Tag: Solicitors

Trainee retentions: mixed fortunes for Simmons and Shoosmiths
Spring scores of 57% and 100%

Just over half of students pass first ever SQE
Regulator identifies 'attainment gap' among ethnic groups

SQE results day hit by technical issues and delays
Some students found out their results late into the night, whilst some claim to have received other candidates' scores

Milbank reignites pay war — raises London NQ lawyer rates to $215k
That's nearly £160k 😲

Clydes and Fieldfisher raise junior lawyer pay
£80k and £85k

Shoosmiths and Aston Uni join forces to support disadvantaged sixth formers into law
West Midlands teens to benefit from sessions and events in new 18-month programme

‘Toxic work culture’ impacting productivity, say half of legal workers
New research finds nearly two fifths feel less engaged with their roles as a result

Squire Patton Boggs boosts trainee salaries by as much as 27%
City rookies now start on £47k

Linklaters kicks off spring retention season with 94% result
49 out of 52 NQs to stay put

ULaw extends ‘money back’ offer to out-of-work LLM students
50% cash back plus 50% credit towards another course

MI5 issues warning about SRA-regulated solicitor working as ‘agent’ for Chinese Communist Party
Christine Lee, 58, runs a firm with offices in London and Birmingham

Linklaters narrows gender pay gap
Ethnicity pay and bonus gaps improve too

Human rights lawyer jailed for contempt after deliberate breach of High Court order
Judge slams Soophia Khan for 'defiance of her regulator'

National law firms Weightmans and RadcliffesLeBrasseur to merge
Due to go live March 2022

Get to grips with crypto and blockchain, top judge tells lawyers
Master of the Rolls says every member of the profession will require 'familiarity' with new technology

NQ lawyer pay at Mayer Brown hits £105k
Rise for rookies too

Shoosmiths opens first international office
Brussels base comes in response to rise in EU work