Money
Law ranks second for graduate earning power
Beaten by investment banking
Vinson & Elkins bumps UK trainee pay to £60-£65k
NQ pay sits at nearly £174k
Clifford Chance’s top paid partner made almost £5 million last year, records show
More than double previous year
Cleary Gottlieb boosts NQ rates by 14% to £160k
Early Xmas present 🎁
Weil bumps NQ solicitor rates to £165k in London
Effective 1 January 2023
Bird & Bird nudges NQ lawyer pay above £92k
5% rise from £88k
Simmons hands out £1,500 cost-of-living bonus to staff
Extra cash ‘in recognition of the challenging economic climate’
Does size matter for law firms?
The City Insider puts the data from 2023 Legal Cheek Firms Most List into context
US trio boost junior City lawyer pay
Exclusive: Rises at Dechert, MoFo and Sidley Austin
Fieldfisher ups London NQ lawyer pay to £92k
£60k in regions
CMS boosts trainee pay for second time this year and ups law school maintenance grants
City rookies now start on £50k
Jones Day NQ lawyer salaries rise to £140k
Extra cash for trainees too
Magic Circle NQ lawyers charged out at £600 per hour, new data suggests
Rates for top partners hits £1,500 — double compared to 15 years ago
Law Society recommends 4% salary increase for rookie solicitors
£23,703 in London and £21,024 elsewhere
NRF boosts NQ lawyer pay by 11% to £105k
Top performers could earn as much as £147k with bonus
US firm salaries ‘almost 50% above’ Magic Circle rivals thanks to favourable exchange rates
New research comes as NQ rates hit record £179k
City pay war: Macfarlanes boosts NQ rates to £107.5k
Also confirms autumn retention score of 92%
Big Four player PwC joins City firms in upping junior lawyer pay
Moves NQ rates to £90k
Exclusive: Linklaters decides against upping NQ lawyer pay — for now
Magic circle firm stresses pay remains under review