Tag: Slaughter and May

Slaughter and May bumps associate pay by up to 8%
Rises follow last summer's improved six-figure packages for NQs

Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Eversheds Sutherland top Ireland’s ‘Brexit transfer list’
As record number of UK-qualified solicitors register in Ireland

City law firm ‘consortium’ appoints BPP as SQE prep-course provider
Influential group's future trainees will sit super-exam from autumn 2022 -- a year after assessment's proposed introduction

EXCLUSIVE: Former bosses of ULaw and Kaplan combine with magic circle duo to launch new ‘challenger’ law school
They’re targeting the SQE market

Director of top London lawtech company Luminance faces US extradition over fraud allegations
Slaughter and May is a high profile backer of business

First speakers announced for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference London 2020
Sales of Super Early Bird Tickets end this Friday

General election 2019: Oxford educated ex-Slaughter and May lawyers go head-to-head in Middlesbrough
Former magic circle duo even attended the same private school

Slaughter and May distances itself from ‘Slaughtered and Dismayed’ corporate law meme account
Insta page, until recently, used a modified version of magic circle outfit’s logo

Ashurst becomes latest City firm to launch fintech accelerator programme
Follows similar moves by the likes of Addleshaw Goddard, Simmons & Simmons and Slaughter and May

Slaughter and May posts first-ever tweet — 10 years after setting up account
Gordon Brown was PM and Black Eyed Peas topped the charts

Exclusive: City law firm ‘consortium’ prepares to appoint super-exam prep course provider
Linklaters latest to join influential group

Crown Prosecution Service more ‘attractive’ place to work than the magic circle, say law students
Aspiring lawyers value work/life balance over international career

Slaughter and May keeps 37 out of 40 newly qualifying trainee solicitors
Strong 93% retention result comes as magic circle firm ups GDL maintenance grant to £10,000

Open thread: What are magic circle firms REALLY paying their newly qualified lawyers?
Help us fill the gaps by sharing your insider salary info below the line

Nearly a third of magic circle trainees went to Oxbridge
This despite making up less than 1% of each year’s graduating class

Slaughter and May raises newly qualified salary to £92k plus bonus in pay package that sees it join the ‘100 Club’
Total package is worth over £100,000

Durham Uni teams up with ex-Slaughter and May partner to launch first LLB ‘pensions law’ module
Former magic circle lawyer Philip Bennett appointed visiting professor

New City law firm recruitment portal targets grads with good grades against the odds
Diversity hiring specialist Rare wants to help outfits unearth 'historically hidden talent' and boost social mobility

How lawtech looked in the 90s
ULaw campus dean Sarah Pooley reveals how innovation has long been a feature of legal practice and what it now means for future lawyers

How Freshfields’ £100k NQ pay will change the profession
Magic circle embrace of MoneyLaw set to have far-reaching effects

Slaughter and May reveals first six start-ups to join legal tech hub
Easy-to-understand coding tool and AI-powered dictation platform among inaugural cohort