Brings a whole new meaning to a summer 'vacation' scheme! 🏝

City law firm donates £2 million profit slice to Covid charities
Simmons & Simmons cash contribution follows solid financial results

City firms continue to reveal 2021 financial results
Mixed fortunes for Ashurst, Simmons, Dentons, DWF and Gateley

Mayer Brown retains 8 out of 10 NQ solicitors
80% autumn result

Clifford Chance partner profits up 9% to £1.85 million
Revenues reach £1.82 billion

BCLP keeps 19 out of 22 autumn qualifying trainees
Secure NQ roles in London, Manchester and Hong Kong

Applications now open for Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair
Leading chambers and law schools return on 9 October for UK's biggest bar careers event

Pay training contract and qualifying work experience trainees the same, Law Society tells firms
Chancery Lane calls for parity across both routes ahead of SQE roll-out

NQ lawyer pay hits £90k at Travers
Junior lawyer salaries could rise to as much as £117,000 with bonuses, says firm, which also confirms 84% retention score

Birkbeck law student dumped from Love Island villa
Back to the books for Sharon Gaffka?

Osborne Clarke raises London junior lawyer pay to £80k
Rises in regions and for trainees too

Linklaters retains 45 of 48 autumn qualifying trainees
All permanent positions

Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic
Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

Fraudsters use fake Reed Smith ID card in Bitcoin ‘romance scam’
Regulator issues public warning

A&O partner profits leap 17% to £1.9 million
Revenue rises to £1.77 billion

Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group belt out Bruno Mars hit
🎶 I'ma leave the door open 🎶

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