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Slaughter and May raises newly qualified lawyer pay to £150,000
Pay review brought forward following recent market movement
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Simmons & Simmons takes City NQ lawyer pay to £120,000
Bristol associates also see rise to £76.5k
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Eversheds raises NQ lawyer pay in London to £100k
Regional rates move to £65.5k
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Osborne Clarke raises NQ lawyer pay in London to £94k
Small rises in regions too
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White & Case raises NQ pay to £175k
17% increase for newly qualified solicitors in London
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Law Society recommends 5% pay boost for rookie solicitors
£27,418 in London, £24,320 elsewhere
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Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer pay to £115k
Boosts SQE grant too
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Aspiring barrister: ‘Should I take a £17k pay cut for CV-boosting role?’
Will move pay off?
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Travers pushes NQ lawyer pay to £120k
Rises for trainees too
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Bakers boosts junior lawyer pay by 19% to £140k
Healthy increases for firm's rookie too
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Reed Smith and Ashurst push NQ solicitor pay to £125K
City salary rises continue
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EXCLUSIVE: DLA Piper raises London newly qualified lawyer pay to £110k
Regional salaries receive boost to £75k
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HFW and Bird & Bird become latest firms to up NQ lawyer pay
£100k and £98k
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Macfarlanes enters City pay war, boosts NQ lawyer salaries over 20% to £140k
Also confirms 84% retention score
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Slaughters boosts trainee pay – still ‘carefully considering’ NQ lawyer salary
Magic Circle rivals all increased to £150k
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Clifford Chance joins City pay war with improved £150k NQ lawyer salary
Follows Freshfields and Linklaters
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Lawyers: it pays to be AI savvy
Tech skills linked to higher salaries for legal professionals
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City pay war: Linklaters matches Freshfields with £150k NQ lawyer salary
Rises for trainees and apprentices too