Macfarlanes LLP, HFW and Bird & Bird become the latest City law firms to increase the salaries of their newly qualified (NQ) solicitors as the so-called ‘NQ pay war’ continues.
City law firms continue to see robust financial growth, with Clifford Chance reporting its best financial performance for seven years, and Macfarlanes LLP and Mills & Reeve LLP experiencing notable increases in turnover.
CityLawLIVE and NationalLawLIVE, the one-day student conferences for aspiring solicitors have announced that they are jointly extending their deadline to Friday 8 November. Giving applicants an additional week in which to submit will hopefully attract those students who may not have had the time to get their applications in for consideration.
Magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May have said that they will not introduce legal apprenticeships to their recruitment and training models, while Freshfields may soon become the first magic circle firm to take on apprentices.