Tag: Solicitors
Junior lawyer numbers set to rocket following SQE roll-out, predicts Google-backed legal business chief
Super-exam also tipped as pro-diversity by legal entrepreneur
‘A terrible day for the poor and disadvantaged’: Legal aid cuts force closure of London law centre
Lambeth not-for-profit goes to the wall with immediate effect
Taylor Wessing raises NQ solicitor pay to £77,000 plus bonus in package worth up to £92,400
City pay war continues
6 City law firms secure spots on LGBT ‘Top Global Employers’ list
Stonewall index celebrates businesses inclusion efforts
Extinction Rebellion park boat named in memory of popular eco-barrister outside Royal Courts of Justice
Traffic brought to a standstill
Simmons & Simmons ups newly qualified solicitor base salaries to £79,000
Junior lawyer earnings could exceed £100,000 with bonuses, says firm
UK public prefers Obama over Blair as their ‘ideal lawyer’, survey finds
Hillary Clinton and Nelson Mandela also score highly
Kings Chambers teams up with social mobility charity to launch legal placement scheme for working class students
Each participant will receive £100 to buy suitable clothing
Ashurst joins City pay war with £105,000 NQ solicitor package
Base rate of £84,000 plus bonus
Former Skadden London lawyer caught up in Trump-Russia probe struck off for lying to FBI
City lawyer Alex van der Zwaan accepts professional ban following short jail spell
New Winckworth Sherwood partner emails 600 contacts on first day on the job — forgets to blind copy
Blunder reported to UK data watchdog
Clifford Chance posts 87% autumn trainee retention score
41 out of 47 qualifying trainees stay put
Average partner profits at Allen & Overy and Linklaters hit £1.7 million
Rises of 1% and 11%
Aspiring lawyers shouldn’t lose sight of the basics
A panel of experts discuss coding, AI and how soft skills remain paramount
Criminal bar chief creates Love Island translator for lawyers
‘Got a text’ = a new brief has arrived in chambers
Travers Smith joins NQ salary war with package of up to £110,500
Boost comes as City player confirms 4% bump in PEP to £1.25 million
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
Selfie-taking lawyer gored by bull during Spanish festival
US criminal defence specialist recovering in hospital
Legal Twitterati sent into overdrive after former PM threatens to take Boris Johnson to court to stop a no-deal Brexit
John Major says he'd consider lawyering up to stop the Queen suspending the House of Commons
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