Tag: Money
For God’s Sake, Retire! Baby Boomer Partners’ Refusal To Quit Blocks Junior Lawyer Career Progression
The number of partners retiring has fallen by a third in the last 15 years,...
Having Your Training Contract Delayed By 12 Months Is An ‘Opportunity’, Claims Wragge & Co Managing Partner
On Saturday, I received this private message on Twitter.
Solicitors’ Profession Could Face a ‘Lost Generation Of Talent’
Three weeks on from the scrapping of the trainee minimum wage and the decision looks...
NAMED: The Law Firm Requiring Grads To Self-Fund a £9.5K Paralegal Training Course Before They’re Considered For a TC
EXCLUSIVE: In March, Legal Cheek published a story about a firm that was asking law...
Greedy Associates: Freshfields Temp Scheme Could Freeze Junior Lawyer Pay For a Generation
There’s a growing consensus that junior corporate lawyers are overpaid, with a recent (paywalled) survey...
Four Reasons Why The Trainee Minimum Wage Had To Go
You heard it here first, a full hour before any other publication, and it’s now...
Are The Earnings Of Nick Clegg’s Wife (Dechert Partner Miriam Gonzalez) Our Business?
“Can she legitimately claim to be left-wing when she’s married to a banker,” I found...
DLA Piper Lawyer Had Affair With Russian Spy Anna Chapman
“What first attracted you to short, balding millionaire Paul Daniels?” Mrs Merton once memorably asked...
EXPLAINED: Why Kim Kardashian Wants To Date A Lawyer
This morning it emerged that Kim Kardashian is looking to go out with a lawyer....
Trainee Solicitors Could Earn Just £5,408 a Year If Minimum Wage Scrapped
Trainee solicitors could be re-classified as apprentices – and see their salaries tumble to just...
Becoming a QC: Easy as £4,200 inc VAT
The congratulations email received by today’s new QCs comes with…a bill for £4,200 (inclusive of...
Ryanair Boss Boasts About His In-House Lawyers’ Low Pay
Ryanair’s commitment to cheapness extends to its in-house lawyers, it has emerged. In a spat...
Simon Myerson QC: I’d Rather Have a Coffee Than a Pupil
‘Pupils contribute nothing to chambers during their pupillage’, writes Simon Myerson QC, so paying them...
Make a Difference: Sponsor a Pupil Barrister For Just £3 a Day
Andrew Jackson, a barrister at 5 Pump Court Chambers, has come up with a compelling...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Twork Experience, Fairy Tales & City Lawyer Fat Cats
Earlier this week, law student David Woodall set out some etiquette for asking lawyers for...
City Law Bonuses Reach £35K – but Brazilian lawyer earnings exceed UK counterparts
It’s often forgotten that City lawyers get bonuses. But a survey released today shows average...
In-House Lawyers’ Pay Keeps Going Up (but so does inflation)
Working as an in-house lawyer in a company is seen as one of the less...