Category: News
White & Case boosts NQ salaries to £140k
Trainee pay rises too
Bar report: Ethnic minorities find it harder to secure pupillage
'There is a need to tone down your blackness' during interviews, one junior barrister told researchers
First SQE exams get underway
SRA confirms students won't be tested on Covid laws
Norton Rose Fulbright ups NQ base salaries 12% to £95k
'Total cash' can reach £133k with bonus, says firm
Ex-magic circle lawyer loses legal battle to force wealthy parents to pay him maintenance for life
Faiz Siddiqui, 41, claimed he was entirely dependent on them due to health issues
Flexible training contract specialist signs SQE training deal with College of Legal Practice
Accutrainee to fund rookies through super-exam prep
Ropes & Gray raises London NQ lawyer pay to £147k
Trainees handed extra £7.5k
Stephenson Harwood boosts NQ lawyer pay to £90k as it ups billable hour targets
City firm overhauls associate remuneration and bonus scheme
Simmons pledges £100k in free legal support to start-ups tackling climate change
International law firm says collaboration is key to addressing crisis
Solicitor sanctioned for ‘offensive’ WhatsApp messages
Group chat contained around 100 members
Top City law firms come together to run diversity ‘hackathon’
Legal CORE aims to increase representation of BAME individuals in private practice through collaborative forums and crowdsourcing ideas
Ex-Dechert partner to settle ‘spying’ claim against former client
Neil Gerrard reportedly agrees compensation deal that leaves former firm on the hook for costs
Law student marries princess ‘but fails bar exam’
Mixed few days for Kei Komuro
Stephenson Harwood to offer lawyers electric car perk
New initiative available through salary sacrifice with money firm saves put towards other green initiatives
Ashurst to offer course in imposter syndrome
City firm looks to help aspiring lawyers set broader definitions of 'success' and 'accomplishment'
Mishcon fined £25k over football agent fees
Breached account rules
Fieldfisher teams up with client Peloton to create ‘diversity vac scheme’
Two-week programme for aspiring lawyers from unrepresented groups
Clydes gives lawyers coloured wristbands so they can indicate how Covid cautious they are
Traffic light system 🚦
Lawyers out-earn doctors and dentists with £93k average salary
Chief execs top 2021 earnings table with £131k, new stats show
‘Diversity is not optional — it’s what we must be’
Senior legal figures discuss issues around Black lawyer retention and career progression during Dechert-sponsored panel event to mark Black History Month
Revealed: Law firms’ average start work and finish times 2021-22
Legal Cheek exclusive research shows how the average working hours for junior lawyers have fared in the face of changing work arrangements