Tag: Solicitors

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

Former The Apprentice star’s law app hits half a million pound funding mark
Family solicitor turned lawtech entrepreneur Lauren Riley appeared on the popular reality show four years ago

Freshfields leapfrogs to top of magic circle trainee pay table
Will others follow latest pay rise?

White & Case posts 84% autumn trainee retention score
There is a strong requirement for English-qualified lawyers despite Brexit uncertainty, says US megafirm

Big Four giant EY buys NewLaw firm Riverview and pledges to ‘disrupt’ legal market
Watch out, traditional law firms

An open letter to all trainees who weren’t retained this summer
Some of the best decisions people make are often forced on them, says career coach Husnara Begum

How I used the Equivalent Means route to qualify as a solicitor without doing a training contract
It’s a tough way in, but for those who want it enough this new way into the profession is a great opportunity, writes newly qualified solicitor Eman Hassan

Kirkland & Ellis retains all 10 qualifying trainees
US titan's London newbies will start on dollar-pegged salaries of £146,000