Tag: Solicitors

Law Society recommends 10% pay rise for trainee solicitors
£26,068 in London and £23,122 elsewhere

Virtual law school launches ‘Open to All Scholarship’
Law Training Centre's new grants can be put towards a range of law courses, including SQE

Freshfields confirms it will no longer publish its financial results
Revenue and partner profits up in final figures to media

Quartet of top City law firms announce muted financial results
Everyone struggles to keep pace with inflation

CMS records 80% autumn trainee retention rate
48 out of 60 rookies take NQ roles

PEP ‘not helpful’, says Mishcon
London law firm confirms it will no longer publish profit per equity partner figure as it reveals latest set of financial results

Linklaters becomes latest Magic Circle firm to post record revenues
Hits £1.9 billion -- but profits and PEP dip

Slaughter and May wants more working-class lawyers
Elite Magic Circle outfit sets series of new social mobility targets

Osborne Clarke ties bonuses to office attendance
60/40 split

DWF’s £342 million takeover edges closer
Listed giant receives all-cash offer from private equity firm

Law firm defends LPC-requirement for receptionist role
Sign of the times?

Eversheds Sutherland strikes ‘cooperation agreement’ with Asia’s KWM
Send legal work to each other

CMS and Simmons raise NQ lawyer salaries
£105k and £107.5k

What it takes to succeed on a law conversion course
The College of Legal Practice’s module leader for the Graduate Foundation in Law, Laura Hall, discusses her law conversion experience and time in legal practice

Don’t use dating apps to cheat on your partners, lawyers warned
Anonymous blogger tells solicitors to be mindful of online behaviour

Clifford Chance breaks £2 billion revenue threshold with eighth consecutive year of growth
Average partner profits remain flat at £2 million amid significant 'economic headwinds'

Trainee solicitor competes in Miss Universe GB comp
Challenges included walking over broken glass

Solicitor aims to become first ‘AI-powered MP’
Andrew Gray hopes tech-focused approach will lead to election success