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CMS slashes trainee headcount by nearly 35%
Twelve newly qualified lawyers have opted to leave the large corporate outfit
CMS finally brings newly-qualified lawyer pay back to 2008 levels with £3k rise
City firm ups junior lawyer pay to £66k
Global firm CMS kicks off fourth year of state school student law degree bursary
Scheme is designed to encourage sixth-formers from “disadvantaged backgrounds” to have a punt at legal profession
CMS Cameron McKenna waves good-bye to 38% of spring NQs
CMS Cameron McKenna has kept just 16 of its 26 spring newly-qualified cohort, posting a comparatively woeful retention rate of 62%
Shoosmiths addresses salary bunching while lifting London NQ salaries to £105k
'Fair and transparent structure'
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Mayer Brown matches Magic Circle NQ pay at £150k
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Tuesday 21 October, 2pm to 4:30pm, taking place IN-PERSON
County Courts branded ‘dysfunctional’ in scathing parliamentary report
Delays, rats and outdated paper processes
Arctic shipping and the law: navigating state-corporate collusion in a thawing frontier
QMUL master's student Mai Jolie Maraj explores the risks of corporate expansion into the Arctic
Bird & Bird bumps NQ solicitor pay to £102k
Rise of just over 4%
From NDAs to non-competes: The shrinking scope of commercial confidentiality
BPP bar student Catherine Chow explains why once-standard commercial clauses are under increasing legal and regulatory attack
And the winners of The Legal Cheek Awards 2025 are…
Who won what: revealed 🏆
Legal exec faked letter claiming defendant’s liability
Barred by regulator
City lawyer speaks out after aspiring solicitor faces SQE fee clawback from top law firm
Failed challenging exams, leading to the withdrawal of TC offer
City law firm cashier barred from profession after transferring firm funds into personal account 124 times
Disguised payments as 'interest'
Legal Cheek’s most read stories of 2024
SQE shambles, NQ pay wars, LinkedIn rows and more