Tag: Solicitors

Ashurst keeps profit per equity partner above £900k and holds NQ pay steady despite COVID-19 disruption
As silver circle firm opts against NQ summer pay increase

Average partner earnings at Clifford Chance hit £1.69 million
Revenues up too despite pandemic

Future City trainee goes public with concerns about doing training contract remotely
'I struggle to see how this could truly be replicated virtually'

Freeths partner fined £4,000 for asking derogatory question to gay trainee
Also breached accountancy rules

Ropes & Gray bans TikTok on work devices following privacy concerns
Applies to lawyers and staff across US firm's global offices

Walker Morris keeps NQs on £29k trainee pay until November
New qualifiers must wait two months for salary hike

Magic circle duo release financial results
Effect of COVID-19 shows up in Linklaters and Allen & Overy figures

Baker McKenzie to relocate City office
London move is part of long-term growth plans beyond COVID-19

Addleshaw Goddard keeps 33 out of 37 autumn qualifying trainees
Two on fixed-term contracts

‘Working at a music festival, in the army and as a teacher made me a better lawyer’
Baker McKenzie’s Jonathan Tham highlights the importance of non-legal work experience

Jones Day cuts London NQ pay by £5,000
Exclusive: Trainee solicitor salaries stay the same

Ropes & Gray retains all its trainees and keeps NQ pay at £130k
All five rookies stay on

5 predictions for the post-COVID corporate law world
ULaw’s director of employability outlines what would-be City lawyers can expect

Dentons closes two UK offices and moves to permanent home-working
Measure applies to all staff including five of the firm's trainees in Aberdeen and Watford

Groans all round as law firm describes receptionist as ‘beautiful’ in Facebook post
'This was a comment made about a woman by another woman', says Alexander Grace Law

Final seat trainee: ‘I didn’t get my dream NQ role in tech — should I look elsewhere?’
I will instead be qualifying into commercial litigation

Ban for legal assistant who lied about passing exams
‘Altered’ letter to show CILEx assessment success

US law firms hold London NQ pay steady amid COVID-19 uncertainty
White & Case and Cleary Gottlieb opt against rises or cuts for now

COVID-19: Lawyer attends court in hazmat suit
Florida's Samuel J. Rabin Jr. takes no chances

A student’s diary of a virtual vacation scheme
Sophie Currie reflects on a jam-packed week at The Legal Cheek-ULaw Virtual Vacation Scheme