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One Essex Court Raises Trainee Salaries

One Essex Court Raises Trainee Salaries

The 2010 incoming trainee class at London’s One Essex Court will be paid £60,000 ($99,550) per year, or a £15,000 ($24,900) above current rates. This is as much as 60%…

Allen & Overy to Reduce Incoming Associate Class Sizes

Allen & Overy to Reduce Incoming Associate Class Sizes

In March, London’s Allen & Overy announced it would retain only 70% of its trainees for September 2009 and March 2010. Now the firm has added it will take on…

Ashurst Freezing All Non-Partner Salaries

Ashurst Freezing All Non-Partner Salaries

Ashurst has slashed pay for its incoming class, and is freezing salaries for all non-partner lawyers and support staff. Trainee solicitors who qualified with Ashurst this month will receive salaries…

Allen & Overy to Cut 30% of Trainees

Allen & Overy to Cut 30% of Trainees

London’s Allen & Overy will only retain 70% of its trainees for September 2009 and March 2010. The Magic Circle firm has not made a final decision about the retention…

Baker & McKenzie Bribes Trainees to Delay Start Dates

Baker & McKenzie has become the latest law firm to ask its incoming trainees to postpone their start date by up to a year. The firm’s London arm has asked…

Norton Rose Offers Trainees Cash to Defer Start Dates

Norton Rose has offered trainees due to join the firm in 2009 and 2010 up to £10,000 to defer the start dates of their training contracts. The London firm, which…

Freshfields Delays Start Dates

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is asking some of its trainees to push back their start dates with the firm. A number of trainees set to join the firm in August 2010…

Freshfields to Freeze Associate Pay

London’s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer informed staff  yesterday that salaries for associates will be held at 2008 levels. The pay freeze means associates will not progress through to the next pay…

London Law School BPP Strikes Deal With London Law Firm Travers Smith

London Law School BPP Strikes Deal With London Law Firm Travers Smith

UK Based BPP Law School has just added London law firm Travers Smith to its client roster. The announcement comes just after BPP says it will be the only provider…

Update: Linklaters Set to Eliminate Up to 270 Jobs

Update: Linklaters Set to Eliminate Up to 270 Jobs

Just a week after announcing mass layoffs, Linklaters is launching a formal redundancy consultation, with up to 120 lawyers and 150 business support staff in London expected to lose their…

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