Seeking a top law job is a stressful enough experience without slipping up on key matters that might otherwise create a failed mission. So a recent panel of City lawyers, London, entitled "How to become a City lawyer", spoke to law graduates at BPP University Law School recently, who made 3 key observations: 1. Be True to Yourself The need to be true to yourself rather … [Read more...]
Linklaters Join London NQ Pay Rise
The last of the big Magic Circle firms to life its newly qualified pay rates has happened with Linklaters now lifting its NQ rate to £100,000. The pay rise follows Slaughter & May's pay rise and increases recently by Freshfields. The rise includes a discretionary performance bonus as well and follows moves by all the major City law firms in the wake of major pay rise … [Read more...]
Slaughters Lift London Pay Rates in Pay War ‘Race to the Top’
Slaughter & May is the latest major law firm in London to life its associate pay, which is £100,000 including bonuses The pay increase follows recent moves by firms in The City, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance which both lifted their pay for newly-qualified (NQ) pay to £100,000 as the pay war started by the large US firms lifted NQ pay … [Read more...]
The Above The Law (School) Rankings: Which Schools Excel at Getting Graduates Into Jobs?
Natural beauty portrait of young business woman The Above the Law released their seventh Top 50 Law School rankings with the key focus being the law schools that actually result in graduates scoring good jobs - or indeed any jobs. The ATL rankings incorporate the ABA employment data from the 2018 year and are obviously a key ranking for that reason alone. After all, most … [Read more...]
How Did “Crazy Rich” Star Gemma Chan Move From Slaughter & May to Stardom? (And How Did Her Law Degree Help?)
Gemma Chan has had a raft of movies before starring in the blockbuster hit "Crazy Rich Asians", but her movie career success was helped by both an Oxford Law degree and her work at leading law firm Slaughter & May. Read More Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK7k-RF5dVo … [Read more...]