Category: News

Linklaters to offer TC application support to disadvantaged black students
Year-long programme for aspiring lawyers at Manchester, Manchester Met, Bristol and Salford universities

Vinson & Elkins pushes London NQ salaries above £153k as it confirms trainee retention score
5 out of 6 rookies stay put

Hogan Lovells and Macfarlanes confirm new flexible working polices
Both offer 40% remote option

A&O becomes first magic circle firm to embrace solicitor apprenticeships in London
Six apprentices to start in September 2022

Pinsents ups NQ lawyer pay across London and regions
£75k in City and £45k elsewhere

London barristers’ clerk goes Insta-official with Love Island’s Dr Alex George
Posted matching pics hours apart

How did your university do in the latest law school rankings?
Top 10 spots for UCL, LSE and Glasgow -- but Oxbridge dominates again

Pride 2021: Clifford Chance lawyers belt out gender-neutral track
Magic circle marks Pride month 🏳️🌈

A&O ups junior lawyer pay to £100k — includes £10k sign on bonus
Follows similar move by Clifford Chance

THIS WEEK: The Legal Cheek Summer Virtual Vacation Scheme
Featuring magic circle, US and international law firms

Kingsley Napley ditches ‘BAME’ title
London law firm says descriptor can 'disguise discrimination'

BCLP boosts NQ lawyer pay to £88k
10% rise

Birkbeck law student prepares to enter Love Island villa
Sharon Gaffka balances studies with work as a civil servant and hopes to couple up with an 'intellectual'

BBC takes ‘fresh look’ at the legal profession with new podcast for aspiring lawyers
‘Not All Lawyers Have Law Degrees’ champions atypical routes into law

Lord Chancellor raises alarm over ‘rule of law’ being ‘open to hijack from politically-motivated interests’
Announces even more constitutional changes

London-born law prof becomes head of US competition regulator aged just 32
From 'unknown law student' to 'hipster antitrust chief' to Federal Trade Commissioner in just four years

Ashurst boosts NQ lawyer pay to £90,000
5% uplift

MoneyLaw latest: Simpson Thacher boosts junior lawyer pay to $205,000 in London
US outfits continue to splash the cash

Meet the lawyers dating England and Scotland’s footballers
Ahead of tonight's big game 🏴 vs 🏴

Gateley suffers client data loss in cyber security attack
Breach quickly identified by IT team who moved immediately to secure systems, firm says