Tag: Salaries
Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic
HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures
Two-thirds of legal professionals struggle to make ends meet
But over half too scared to ask for pay rise
Ropes & Gray bumps London NQ pay to £130,000 as it confirms spring retention score
Keeps two out of three NQs
Nearly a third of trainee solicitors paid below Law Society recommended minimum
Rookies in regions hit hardest
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
Slaughter and May bumps associate pay by up to 8%
Rises follow last summer's improved six-figure packages for NQs
Big Four giant PwC boosts NQ solicitor salaries to £72,000
Trainees receive fresh rises too
Norton Rose Fulbright boosts NQ solicitor pay to £87,500
Rises for trainees too
London NQ lawyer pay at Davis Polk reaches £135,000
Uplifts for GDL and LPC maintenance grants, too
This calculator will tell you the earning power of your law degree
How does £67,000 a year sound?
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
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
Ropes & Gray ups London trainee pay by 10% to £55,000
Year one rookies receive £50,000 -- a 9% boost
Average solicitor earns almost £10,000 less than a train driver
£43,725 versus £53,403
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
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?
Research: Oxford graduates top law school earnings power table, pocketing £61,500
Government data reveals vast pay gap among LLB holders
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
Post-Brexit jitters: Berwin Leighton Paisner freezes pay amid ‘political and financial uncertainty’
But money is up at Travers Smith
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