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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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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
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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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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
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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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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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This calculator will tell you the earning power of your law degree

How does £67,000 a year sound?

Sep 24 2019 8:51am
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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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Ropes & Gray ups London trainee pay by 10% to £55,000

Year one rookies receive £50,000 — a 9% boost

Sep 6 2019 10:06am
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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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Oxford Uni beats Cambridge and LSE in law grad earnings league table with average salary of £67,200

Stats focus on pay packets five years post-graduation

Jul 1 2019 8:58am
Chris Evans earns nine times as much as the Lord Chief Justice

The BBC reveals how much it pays its top talent — but how does this stack up against our most senior judges?

Jul 19 2017 2:00pm
Research: Oxford graduates top law school earnings power table, pocketing £61,500

Government data reveals vast pay gap among LLB holders

Dec 16 2016 11:20am

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
Post-Brexit jitters: Berwin Leighton Paisner freezes pay amid ‘political and financial uncertainty’

But money is up at Travers Smith

Jul 8 2016 12:24pm
Brexit Shmexit: King & Wood Mallesons ups newly qualified pay packets to £70,000

Exclusive: Rumours circulate that Macfarlanes has also joined KWM in waving two fingers at Brexit by boosting junior lawyer salaries

Jul 7 2016 1:10pm