The minimum trainee salary debate is developing into quite a fight – with the latest blow landed yesterday by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) when it released findings claiming that 70% of law firms which don’t hire trainees would “seriously consider” doing so if the minimum salary was scrapped.
Upon hearing this, committee members of the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) of the Law Society, which strongly opposes scrapping the minimum salary, hit back immediately via the comment section of Legal Futures.
“I could not have afforded to be paid the minimum trainee wage while I was a trainee because I had rent and loan repayments to come out of my account. Low paid TCs would only deter others like me from pursuing a career in law,” wrote Grace Cowling.
But what does Cowling’s leader, JLD chief Hekim Hannan, have to say about the minimum salary debate?
Legal Cheek’s special correspondent Kevin Poulter caught up with him to find out…
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