Tag: Solicitors

BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue

Travers Smith posts 89% trainee retention score
17 out of 19

Junior solicitor fined £10,000 over abusive messages to Bumble date
James Andrew Wilson reported himself to the SRA after malicious communications conviction

A snapshot of trainee life at an international law firm
Baker McKenzie beyond the graduate recruitment brochure

Macfarlanes ups TC numbers amid COVID-19 uncertainty
31 to 33 in response to firm growth

Black Solicitors Network urges law firm leaders to ‘walk the talk’ on diversity
'Turn positive intentions into positive action and create a level playing field for all,' group writes

Clifford Chance is latest magic circle firm to cut NQ solicitor pay
Follows moves made by Slaughters and A&O

Ban for ex-law firm office worker who set up spy cam in Starbucks toilet
Antony Dines also said to have recorded colleagues at work

ULaw announces proposed super-exam training deal with Sheffield Uni
Will also deliver LPC and GDL

Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%
COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic
Also implements reduced working week option

How to secure a training contract at a global law firm in Hong Kong
Five industry experts share their top tips

Senior CPS lawyer referred to regulator over far-right Facebook posts
Defence lawyers complain after spotting Britain First petition on government solicitor's feed

‘Should I work as a paralegal at the firm I’ve secured a training contract with?’
I planned to fill the gap with legal work but the job market is flat so options are limited, writes one Legal Cheek reader

Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees
Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries

Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k
Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Pregnant law firm partner calls out top QC for ‘every day sexism’
DWF's Naomi Pryde says unnamed silk contacted a male junior lawyer about her case, assuming she'd be 'indisposed'

How training contract hunters can stand out from the crowd after COVID-19
ULaw’s director of employability John Watkins discusses the importance of being productive and why future lawyers must exude web-cam confidence

CMS posts 72% trainee retention score
44 out of 61

Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’
Distancing measures put in place