Author: Rhys Duncan
Watson Farley & Williams keeps 16 of 18 qualifying trainees
All in first-choice spots
Slaughter and May raises newly qualified lawyer pay to £150,000
Pay review brought forward following recent market movement
Dentons launches ‘low carbon service’ with lawyers working from home, e-signatures and no printing
Carbon footprint reduced by 44%
Burges Salmon smashes its financials: profit up by nearly 50%
PEP also sees over 40% growth
Aspiring lawyer’s career prospects ‘utterly destroyed’ after role in violent disorder during riots
Law student also handed 14-month jail sentence
Simmons & Simmons takes City NQ lawyer pay to £120,000
Bristol associates also see rise to £76.5k
Eversheds raises NQ lawyer pay in London to £100k
Regional rates move to £65.5k
SQE2 pass rate rises again to 79%
Over 2,000 aspiring lawyers sat latest exams
Urgent appeal launched to re-home trainees amid US firm’s London office closure
10 current and future trainee roles at risk
Police hunt struck-off ‘dine and dash’ solicitor for skipping bail
Removed from legal profession earlier this year
White & Case posts 100% autumn trainee retention
21 of 21 trainees accepted positions
‘Against all odds — my journey to the Bar’
Henderson Chambers' Isha Shakir talks cases, work-life balance and ‘fish and chip Fridays’
Interactive website lets public play judge in real criminal cases
New initiative launched by Sentencing Council
Trainee retention rates: Freshfields and Slaughters post 86% and 84% results
37 of 43 and 36 of 43
2024 financials: More law firms post positive numbers
Shoosmiths, WFW and Brabners
Reed Smith and Ashurst push NQ solicitor pay to £125K
City salary rises continue
Linklaters breaks £2 billion revenue mark for first time
10% increase on last year
BCLP posts 58% trainee retention rate
Better but still not great
EXCLUSIVE: DLA Piper raises London newly qualified lawyer pay to £110k
Regional salaries receive boost to £75k