Tag: Solicitors

Mayer Brown retains 8 out of 10 NQ solicitors
80% autumn result

Clifford Chance partner profits up 9% to £1.85 million
Revenues reach £1.82 billion

Legal tech: what aspiring lawyers really need to know
Four experts go beyond the buzzwords to examine the real impact technology is having on the legal industry

BCLP keeps 19 out of 22 autumn qualifying trainees
Secure NQ roles in London, Manchester and Hong Kong

Pay training contract and qualifying work experience trainees the same, Law Society tells firms
Chancery Lane calls for parity across both routes ahead of SQE roll-out

NQ lawyer pay hits £90k at Travers
Junior lawyer salaries could rise to as much as £117,000 with bonuses, says firm, which also confirms 84% retention score

Osborne Clarke raises London junior lawyer pay to £80k
Rises in regions and for trainees too

How the Satanic lawyer created the billionaire legal sector
As City lawyers today teem over their financial results, future trainee Will Holmes suggests they should spare a thought -- a prayer even -- for the Satanic lawyer and the creation of purgatory

Linklaters retains 45 of 48 autumn qualifying trainees
All permanent positions

A&O partner profits leap 17% to £1.9 million
Revenue rises to £1.77 billion

Slaughter and May offers junior lawyers ‘job share’ option
Magic circle firm pilots series of flexi-work schemes which see associates work reduced hours for less pay

Hogan Lovells and Simmons latest to up junior lawyer pay
£100k and £88k

City firms publish strong financial results despite Covid disruption
Revenue rises at HSF, Eversheds, Fieldfisher and Kennedys

Pinsents ditches billing targets in bonus shake-up
International firm will now set financial rewards against criteria including colleague trust and environmental impact

Macfarlanes boosts NQ lawyer pay to £90k as it confirms 88% trainee retention score
Rookies also handed rises

Law degrees: the saving grace for UK universities?
LexisNexis’ Sarah Hallowell explains just how vital law courses are to the post-Covid higher education sector

Trainee solicitor dismissed a month after revealing pregnancy loses employment case
Bosses didn't know rookie was pregnant when they decided not to keep her on, tribunal finds

Clifford Chance appoints ULaw as exclusive SQE prep course provider
First rookies start next summer

How to use Roman law to fight the eco war
Is the Roman notion of jurisdiction the final piece of puzzle?

How to get a foot on the City law ladder
Ahead of next week's Legal Cheek-ULaw Summer Virtual Vacation Scheme, Legal Cheek’s Will Holmes caught up with ULaw’s Caroline Carter, Moorgate campus dean and former City lawyer, for her take on the skills future lawyers need

Linklaters hands lawyers £300 to cover knitting, yoga and meditation classes
Spent via mood-boosting app