Isabel Elsey explains why completing a vacation scheme at Milbank is integral to securing a training contract with the firm. She also sets out the skills she wants to see from aspiring solicitors in their applications and highlights the best way to research the firm. 

Premier international law firm Milbank LLP has launched a new training pathway – leveraged finance track – for candidates with “a clear and committed interest in leveraged finance”. 

US law firm Milbank LLP has published its year-end bonus figures for its associates, which will be between $15,000 (£12,000) and $115,000 (£90,000) depending on their experience level. 

We took home the trophy for the 'Best Law Society for Commercial Awareness' award. This award particularly stands out to us, as commercial awareness often seems to be a buzzword for students and presents a large barrier for those who have never had experience or insight into the commercial world!

A midlands firm, Talbots Law, has recruited nearly 100 staff to expand its business.

In 2024, Middle Temple awarded scholarships worth around £1.4 million, with more than £1.2 million of that going to Bar course students and £211,750 to GDL students. 

Mid-tier law firms Simmons & Simmons LLP, RPC and Shoosmiths have launched new policies to reward lawyers for billing higher hours, with bonuses of up to 40% of base salary on offer. 

The Law Society’s financial benchmarking survey for 2016 recorded income rises and strong profit margins for mid-sized UK law firms, in what is encouraging news for the sector.

Find out about Michelmores’ application and recruitment processes, the firm’s D&I strategy, frequent application mistakes and how to discuss non-legal work experience as Georgie shares her advice for candidates.

Metro Bank has become one of the first in-house legal teams in the financial services sector to support aspiring solicitors through the Solicitors Qualifying Examination on their way to qualification.

Metro Bank has launched a professional studies loan scheme for postgraduate students, available initially only to students at the University of Law.

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The legal industry is bearing witness to a string of mergers taking place this winter as law firms expand their strength and reach ahead of the new year.

Small and medium-sized firms are increasingly turning to mergers as a way of coping with a lack of growth, research has suggested.

Trainee recruitment has been indefinitely postponed at both Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper in preparation for the merger of the two firms on 31 October.