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Osborne Clarke to reduce solicitor pay by 7%

City firm takes ‘unfortunate but prudent decision’ to mitigate COVID-19 financial impact

May 22 2020 11:44am
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Slaughter and May cuts NQ lawyer pay to £87,000

COVID-19: Move comes just weeks after magic circle player suspended partner distributions

May 22 2020 10:21am
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Eversheds introduces scheme to vary lawyers’ hours and pay according to workflow

Doesn’t apply to trainees

May 11 2020 1:48pm
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Shearman & Sterling lawyers offered six month sabbaticals for 30% pay

As Reed Smith introduces unpaid leave scheme

Apr 27 2020 11:51am
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Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic

HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures

Apr 8 2020 9:23am
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Two-thirds of legal professionals struggle to make ends meet

But over half too scared to ask for pay rise

Mar 9 2020 10:54am
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Law Society boosts recommended minimum pay for trainee solicitors by 1.9%

£22,541 in London and £19,992 elsewhere

Feb 28 2020 9:03am
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Nearly a third of trainee solicitors paid below Law Society recommended minimum

Rookies in regions hit hardest

Feb 10 2020 11:07am
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Slaughter and May bumps associate pay by up to 8%

Rises follow last summer’s improved six-figure packages for NQs

Jan 10 2020 1:41pm
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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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