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• Allen & Overy grants minor pay rise to junior associates

  Apr 25 2012 Allen & Overy has granted a minor pay rise to junior associates, with a £500 raise for newly qualified, 1 PQE and 2 PQE lawyers (to £61.5k, £68.5k and £74.5k... more

• Kennedys' accounts show rapid expansion in 2010-11

  Apr 16 2012 UK firm Kennedys has increased its equity partnership by 30 per cent in 2010-11, from 50 to 65 partners. In the same period, 42 fee earners were added to the firm’s... more

• Bingham McCutchen leads ranking for pay satisfaction in the UK

  Feb 10 2012 A survey of lawyer satisfaction with pay at UK firms has found that 100 per cent of Bingham McCutchen associates were completely satisfied with their pay, which is not... more

• Litigation support services in high demand

  Feb 07 2012 A new survey put together by New York-based headhunter and consultancy The Cowen Group has attempted to evaluate the ratio of salaries to revenue within law firms,... more

• Recession-era measures seem as though they are here to stay

  Feb 02 2012 The cost-cutting measures undertaken by law firms in the recession – including smaller entry-level classes, stagnant salaries and an impossibly long road to... more

• Kirkland & Ellis increases pay for all associates in London

  Jan 13 2012 Kirkland & Ellis has increased the salaries of all associates in London, with newly qualified lawyers now £7000 better off on £97,000. The increases put the firm... more

• Bird & Bird increases turnover and headcount

  Dec 21 2011 Bird & Bird has increased its fee-earner headcount by three per cent this year, from 654 to 673. The growth represents one of only a few cases of firms adding to... more

• Salaries for Indian graduates double in five years

  Dec 05 2011 There is an interesting account – published in The Lawyer – of the dramatic increase in the salaries paid to graduates in top Indian law firms over the past five... more

• ABA to propose greater transparency obligations for law schools

  Nov 21 2011 The momentum behind moves for increased transparency in consumer information regarding law schools is growing, with an ABA committee working on a new accreditation... more

• Salaries rise and bonuses fall at Canadian firms

  Nov 09 2011 Interesting article here that speculates upon bonuses and salaries in large Canadian law firms. According to Dal Bhathal, the managing director of legal recruitment... more

• UK firm Addleshaw Goddard raises pay for NQs

  Oct 13 2011 UK firm Addleshaw Goddard has effected a pay increase for newly-qualified lawyers, raising the salary by 4 per cent in the firm's regional offices and by 2% in London.... more

• Eversheds joins UK gender equality initiative

  Sep 20 2011 Eversheds has become the first law firm to sign up to a new voluntary gender reporting initiative launched by the UK Government. The ‘Think, Act, Report' initiative... more

• Pinsent Masons and Wragges freeze salaries for newly qualified lawyers

  Aug 24 2011 Pinsent Masons and Wragge & Co have announced the details of their associate slaries for 2011-12, with both firms freezing rates for newly-qualified lawyers in London.... more

• Clifford Chance awards marginal pay rise

  Jun 14 2011 Clifford Chance has announced marginal salary increases for most lawyers. Pay for newly qualified lawyers will remain at £61,500 , while pay for those with one year of... more

• Shearman & Sterling raises associate pay

  May 26 2011 Shearman & Sterling has announced a pay rise for UK qualified associates, increasing salaries by as much as 15 per cent within its three-tier merit-based system.... more

• Allen & Overy and Linklaters freeze salaries

  May 13 2011 Allen & Overy and Linklaters have frozen salaries for associates. This means that lawyers will progress to the next salary band according to the lockstep system, but... more

• Budget cuts threaten access to justice in the US

  Apr 18 2011 Government cost cutting, at both the state and federal level, is threatening access to justice in the US, according to reports. According to the Wall Street... more

• US News ranks law schools on basis of graduate starting salary

  Mar 31 2011 US News, those inventive list makers, has come up with yet another ranking system for prospective law students: “10 Law Degrees With Most Financial Value at... more

• Lawyer appraisals - DOs and DON'Ts

  Feb 02 2011 Here is an interesting article on law firm appraisals. It takes a look at the utility of providing feedback and professional development opportunities, and discusses... more

• India (Comment): The Irony of Law School

  Jan 25 2011 If law schools are brought into existence to serve a social purpose and create ‘socially conscious’ individuals as they claim to do so, then the prevailing structure... more

• Washington law firms protect profits at all costs

  Dec 13 2010 Law firms in the Washington area in the US managed to increase profits for equity partners in 2010, In spite of flat revenue, by cutting expenses. A study by the... more

• US Government lawyers see a two year salary freeze

  Nov 30 2010 The US Government has taken the step of freezing salaries on federal employees for two years. Lawyers who left big law looking for some stability during the... more

• Job prospects down, but fees and applications at law schools are on the rise

  Nov 17 2010 While the job market in the legal sector remains dire, students are applying to law school in record numbers and are willing to borrow to finance soaring tuition fees.... more

• Survey reports on the salaries of Washington lawyers

  Nov 11 2010 The Washingtonian magazine has released a salary survey issue, reporting on the salaries of all manner of professionals in the US capital, and including a section on... more

• The future of associate pay

  Nov 03 2010 Before the recession, graduate starting salaries grew at a rate that considerably outstripped inflation. When the demand for legal services dropped, law firms moved to... more

• Salaries for US associates hold steady through recession

  Sep 16 2010 A new study of salaries for US associates has shown that they have remained steady throughout the recession. The report by the National Association for Law... more

• BigLaw Partners May Be Worth Top Pay, But What About Associates?

