Category: News

Get jabbed before coming to the office, US firms tell lawyers
Davis Polk and Ropes & Gray to disable ID cards of unvaccinated employees, reports claim

Law grad turned Bake Off star joins Strictly Come Dancing line-up
John Whaite is one half of show's first-ever male pairing

Gibson Dunn hikes London junior lawyer salaries to £145k
Covington raises NQ rates to £128k

Oxford Uni confirms law exams will be online next academic year
They'll also continue to be open-book

Pinsent Masons keeps 63 of 72 autumn qualifying trainees
Womble Bond Dickinson and Watson Farley & Williams also record solid autumn results

Pupil barrister pay hits £75,000 as top London sets boost awards
Rises at One Essex Court, Monckton, Matrix, 7KBW, 39 Essex and Outer Temple

Legal blogger offers sneak peek inside magic circle firm’s perk-filled office
Swimming pool ✅ gym ✅ hair salon ✅

Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer pay to £81k and confirms 74% retention score
Rises for trainees too

Herbert Smith Freehills launches legal ops graduate training scheme
Includes three-month secondment

Addleshaw Goddard, Clyde & Co and Osborne Clarke post solid 2021 financials
Revenues and profits on the rise

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Freshfields reports 5% uplift in revenue and partner profits
PEP hits £1.91 million

Future Baker McKenzie trainee co-hosts legal TV show
Norman Busigu Womuhai quizzes lawyer expert on everyday laws

Mishcon to face disciplinary tribunal over alleged client account failures
Allegations are yet unproven

Goodwin ups London NQ pay to £147k — second rise this year
Up 7% from £137,500

UK law firms continue to post 2021 financials
Results in for Macfarlanes, Ince & Co, WFW and TLT

Pupil barrister numbers down nearly a third in 30 years
757 in 1991 ⤵️ 542 in 2020

RPC retains 12 out of 14 NQ solicitors
Posts whopping 49.5% uptick in partner profits

Lawtech business gives staff Fridays off… forever
Could law firms follow?