Category: News

Trainee retentions: mixed fortunes for Simmons and Shoosmiths
Spring scores of 57% and 100%

Lord Harley’s return to legal profession squashed by CILEx
Chartered legal executive regulator bans Alan Blacker for failing to disclose past misconduct

Just over half of students pass first ever SQE
Regulator identifies 'attainment gap' among ethnic groups

SQE results day hit by technical issues and delays
Some students found out their results late into the night, whilst some claim to have received other candidates' scores

Milbank reignites pay war — raises London NQ lawyer rates to $215k
That's nearly £160k 😲

Clydes and Fieldfisher raise junior lawyer pay
£80k and £85k

Shoosmiths and Aston Uni join forces to support disadvantaged sixth formers into law
West Midlands teens to benefit from sessions and events in new 18-month programme

‘Toxic work culture’ impacting productivity, say half of legal workers
New research finds nearly two fifths feel less engaged with their roles as a result

Squire Patton Boggs boosts trainee salaries by as much as 27%
City rookies now start on £47k

Revealed: The best chambers for training 2022
The results of Legal Cheek's Junior Barrister Survey are in!

Criminal barristers vote to take action if government does not increase legal aid
'Justice system on its knees', say bar leaders

This is how Instagram influencer pay stacks up against City law firm partners
Ex-Love Islander Olivia Bowen made the same money as a Mayer Brown partner last year

Linklaters kicks off spring retention season with 94% result
49 out of 52 NQs to stay put

ULaw extends ‘money back’ offer to out-of-work LLM students
50% cash back plus 50% credit towards another course

MI5 issues warning about SRA-regulated solicitor working as ‘agent’ for Chinese Communist Party
Christine Lee, 58, runs a firm with offices in London and Birmingham

Linklaters narrows gender pay gap
Ethnicity pay and bonus gaps improve too

Liverpool John Moores law grad jailed over £1 million drugs trafficking conspiracy
Aspiring lawyer used alias 'Grapejuice' in encrypted chats

Human rights lawyer jailed for contempt after deliberate breach of High Court order
Judge slams Soophia Khan for 'defiance of her regulator'