  Jan 06 2010 Amongst those at the top of the BigLaw ladder, partners at the ten highest-grossing law firms in Washington, D.C., have been earning seven-figure annual incomes and... more

• Billing Rates Projected to Increase 3.2% in 2010

  Dec 02 2009 BigLaw firms are shrinking and so are associate salaries. But billing rates are expected to go up next year. In the latest survey from the law firm consultancy... more

• FoxMandal pays Delhi salaries with two-month dealy

  Aug 21 2009 Indian firm FoxMandal Little has paid the salaries to Delhi fee-earners after cashflow difficulties led to a two-month payment stop. more

• Will New York law firms cut associate salaries?

  May 08 2009 In 2007, New York City firms were raising starting salaries to match the $160,000 mark set by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. As earnings are under pressure due to the... more

• Linklaters cuts bonuses and limits salary increases

  May 03 2009 Linklaters recently indicated that it will be cutting associate bonuses and will provide salary increases on a reduced basis for associates. Support staff at the firm... more

• Reports of Squire Sanders associate salary cut

  Apr 27 2009 Reports have emerged that US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey has elected to cut associate salaries by approximately 10%. In addition, 30 lawyers are reported to have... more

• Chadbourne moves to cut salaries

  Apr 23 2009 Numerous reports exist that Chadbourne & Parke will be cutting associate salaries, after previously having indicated a freeze on associate compensation. The salary... more

• Taylor Wessing introduces cost-cutting measures including redundancies

  Apr 21 2009 Taylor Wessing recently indicated that it will introduce a number of cost-cutting measures including a likely 10 associate layoffs, sabbaticals at significant salary... more

• Baker & McKenzie may be cutting salaries

  Apr 20 2009 Reports exist that Baker & McKenzie has begun associate salary cuts of as much as 25%. According to these reports, the salary cuts are being carried out on an... more

• Herbert Smith joins ranks of firms cutting salaries and staff

  Apr 20 2009 Herbert Smith has stated that it will freeze associate salaries at last year's levels, and may be eliminating up to 84 staff from its office in London. The firm's... more

• Telecoms group from Womble Carlyle moves to Arent Fox

  Apr 19 2009 US firm Arent Fox indicated that a seven-lawyer telecommunications group from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice will be joining Arent Fox. In addition, Womble Carlyle... more

• US firms consider cutting associate salaries

  Apr 08 2009 US firms are considering going one step beyond existing salary freezes to cut associate salaries. There is controversy, however, over whether such cuts could do more... more

• Lovells sees numerous lawyers and staff made redundant

  Apr 02 2009 UK firm Lovells has announced it will lay off a total of 79 legal and non-legal staff from its London City office. In addition, the firm will freeze numerous salaries... more

• UK firm Slaughters plans salary freeze

  Apr 02 2009 UK firm Slaughter and May has decided to keep salaries at current levels. It hopes that by doing so, it will avoid legal or support staff layoffs. more

• Clifford Chance freezes salaries for associates

  Mar 31 2009 Clifford Chance has announced that for its entire world network, it will be freezing associate salaries, keeping them at current levels for approximately the next... more

• Recession affecting the legal profession to the tune of 5500 jobs

  Mar 26 2009 As if you needed someone to tell you, the global economic downturn has also been felt in the legal sector. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal... more

• New lawyers' pay takes a big hit at Shearman

  Mar 26 2009 US firm Shearman & Sterling has announced that for its offices in Asia, the UK, and the Middle East, it will not provide an annual increase in the salaries of newly... more

• Kennedys to give raises

  Mar 25 2009 Insurance firm Kennedys recently opted to increase salaries, doing away with its bonus scheme. The firm indicated that the change is unrelated to the global economic... more

• WolfBlock cuts associate pay by 10 percent

  Feb 13 2009 WolfBlock has confirmed that associates will have a 10% reduction in base compensation. The firm told the legal blog Above the Law that it plans to significantly... more

• Why Freshfields had to freeze salaries

  Feb 13 2009 Ted Burke, chief executive of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, explains in The Times the market-changing decision of the "Magic Circle" firm to freeze salaries for... more

• Freshfields freezes associate pay to prepare for tough times ahead

  Feb 09 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced a salary freeze as it prepares for a drop in fee income in 2009. Associates and support staff remain at current pay... more

• UK in-house salaries on the up - for now

  Oct 23 2008 Average pay for a UK head of legal is now £131,502, an increase of 5.4% on last year, while the average salary for a deputy general counsel has increased by 5.6% to... more

• Lawyer salaries in Australia unaffected by economic turmoil

  Aug 04 2008 The study surveyed hundreds of Australian law firms and found that most salary bands observed an average 4.6% increase nationally. Although there has been a market... more

• Law firms beat banks on graduate pay

  Jul 11 2008 Trainee solicitors are the highest paid graduates in the UK, according to a new survey. The median starting salaries for trainee solicitors in 2008 is £36,500,... more

• White & Case City salaries up 2%

  May 16 2008 White & Case has become the latest firm to announce increases to its associate salaries, with the US firm unveiling rises of 2.1% for its junior lawyers. A... more

• Shearman newly-qualified salaries in London shoot up to £80k

  Apr 30 2008 Shearman & Sterling is the first firm in the City to announce annual pay increases for trainees and associates with newly-qualified lawyers now earning £80,000. Senior... more

• Indian salaries rocket as UK firms poach talent

  Apr 08 2008 A full-blown salary war has erupted in India in response to increased local and international competition for talent, resulting in pay increases of more than 50 per... more