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Norton Rose Fulbright unveils 90% autumn retention score

Global giant retains 28 out of 31 rookies

Sep 7 2018 9:20am
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Allen & Overy releases partner gender pay gap data following criticism from MPs

Magic circle outfit publishes 2018 and 2017 results

Sep 6 2018 4:08pm
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Allen & Overy and O’Melveny & Myers chiefs meet at Frankfurt hotel as mega-merger talks continue

Two months after representatives from both firms met in London

Sep 6 2018 10:19am
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LawCatz: New TV chat show aims to demystify the legal world with the help of lawyers

Pilot to air on Sky next month, according to programme’s creator

Sep 6 2018 8:53am
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Linklaters rounds off magic circle autumn retention season with 73% score

Global titan keeps 43 out of 59 qualifying trainees

Sep 5 2018 1:30pm
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Three-quarters of new deputy High Court judges attended Oxbridge

And over 70% are men

Sep 5 2018 12:09pm
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Mayer Brown boosts junior lawyer pay to £78,000

Trainee salaries and LPC maintenance grant also up

Sep 5 2018 8:50am
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Junior lawyer leaves Slaughter and May after signing for Juventus

And lands sports writing gig with a national newspaper

Sep 4 2018 11:15am
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Sidley Austin tops market by hiking LPC maintenance grant to £11,000

An uplift of nearly 60%

Sep 4 2018 9:58am
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ULaw appoints ex-Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger as chancellor

He stepped down from the UK’s top bench last year

Sep 4 2018 7:59am
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Huddersfield law student aspires to be first Miss England to wear hijab

She follows a long line of legally-minded beauty queens

Sep 3 2018 12:44pm
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You can now explore the Supreme Court using a new interactive 360 degree video

Beat the queues

Sep 3 2018 11:17am
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You can now teach your children the ABCs of law

From A is for attorney to Z is for zealous advocacy

Sep 3 2018 9:20am
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Herbert Smith Freehills and Charles Russell Speechlys post autumn trainee retention scores

Results of 82% and 88%

Aug 31 2018 1:21pm
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Bookie slashes odds for Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams to enter I’m a Celeb jungle

Could the reality TV star be Oz bound?

Aug 31 2018 12:30pm
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Howard Kennedy brought in to prepare legal action for cave diver branded a ‘pedo’ by tech billionaire Elon Musk

City outfit’s top libel lawyer Mark Stephens named on pre-action letter

Aug 30 2018 4:41pm
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Law student receives absolutely brutal vac scheme rejection email

Was it justified?

Aug 30 2018 11:56am
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Norton Rose Fulbright, Travers Smith and Ashurst increase trainee and junior lawyer salaries

All three outfits now in £75k-£80k range

Aug 30 2018 8:55am
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White & Case boosts LPC grant by 40% to £10,500

Surpasses recent uplifts by a host of top City firms

Aug 29 2018 10:09am
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Barrister who repeated false rape allegation against another lawyer in court robing room has suspension reduced

Following a successful High Court appeal

Aug 29 2018 8:48am
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Slaughter and May boosts London trainee pay for the second time this year

Uplifts of between 2% and 4%

Aug 28 2018 12:48pm
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Once-aspiring City lawyer who rejected Slaughter and May training contract stars in new Hollywood blockbuster

Gemma Chan appears in Crazy Rich Asians

Aug 28 2018 8:52am
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Freshfields keeps 34 out of 41 London qualifying trainees

Autumn retention score of 83%

Aug 24 2018 9:28am
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Pupil barrister who believed legal exec qualification allowed him to conduct High Court advocacy is suspended

Full decision now published

Aug 23 2018 12:49pm
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