US firms

What we learnt from an hour listening to partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, as well as associates from Shearman & Sterling and Cleary Gottlieb

Phil Sanderson, co-chair of the global private equity transactions group at Ropes & Gray, gives his own take on commercial awareness

Your ultimate, must-read guide to lawyer life at over 90 law firms

Hopes to take on first UK trainees from September 2021

Shearman & Sterling’s New York and London offices brought to life in short clip

Firm’s soon-to-be lawyers will earn £105,000 during their TC

In America the top legal talent joins law firms — but not always in Britain

The hours, the responsibility, the holidays, the money

Are the megabucks worth the crazy hours? Or have these firms fallen foul to unfounded stereotypes?

“I think it’s outrageous, irresponsible and insulting”

Pay rises across the board for lucky associates

Quinn Emanuel puts money saved on training contracts towards associate pay

No, it’s all myth, say recruitment experts — the Yanks are now training enough junior solicitors of their own