Tag: Solicitors

Addleshaws freezes NQ pay at £100k to tackle salary bunching
Bigger bonus pool too

Former Irwin Mitchell associate billed 23 hours in just one day
'Inflated' timesheets leads to strike off

A&O Shearman posts £2.9 billion revenue in first year post-merger
More financial results

‘I’m about to start my training contract. Got any advice?’
Keen to make good first impression

HSF Kramer launches mentoring scheme to support neurodivergent trainees
Participants paired with senior mentors from professional services firms

Addleshaws breaks through £500 million revenue barrier
Eight years of consecutive growth

21-year-old becomes one of the youngest ever solicitors in England & Wales
Bagged first-class law degree at 18 😲

Macfarlanes posts 86% trainee retention score
24 out of 28

Eversheds and Pinsents post modest revenue gains amid mixed partner profit results
Turnover up 3% and 4.7% respectively

Partner profits fuelling ‘Hunger Games’ culture, top City lawyer warns
Hoarding work, chasing quick wins and pitching solo

Milbank showers London associates with summer bonuses up to £18.5k
Second year in a row

Is soaring NQ pay impacting trainee retention rates?
The Legal Cheek team discuss NQ salaries, retention rates, financial results and a petition to reform the SQE — listen now 🎙️

‘I’m not a wet lettuce’: Trainee solicitor behind SQE petition hits back at Braverman’s ‘snowflake’ jibe
Former Home Sec slammed students calling for exam overhaul

Should AI be given legal personhood? New Law Commission paper raises ‘radical’ possibility
No legal status... for now

Disadvantaged SQE students to benefit from £360k in grants funded by Kaplan fines
Benefit up to 190 aspiring solicitors

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman slams ‘snowflake’ aspiring lawyers over SQE petition
Student call to reform ‘disproportionately challenging’ exams draws criticism from MP

Irwin Mitchell and Walker Morris report record revenues
Financial results season continues