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Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith boost junior lawyer pay to £75,000

Rises for some trainees too

Apr 12 2018 11:40am
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Addleshaw Goddard boosts London junior lawyer pay by 5%

Trainees and those in the regions also handed extra cash

Feb 16 2018 9:11am
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Female partners in London earn £165,000 less than male counterparts

Gender bias and nepotism still present, partners think

Jan 29 2018 10:44am
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Allen & Overy’s top-earning partner earns more in a week than its trainees do in a year

Fat Cat Thursday

Jan 4 2018 12:28pm
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Slaughter and May pay: NQ salaries up to £80k while trainees enjoy boost too

Magic circle firm flashes the festive cash

Dec 13 2017 12:25pm
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Mayer Brown and Dechert boost NQ pay to £75k and £95k

Exclusive: London legal salaries keep rising

Oct 6 2017 9:07am
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Allen & Overy NQ pay hits £81,000 as trainees handed £2,000 increases

Exclusive: Yet more magic circle salary boosts

Oct 2 2017 11:01am
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Clifford Chance boosts NQ pay to £87,300

Exclusive: As trainees top magic circle pay table

Sep 29 2017 10:09am
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Mishcon de Reya boosts NQ salaries by 6% to £67,000

Exclusive: As Bristows bumps junior lawyer pay by 5%

Sep 26 2017 10:25am
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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
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Magic circle top payer opts against raising NQ pay above £85k, dashing ‘100 Club’ dreams

Freshfields to stick rather than twist

Aug 24 2017 9:02pm
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Kirkland & Ellis ups trainee pay to £50-55k as Macfarlanes boosts to £44-49k

A lot of money for 22 and 23-year-olds

Aug 22 2017 1:43pm
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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
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Pinsents pay: NQs up to £68,000 while trainees handed £2,000 increases

A good summer for City law pay

Aug 8 2017 11:59am
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DLA Piper bumps London NQ pay by 7% to £75,000

Global outfit’s trainees will also receive extra cash

Aug 3 2017 9:44am
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Stephenson Harwood boosts trainee lawyer pay as it becomes latest firm to allow working from home

An extra £1,000 chucked NQs’ way too

Aug 2 2017 8:57am
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Judge Judy earned more money than Kim Kardashian-West last year

Her net worth is double that of the reality star

Jul 25 2017 10:10am
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US outfit Vinson & Elkins rockets to very top of trainee pay table

Firm’s soon-to-be lawyers will earn £105,000 during their TC

Jul 20 2017 11:41am
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Akin Gump trainees will now earn £100,000 across their two-year training contract

Increases of 12% in first year and 8% in second year

Jul 10 2017 4:20pm
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Travers Smith boosts pay for trainees and NQs

It has been a very good week for firms’ salary increases

Jul 7 2017 10:38am
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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
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NQ pay rises at Linklaters, with top performers set to earn over £90,000

£1,000 basic salary increase

Jun 12 2017 4:51pm
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Slaughter and May freezes lawyer pay as UK hit by hung parliament uncertainty

But salaries will remain under review, says elite magic circle outfit

Jun 9 2017 11:37am
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Work less, earn less: Linklaters offers lawyers who want a life outside the office an ‘alternative career model’

The scheme is being piloted next month

Apr 20 2017 1:23pm
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