McDermott Will & Emery is increasing its trainee salaries, matching the top of the market figures announced recently by Davis Polk & Wardwell. Davis Polk recently raised the bar for London trainee salaries, announcing that first years would pick up £65,000 and second years receiving a salary of £70,000. McDermott Will & Emery is matching […]
Growing up in one of the UK’s most deprived neighbourhoods, the odds were stacked against me from the start. My journey to becoming a trainee solicitor at CMS has been anything but straightforward. As someone who is Black, dyslexic, and raised in an area within the top 10 per cent of the most deprived neighbourhoods […]
Burges Salmon has increased its trainee and newly qualified solicitor (NQ) salaries, with what is believed to be a market-topping £68,000 in Edinburgh. In its home town of Bristol, first-year trainee pay rose from £44,000 to £47,000 as of 1 September, with second years getting a boost from £46,000 to £49,000. NQs will get £72,000, […]
Entering the legal profession as a Black male had its challenges. I took the plunge and moved from my hometown to Manchester to study law at university in 2014. Initially, there were perceived barriers to my entry. People around me, who I respect, whether that be family or friends, told me that the industry “wasn’t […]
Reed Smith has refreshed its Professional SQE Programme (PSQE) and partnered with The College of Legal Practice (CoLP) as its sole academic provider for future trainees. The PSQE is a hybrid learning and work experience programme that all future trainee solicitors at Reed Smith embark on in the year leading up to their training contract […]
Addleshaw Goddard has entered the £100,000 club after hiking City salaries for newly qualified solicitors (NQ) by over 5 per cent. The firm’s rate for junior lawyers in London has increased from £95,000 to £100,000. The last time Addleshws raised its NQ salary was in September 2022, when the firm implemented a 16 per cent […]
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has unveiled a number of perks for aspiring solicitors in its inaugural internship programme, including half of their pay upfront and money for work attire. Paul Weiss has launched its bi-annual two-week work experience scheme, which will be based in its Soho office commencing next year. A total of […]
Mishcon de Reya has hiked salaries for newly qualified solicitors (NQ) by 5.5 per cent to £95,000. The last time the firm raised its NQ salary was in May 2022, when it opted for an 8 per cent uplift from £83,000 to £90,000. NQs also saw a hike only six months before that in November […]
Newly-qualified solicitors at Slaughter and May are officially joining the £150,000 pay club after the firm brought its pay review forward. The firm had previously stated it would hold its pay rate at £125,000 until at least November this year. The new salary took effect on 1 September, putting the firm in line with Freshfields […]
As Freshfields goes for a more American look, Paul Weiss is appealing to aspiring UK lawyers with a £250 grant to buy smart attire. Unveiling a generous vacation scheme package, the US firm has also hit top of the market rates with an £180,000 NQ salary. That figure will likely be even higher once its […]
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