Tag: Solicitors

Bird & Bird ups NQ lawyer pay by £17k
Base rate of £88k

‘I’ve accepted a TC with a firm which doesn’t cover the area I want to practise’
I hope to specialise in aviation law

Clifford Chance retains 70% of spring qualifying trainees
Final magic circle firm to reveal 2022 score

Students forced to queue for hours to book SQE exam
Wait times of up to two hours as online booking system opened this week

Paul Hastings pumps NQ pay to over £141k
Rises for rookies too

Revealed: The law firms with the best offices 2022
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey can reveal the law firms with the swankiest digs

Trowers increases London NQ pay to £77.5k
Rises for firm's regional rookies too

Mishcon delays stock market listing
IPO plans temporarily postponed amid market volatility

Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare sees spike in stress-related calls
Almost two-thirds of all contacts from trainee and junior lawyers

Withers latest to drop ‘Dear Sirs’ in emails
Reminds staff to use 'gender neutral' salutations instead

ULaw signs SQE partnerships with six universities
LSE and Nottingham Uni grads among those guaranteed prep course places under new deal

Can lawyers be leaders?
Not so, says Boris -- much to the annoyance of lawyers

BPP students to reverse mentor law firms on diversity and inclusion
Lawyers to be schooled by aspiring lawyers in four-month partnership

White & Case and ULaw strike SQE training deal
Global firm recruits 50 UK trainees each year

Law school leaders react to first SQE results
Legal Cheek talks to the key players in legal education to understand what last week's results announcement means for students and the wider profession

London NQ lawyer pay hits record £161,500
US outfit Goodwin ups junior rates to unprecedented levels -- also unveils new perk which sees it pay for their holidays

A&O records 87% spring trainee retention score
Magic circle player keeps 33 out of 38 NQs

£150k junior lawyer salaries are ‘out of control’, top general counsel warns
Network Rail's leading lawyer Dan Kayne urges profession to find new ways of retaining talent before young associates 'get hurt'

Will working as a magistrate become the next CV must-have for wannabe lawyers?
Government targets 'younger people' as part of new recruitment drive

How to fund your SQE
Legal Cheek Careers caught up with BPP’s Jonny Hurst to discuss the options available to students