Category: News

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

HSF raises NQ ‘total compensation’ to £107k
Posts 97% autumn trainee retention result

Linklaters hands lawyers £300 to cover knitting, yoga and meditation classes
Spent via mood-boosting app

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+

CMS becomes latest City firm to launch non-law grad scheme
Four grads to join firm's new business development and marketing programme this September

SQE rival for school leavers gets go-ahead
CILEX says new route to qualification will be "more affordable" than Solicitors Qualifying Exam

Eversheds ups London NQ lawyer pay to £82k
Rises for rookies in regions too

Pinsents partner profits jump 16% as financial reporting season gets underway
CMS also confirms 2021 results

Royal baby tweet barrister cleared by London law firm
Family Law Cafe finds no evidence of 'discriminatory practice' in relation to CEO's post

Milbank ups London NQ lawyer salaries twice in a month
$190k ↗️ $200k ↗️ $205k

CMS, Trowers and RPC hike NQ lawyer pay
Rises for some regional rookies too

Love Island: Ex-Lord Chancellor throws support behind former MoJ colleague
David Gauke said he might tune in to follow progress of Sharon Gaffka

Mid-sized City firm latest to appoint female leader
Jo Keddie takes the helm at Winckworth Sherwood from today