In the latest salvo of the intensifying war for legal talent among top City firms, Quinn Emanuel has fired a shot across the bow, significantly boosting pay for its newly minted solicitors in London with a major legal pay increase. The powerhouse US-based litigation boutique, the storied ‘most feared’ litigation firm, is raising base salaries […]
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Australian Law Jobs The lawyer salary landscape for Australian lawyers continues to evolve as the law job market shows that corporate law roles are commanding higher salaries than traditional law firm roles with law firms remaining cautious in their legal recruitment. The latest salary survey from the College of Law, which was undertaken in late
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Britain’s Highest-Paid Barristers Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing writer “Editor’s note: This article was updated in 2026 to reflect new Bar Council earnings data, recent commercial chambers’ fee information and fresh examples of the UK’s highest‑earning barristers.” The highest-paid barristers in the UK can command substantial fees, with some earning as much as £1.5 million per
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Profits-per-partner list for the top law firms and what law partners earn is a revealing look at the profitability of law firm partnerships
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Checking how to get to the best pre-law schools means doing some research but these are the leading schools – together with some examples of other top, small schools
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Slaughter and May’s Steve Cooke Joins Brunswick in Strategic Career Pivot Law career changes are occurring with increasing frequency across multiple levels of the legal profession. The latest high profile change reported by the Financial Times is for Steve Cooke, the head of Slaughter and May is set to join Brunswick, a public relations group,
In the realm of Biglaw, marked by a cautiously optimistic atmosphere, Milbank has taken a bold step by elevating first-year associate salaries to an unprecedented $225,000. However the reality of the pay rise may be something else. The Milbankmove not only sets a new standard in legal remuneration but also signals a robust confidence in
The Best-Paying UK Law Firms – And The Average Lawyer Earnings The highest-paying law firms for trainee lawyers in the UK can vary depending on the year and the source. However, some of the law firms that are consistently mentioned as offering high salaries for trainee lawyers include the Magic Circle firms (Allen & Overy,
The American Bar Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar will reconsider the elimination of the longstanding rule requiring schools to use the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) or other standardized tests when admitting students. The decision raises the question: should law schools continue to require standardized tests like the LSAT as part of their admissions process?
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Eve Cornwell is a trainee at Linklaters, London office and has released a much-watched, ‘unfiltered’ view of the Magic Circle firm’s office with a video view of everything in the firm’s London HQ – with the blessing of the firm, who want to lift the lid on working at Big Law, London. Everthing from the
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