The NQ Salary War

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Earlier this year, the London legal sector witnessed another intense salary battle.   The NQ “salary war” began in May 2024 when Magic Circle firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer increased their pay for NQ Lawyers in London from £125k to £150k. Linklaters and Clifford Chance were soon to follow in their footsteps, also hiking their NQ…

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The SQE Three Years on…

In 2021, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) launched a new route to qualify as a solicitor, the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). The SRA took the view that the LPC became inaccessible to some students, due to  course fee costs and training contracts becoming more competitive.  The SQE can be split into two parts – SQE1…

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