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BSB boosts minimum pay for pupil barristers following annual review

£18,866 in London and £16,322 elsewhere — from 1 January 2020

Nov 21 2019 8:48am
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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
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Covington & Burling ups London NQ solicitor pay to £120,000

Extra £20,000

Oct 29 2019 9:05am
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Big Four giant PwC boosts NQ solicitor salaries to £72,000

Trainees receive fresh rises too

Oct 15 2019 2:40pm
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Norton Rose Fulbright boosts NQ solicitor pay to £87,500

Rises for trainees too

Oct 8 2019 8:50am
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London NQ lawyer pay at Davis Polk reaches £135,000

Uplifts for GDL and LPC maintenance grants, too

Oct 4 2019 11:39am
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Norton Rose Fulbright retains 20 out of 26 autumn qualifying trainees

Score of 77%

Sep 19 2019 11:24am
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Baker McKenzie bumps trainee pay by 7% as it confirms autumn retention score

£48,000 in year one, rising to £52,000 in year two

Sep 19 2019 8:45am
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Addleshaw Goddard bumps London NQ solicitor salaries by 7% to £75,000 as it ups training contract numbers

City player will now recruit 50 trainees annually

Sep 13 2019 8:55am
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Ashurst keeps 20 out of 24 NQ solicitors as it bumps trainee pay by 5%

£46,000 in year one, rising to £50,000 in year two

Sep 9 2019 10:57am
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Gowling WLG ups London NQ solicitor pay by 8% to £71,000

Birmingham bunch also handed rises

Sep 5 2019 9:10am
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Newly qualified solicitor pay at Dechert hits £116,000

A rise of 5%

Aug 29 2019 6:54am
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Average solicitor earns almost £10,000 less than a train driver

£43,725 versus £53,403

Aug 20 2019 9:08am
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Allen & Overy bumps trainee pay as it reveals 89% autumn retention score

£46,500 in year one, rising to £52,500 in year two

Aug 8 2019 11:40am
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Clifford Chance tops magic circle trainee pay table with fresh rises

£48,000 in year one, rising to £54,000 in year two

Aug 2 2019 10:06am
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CMS raises NQ solicitor pay to £73,000 plus bonus in package worth up to £87,600

A rise of 4%

Aug 1 2019 10:05am
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Baker McKenzie ups NQ solicitor pay by almost A QUARTER to £95,000

Potential earnings could exceed £100,000 with bonus

Jul 17 2019 12:43pm
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Taylor Wessing raises NQ solicitor pay to £77,000 plus bonus in package worth up to £92,400

City pay war continues

Jul 16 2019 10:13am
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Simmons & Simmons ups newly qualified solicitor base salaries to £79,000

Junior lawyer earnings could exceed £100,000 with bonuses, says firm

Jul 15 2019 11:48am
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Ashurst joins City pay war with £105,000 NQ solicitor package

Base rate of £84,000 plus bonus

Jul 12 2019 1:28pm
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Travers Smith joins NQ salary war with package of up to £110,500

Boost comes as City player confirms 4% bump in PEP to £1.25 million

Jul 11 2019 10:15am
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