Tag: Solicitors

Ashurst joins City pay war with £105,000 NQ solicitor package

Base rate of £84,000 plus bonus

Jul 12 2019 1:28pm

Former Skadden London lawyer caught up in Trump-Russia probe struck off for lying to FBI

City lawyer Alex van der Zwaan accepts professional ban following short jail spell

Jul 12 2019 12:12pm

Clifford Chance posts 87% autumn trainee retention score

41 out of 47 qualifying trainees stay put

Jul 11 2019 4:04pm

Aspiring lawyers shouldn’t lose sight of the basics

A panel of experts discuss coding, AI and how soft skills remain paramount

Jul 11 2019 1:30pm

Criminal bar chief creates Love Island translator for lawyers

‘Got a text’ = a new brief has arrived in chambers

Jul 11 2019 11:38am

Travers Smith joins NQ salary war with package of up to £110,500

Boost comes as City player confirms 4% bump in PEP to £1.25 million

Jul 11 2019 10:15am

Slaughter and May keeps 37 out of 40 newly qualifying trainee solicitors

Strong 93% retention result comes as magic circle firm ups GDL maintenance grant to £10,000

Jul 10 2019 3:50pm

Selfie-taking lawyer gored by bull during Spanish festival

US criminal defence specialist recovering in hospital

Jul 10 2019 11:06am

Legal Twitterati sent into overdrive after former PM threatens to take Boris Johnson to court to stop a no-deal Brexit

John Major says he'd consider lawyering up to stop the Queen suspending the House of Commons

Jul 10 2019 10:16am

Open thread: What are magic circle firms REALLY paying their newly qualified lawyers?

Help us fill the gaps by sharing your insider salary info below the line

Jul 10 2019 9:00am

How to build a career as a real estate lawyer

Ahead of tomorrow’s event, ‘Inside Track: How to make it as a City lawyer, Mayer Brown senior associate Sarah Rochelle explains what commercial awareness really means

Jul 9 2019 2:44pm

Criminal defence solicitor expecting child with Celebrity Big Brother reality star

Couple met after she represented Jeremy McConnell for assaulting Hollyoaks actress Stephanie Davis

Jul 9 2019 12:23pm

Exclusive interview: Man who brought private prosecution against Boris Johnson faces ‘financial ruin’ over £200,000 debt

Uncertainty over Marcus Ball’s future comes despite crowdfunding over £500,000

Jul 9 2019 8:56am

Pride 2019: Lawyers take to London’s streets to celebrate LGBT+ rights

Pride Jubilee marked half-century since Stonewall uprising

Jul 8 2019 12:47pm

Nearly a third of magic circle trainees went to Oxbridge

This despite making up less than 1% of each year’s graduating class

Jul 5 2019 12:32pm

Stephenson Harwood ups junior lawyer pay to £75,000

Trainees also handed extra cash

Jul 5 2019 9:15am

My journey from trainee to partner

Baker McKenzie’s Jeremy Levy looks back at his path to partnership

Jul 4 2019 2:14pm