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Reed Smith retention: firm hangs on to 67%
- 11 Sep 2016
Reed Smith has revealed its autumn 2016 retention, keeping hold of eight of its 12 qualifiers, a rate of 67 per cent.
Simmons & Simmons lets 50% of autumn qualifers go
- 8 Sep 2016
Simmons & Simmons has retained 50 per cent of its qualifying trainees this September.
Clifford Chance posts 82 per cent retention
- 6 Sep 2016
Clifford Chance has revealed that it is keeping on 82 per cent of its autumn 2016 qualifiers.
Travers Smith retains 94% of qualifiers
- 6 Sep 2016
Travers Smith has retained 94 per cent of its qualifying trainees this September.
Cleary Gottlieb NQs get bumper pay rise to £105,000
- 5 Sep 2016
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has handed its newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors a 9 per cent pay rise.
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Senior associates regret legal career most
- 5 Sep 2016
Four out of 10 senior associates would not choose to become a lawyer again, new research from The Lawyer Salary Survey has revealed.
High retention at Watson Farley as NQ pay rises to £68,000
- 4 Sep 2016
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has recorded 93 per cent trainee retention for this autumn.
Bird & Bird bumps NQ salaries to £62,000 as it posts strong retention
- 1 Sep 2016
Bird & Bird has revealed that it is keeping on 88 per cent of its autumn qualifying trainees in newly qualified (NQ) roles.
Flexible working for lawyers: who’s doing what?
- 25 Aug 2016
Today, Macfarlanes has become the latest firm to introduced a flexible working policy.
Linklaters retains 91% of autumn qualifiers
- 21 Aug 2016
Linklaters has retained 91 per cent of its qualifying trainees this autumn.
Herbies keeps 94% of autumn qualifiers
- 21 Aug 2016
Herbert Smith Freehills has recorded 94 per cent retention for autumn 2016.
Freshfields launches paralegal apprenticeships in Manchester
- 14 Aug 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched a paralegal apprenticeship scheme in its Manchester legal services centre.
London in-house banking roles dry up as Brexit takes toll
- 31 Jul 2016
London-based in-house banking roles have rapidly diminished since last year, research by business intelligence company Vacancysoft and recruiter Laurence Simons has found.
Jones Day reveals autumn retention and hands NQs £7,000 pay boost
- 28 Jul 2016
Taylor Wessing is to keep on 77 per cent of its qualifying trainees this autumn.
Nabarro hands trainees 5% pay boost
- 28 Jul 2016
Nabarro has revealed its new salary bands for 2016/17.
US firms dominate British pro bono charts
- 26 Jul 2016
Lawyers at US firm Seyfarth Shaw averaged the highest number of pro bono hours in the UK last year, a new survey has revealed.
Pay rise season 2016: Who got paid the most?
- 18 Jul 2016
It’s pay rise season in law firm land. Normally when the announcements come out, it’s either blanket good news, as happy associates reap salary boosts, or bad tidings across the board if the economic outlook is gloomy.
Allen & Overy retains 86% of smallest intake in years
- 13 Jul 2016
Allen & Overy is to retain 36 out of 42 qualifying trainees this autumn, equating to 86 per cent of its intake. It is the first of the magic circle to release its figures for September.
Brexit fallout: Is it worth taking the New York bar exam?
- 10 Jul 2016
With the events of last month reverberating across the UK, the wry comments started almost immediately. “Anyone up for starting a commune in Sweden?” “How do I get a Canadian passport?”
Travers nudges ahead of Macfarlanes as both firms up associate pay
- 7 Jul 2016
Macfarlanes and Travers Smith have both upped their associate pay to £71,000 and £71,500 respectively.