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Writer wonders if he should have become a corporate lawyer

Sunday Times’ Josh Glancy unsettled by wealth divide opening up between him and pals from Oxford who went into law

Mar 2 2020 12:27pm
Ropes & Gray bumps London NQ pay to £130,000 as it confirms spring retention score

Keeps two out of three NQs

Feb 14 2020 10:17am
Reed Smith ups NQ lawyer pay — and billable hour targets

Rookie pay hits £90,000, as billing targets increase from 1,650 to 1,700 hours

Jan 24 2020 10:59am
Cleary Gottlieb ups London junior lawyer pay by 11% to £133,000

US outfit’s rookies handed extra cash too

Nov 7 2019 8:47am
Ashurst boosts newly-qualified solicitor pay by 8% to £82,000

Salaries could swell to over £94,000 with maximum bonuses

Oct 15 2018 1:05pm
Firms with the fewest women pay the most money

Burden lies with top-paying outfits to attract more women, researchers say

Feb 19 2018 10:22am

A third of lawyers earn more than £100k

Fat cat figures beat insurance, consulting and tech professions

Jan 23 2018 2:03pm
The uncomfortable truth behind top UK law firms’ growth figures

Weak pound disguises some mediocre recent performances

Nov 13 2017 9:12am
Soaring NQ salaries and falling profits at elite City law firms

It’s not a winning combination

Oct 18 2017 9:20am
The big 5-0: Two Bristol firms reach unprecedented NQ pay milestone

Osborne Clarke and Simmons & Simmons lead West Country pay war, but will other outfits follow suit?

Sep 21 2017 11:03am
Squire Patton Boggs boosts London junior lawyer salaries by 10%

Exclusive: As it records disappointing autumn retention result

Sep 20 2017 9:05am
London law firm denies knowledge of advert for trainee solicitor job that pays just £10k

You’d earn double that in Aldi, and five times at other outfits

Aug 11 2017 3:18pm

Simmons & Simmons, Holman Fenwick Willan and Ince & Co boost junior lawyer salaries

Trainees also handed modest rises

Aug 4 2017 2:37pm
Norton Rose Fulbright raises NQ pay to £75k

Trainee money is increased too

Jul 11 2017 9:50am
Allen & Overy tops magic circle financial results growth league, with Clifford Chance coming in second

Linklaters is third and Freshfields fourth, while Slaughter and May declines to take part in summer bling fest

Jul 7 2017 9:47am
Macfarlanes sharply raises NQ pay to over £80,000

Exclusive: £10k increase for firm’s newly qualified lawyers

Jul 6 2017 3:14pm
Jones Day joins ‘100 Club’ with 18% pay boost for junior lawyers

Exclusive: The only way is up for trainee pay too

Jul 6 2017 9:09am
Regional rises: CMS ups Bristol trainee pay by 16%

Exclusive: Newly-merged mega firm also throws extra cash at NQs north and south of the border

Jul 4 2017 11:50am

Hogan Lovells bumps junior lawyer pay packets by 5% to £75,000

Trainees will take home an extra £1,000

May 26 2017 1:08pm
White & Case boosts London NQ pay packets by 17% to £105,000

Trainees will trouser an extra £2,000

May 11 2017 10:37am
Shearman & Sterling hikes London NQ pay by over 10% to £105,000

More experienced associates also cash in

May 2 2017 3:55pm