Tag: Solicitors

Addleshaw Goddard to offer six-month lawtech seats to trainee lawyers
The option will form part of the outfit's standard training contract

Baker McKenzie retains all 14 autumn qualifying trainees
One associate-to-be is on a fixed term contract

Dentons and Addleshaw Goddard boost NQ pay to £75k and £70k
Rises for trainees too

Lawtech hub launched by Barclays and Law Society unveils first batch of start-up residents
New incubator supported top City law firms and universities

Dechert boosts junior lawyer pay to £110,000
A rise of 16%

Student event: Artificial intelligence and the law — with Clifford Chance
Top City lawyers discuss the impact AI is having on the profession; students ask the questions

Allen & Overy ups junior lawyer pay to £83,000 as it confirms 80% trainee retention score
Magic circle outfit's rookies also handed rises

Trainee solicitor pay reaches £60,000 for the first time ever
Davis Polk's unqualified rookies now earn more than some City associates

Hogan Lovells unveils new indoor putting green in its Birmingham office
Golfing zone is named 'Gallimore Green' in honour of sports-loving office chief Michael Gallimore

Lawyers slam firm over six-week internship offering ‘travel expenses’
Nicholls & Nicholls silent over whether the role will be paid but states that it will 'tailor packages according to the successful applicant’s circumstances'

Hogan Lovells, Stephenson Harwood and Pinsent Masons up trainee and junior lawyer pay
All three firms now in £70k-£80k range

A legal education charity is offering 14 social welfare training contracts
Applications open today

‘New Rules’: Law students release parody Dua Lipa music video addressing sexual harassment in the workplace
It's racked up over 57,000 views already

This is how you get a training contract as a career changer
Top lawyers from Irwin Mitchell, PwC and Shearman & Sterling share their routes into the profession

DLA Piper abandons policy to pay London and regional trainees equal salaries while on international secondments
And not everyone is happy about it

Introducing the law firm fleece gilet
US penchant for business casual is a test for transatlantic tie-up

City lawyer launches appeal to raise £360,000 to help fund his daughter’s cancer treatment
She needs surgery in the US

The solicitor who launched a law firm while waiting for a new heart
City broker turned defender of the underdogs shares her story

Ex-commercial lawyer to put crayfish, dogs and a sheep on trial with launch of special animal court
All in the name of art, obviously