Tag: Solicitors

CMS and Simmons boost NQ lawyer salaries
£95k and £100k

Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2022
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey can reveal the law firms with the highest scores for training and quality of work

Biotech grad bags SQE1 scholarship for essay on ‘why STEM students make great lawyers’
Viktoria Dipla's £3k award covers cost of BARBRI course

Lawyers urged to donate corporate clobber to help job seekers
Blake Morgan teams up with Working Wardrobe Project to help people looking for employment in South Wales

Slaughter and May joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ pay to £107.5k
Third rise this year

Clifford Chance to be led by lawyer outside UK for first time
Milan-based Charles Adams elected magic circle giant's next global managing partner

Akin Gump announces big bonuses for London lawyers
Up to £104k in year-end and one-time special rewards

BPP to offer free SQE and bar ‘bridge courses’
Tie-up with eight universities

Bakers joins City salary war with £105k rate for NQs
Extra cash for trainees too

Online law school launches £7k LLM with SQE prep
College of Legal Practice secures degree awarding powers

TikToking Morrison & Foerster lawyer goes viral with response to ‘unhinged’ law student demanding free careers advice
'A good example of what not to do when you're trying network within your profession'

BCLP bumps target hours following pay hike
Global firm raised NQ salaries to almost £100k last month

5 tips on how to excel during a virtual vacation scheme
ULaw’s deputy vice chancellor (law) Peter Crisp shares advice with readers hoping to stand out in the increasingly virtual recruitment process

Former City law firm partner fined £15,000 for drink driving offences
Ex-Simmons & Simmons lawyer failed to report earlier conviction to regulator

Why lawyers must lead the way on diversity
It's time the conversation moved beyond chargeable hours, profit margins and marketing, writes solicitor Baljinder Singh Atwal

7 things students should know about ‘qualifying work experience’
BPP’s Jonny Hurst explains the nuts and bolts of the new training regime

Baker McKenzie picks BARBRI to put future trainees through the SQE
First cohort starts September 2023

Ince boosts junior lawyer pay by over a quarter to £90k
Offers associates cut of new business in rewards shake-up

City law firms to fund aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE
£145k pledged so far to cover exam prep and fees

Edinburgh Uni grad scoops full SQE1 scholarship with ‘law firm of the future’ essay
Natalie Northridge receives £3k for BARBRI course

Family of Salford Uni law student murdered in drive-by shooting collect her degree
Aya Hachem would have graduated this week