Category: News

Big Four player PwC joins City firms in upping junior lawyer pay
Moves NQ rates to £90k

Bakers retains 14 of 16 autumn NQ solicitors
A score of 88%

Mishcon strikes SQE training deal with ULaw
Follows similar moves by Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and White & Case

Clifford Chance’s partner profits top £2 million for first time
MC player reports positive numbers despite "signs of a slowdown in some markets"

Battle of the gowns: Ede & Ravenscroft sees off competition claim
Legal attire specialist did not abuse dominant market position, tribunal finds

Fraud claim for millions in missing crypto launched by NFT in legal first
Assets are held on trust by crypto exchanges, judge finds

Exclusive: Linklaters decides against upping NQ lawyer pay — for now
Magic circle firm stresses pay remains under review

German law firm opens office in metaverse
Virtual reality TCs next?

Freshfields ups financial support for SQE trainees to £20,000
Maintenance grants reach record high

‘Pay criminal barristers properly’, says PM hopeful Nadhim Zahawi
New Chancellor wins place in next round of leadership contest, along with AG Braverman and law grad Badenoch

Bakers boosts NQ lawyer salaries to £110,000
City firms continue to up pay 📈

Bye bye, BCAT: Bar aptitude test to be ditched this month
No longer effective 'filter', says BSB

ULaw to offer LPC and LLM at Southampton Law School
New options, including masters, delivered from Russell Group uni’s campus

Akin Gump NQ lawyer salaries hit record £179,000
Rise due to favourable exchange rate

RPC records 100% autumn trainee retention rate
All 14 rookies secure NQ roles

Hill Dickinson to offer TCs in the Toon
Move follows office launch in Newcastle

CMS boosts NQ lawyer pay to £100k
Second boost in seven months

Top judge blasts ‘creeping march of anonymity’ in solicitor disciplinary rulings
High Court orders transparency in misconduct acquittal of City lawyer over posts on her 330,000-follower Instagram account