Tag: Money

Corporate lawyer, 27, on £72,000 a year saves just £600 a month

Escaping the City to practise ‘fun law’ might not be as easy as you think

Aug 5 2016 12:13pm

Jones Day jacks up newly qualified solicitor pay to £85,000

The firm that Legal Cheek commenters love to hate splashes the cash

Aug 1 2016 9:06am

Pay rises at Nabarro: Money is up for trainees, NQs and associates

It ain't MoneyLaw, but boosts not to be sniffed at

Jul 29 2016 1:15pm

Shearman & Sterling blitzes magic circle with trainee and NQ pay rises

London office of US firm asserts pay supremacy

May 27 2015 12:20pm

Women Lawyers Earn £50K Less Than Their Male Counterparts

The average female lawyer is paid £51,396 less per year than the average male lawyer,...

Jan 23 2013 1:54pm

Ex-Wannabe Lawyer Sells His Name On eBay In Bid To Pay Off Massive US Law School Debts

“If you want my first name to be ‘Bob’s Supermarket’ and my last name to...

Jan 7 2013 10:26am

Jobless Law Graduate’s Online Begging Campaign To Pay Off His Student Debts Ends In Disappointment

In October we reported on a US law graduate’s bid to pay off his massive...

Dec 4 2012 10:42am

Ex-Simmons Solicitor Who Blew £1m In Divorce Battle Against Fellow City Lawyer Pitches For Family Law Reform Role

Between them, former Simmons & Simmons associate Anna Kavanagh and her ex-husband, Holman Fenwick Willan...

Nov 5 2012 9:58am

The Law Firms Which Owe £5K To a Barrister 4 YEARS After He Was Instructed By Them

Legal Cheek has obtained records that show the names of 15 law firms which have...

Oct 30 2012 10:27am

In Which Country Do Lawyers Earn The Most? (Clue: It Isn’t Britain)

First, the good news: British lawyers pull in more cash than their counterparts in economic...

Sep 21 2012 9:28am

No Wonder People Think Barristers Are Raking It In…

Spotted on a robing room noticeboard…

Aug 24 2012 7:01am

How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt

Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that...

Aug 16 2012 12:16pm

For God’s Sake, Retire! Baby Boomer Partners’ Refusal To Quit Blocks Junior Lawyer Career Progression

The number of partners retiring has fallen by a third in the last 15 years,...

Aug 7 2012 12:42pm

Solicitors’ Profession Could Face a ‘Lost Generation Of Talent’

Three weeks on from the scrapping of the trainee minimum wage and the decision looks...

Jun 7 2012 10:05am

NAMED: The Law Firm Requiring Grads To Self-Fund a £9.5K Paralegal Training Course Before They’re Considered For a TC

EXCLUSIVE: In March, Legal Cheek published a story about a firm that was asking law...

May 25 2012 10:16am

Greedy Associates: Freshfields Temp Scheme Could Freeze Junior Lawyer Pay For a Generation

There’s a growing consensus that junior corporate lawyers are overpaid, with a recent (paywalled) survey...

May 22 2012 1:25pm

Four Reasons Why The Trainee Minimum Wage Had To Go

You heard it here first, a full hour before any other publication, and it’s now...

May 16 2012 7:07pm

Are The Earnings Of Nick Clegg’s Wife (Dechert Partner Miriam Gonzalez) Our Business?

“Can she legitimately claim to be left-wing when she’s married to a banker,” I found...

Apr 18 2012 1:19pm

DLA Piper Lawyer Had Affair With Russian Spy Anna Chapman

“What first attracted you to short, balding millionaire Paul Daniels?” Mrs Merton once memorably asked...

Apr 10 2012 12:29pm