Tag: Solicitors
Eversheds and Pinsents post modest revenue gains amid mixed partner profit results
Turnover up 3% and 4.7% respectively
Partner profits fuelling ‘Hunger Games’ culture, top City lawyer warns
Hoarding work, chasing quick wins and pitching solo
Milbank showers London associates with summer bonuses up to £18.5k
Second year in a row
Is soaring NQ pay impacting trainee retention rates?
The Legal Cheek team discuss NQ salaries, retention rates, financial results and a petition to reform the SQE — listen now 🎙️
‘I’m not a wet lettuce’: Trainee solicitor behind SQE petition hits back at Braverman’s ‘snowflake’ jibe
Former Home Sec slammed students calling for exam overhaul
Should AI be given legal personhood? New Law Commission paper raises ‘radical’ possibility
No legal status... for now
Disadvantaged SQE students to benefit from £360k in grants funded by Kaplan fines
Benefit up to 190 aspiring solicitors
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman slams ‘snowflake’ aspiring lawyers over SQE petition
Student call to reform ‘disproportionately challenging’ exams draws criticism from MP
Irwin Mitchell and Walker Morris report record revenues
Financial results season continues
Government embraces AI in bid to speed up justice
New plan aims to transform courts system with AI-powered tools, reduce backlogs and boost efficiency
‘How are junior lawyers using AI?’
Amid the hype and hyperbole, one Legal Cheek reader wonders what real impact technology is having on the day-to-day working lives of trainees and associates
Future trainee launches petition for reform of the SQE, citing mental and physical health concerns
New training regime slammed by TC holder
Shoosmiths addresses salary bunching while lifting London NQ salaries to £105k
'Fair and transparent structure'
Mayer Brown matches Magic Circle NQ pay at £150k
Exclusive: Extra £15k
RPC increases NQ lawyer salaries to £95k for London commercial and disputes teams, £85k for insurance
Rises for Bristol NQs and trainees too
Former City lawyer convicted of child abuse struck off
Jailed in 2023
Travers and Mishcon bump NQ lawyer salaries
£130k and £100k