Category: News

Trainee pay at Clifford Chance hits £55k
£50k in year one, rising to £55k in year two

DAC Beachcroft records 81% trainee retention score
13 sign permanent deals ✍️

SQE officially comes into force
New solicitor training regime will eventually replace the LPC

‘Cancelled’ barrister cleared of misconduct over tweet that got him kicked out of chambers
But fined £500 over separate tweet about Muslims

RPC says lawyers can work from home permanently
Includes trainees

Exclusive: Jones Day London partner sanctioned over inappropriate behaviour at drinks event
Drunken lawyer leaves trainee shaken and upset

Six-month suspension for newly qualified solicitor who parked in disabled space
Caught using someone else's blue badge

Get jabbed before office return, MoFo tells London lawyers
First law firm to publicly mandate vaccine policy in UK office

‘I do feel like Elle Woods’: Former X Factor star to start law school next month
Katie Waissel appeared on the show in 2010

National law firm embraces solicitor apprenticeships
Ashfords' new six-year pathway will incorporate SQE

ULaw and Taylor Wessing strike SQE training deal
First rookie cohort starts next year

Hale expresses ‘regret’ over spider brooch
Previously unreported comments surface in new Supreme Court book 🕷️

A&O ramps up financial support for underprivileged aspiring lawyers
Six bursaries of £15k up for grabs

Work remotely up to 2.5 days a week, Travers tells lawyers
More City firms embrace agile lawyering

Dentons London NQ lawyer pay hits £80k
Trainees handed rises

High Court judge apologises for ‘sexist comment’ to lawyer
Judge Daniel Schaffer issued 'formal advice' by Lord Chief Justice

Addleshaw Goddard boosts London NQ lawyer pay to £82,000
Rises in regions and Scotland too

Oxbridge law courses ranked among top 10 salary-boosting degrees
Economics at Cambridge comes top

‘Highly repetitive admin tasks’ may be ‘useful’ work experience under SQE, says Law Society
New regime in force in two weeks time

HFW boosts NQ lawyer pay 11% to £73.5k and rolls out new agile working policy
Rises for trainees too