86% and 67% White & Case and Eversheds Sutherland have reported their latest trainee retention rates for autumn 2025. White & Case is retaining 19 of its 22 trainees due to qualify this September, representing an 86% retention rate. Of…
Plus sign-on bonus Legal Cheek has unveiled an exclusive round-up of solicitor apprentice salaries at the UK’s top law firms — with some apprentices earning up to £33,000 straight out of school! Drawing on data from 40 leading law firms…
Jacob Poole catches up with his friend and colleague, Alasdair Gretton, to chat about balancing life in law with making movies Film poster for Dead on Distribution and director and trainee solicitor Alasdair Gretton When we were younger, my friend…
Sham Uddin does not share evidence to back up his claims A screenshot of Sham Uddin’s TikTok A barrister has claimed in a viral TikTok that the Israeli government were behind the terror attack on a Manchester synagogue which left…
£250 A former personal assistant at Walker Morris has been barred from the legal profession after keeping staff donations intended to fund a colleague’s honeymoon. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) found that Zara Dee Simpson “misled” her firm by claiming…
Effing and blinding A barrister has been reprimanded by a bar disciplinary tribunal after making inappropriate comments to probation staff in a case where he had been instructed by the Probation Service. The tribunal upheld three charges against Timothy Mark…
First three recruits start September 2026 Reed Smith’s London office Reed Smith has become the latest global law firm to launch a solicitor apprenticeship programme in the UK, with its first intake set to join the firm’s London office in…
How much are the country’s top partners raking in? The latest profit per equity partner (PEP) figures are in — and the message is clear: top lawyers at the biggest firms are still taking home eye-watering sums. US firms continue…
25 out of 33 Shoosmiths has unveiled an autumn retention rate of 76% with 25 of its 33 final-seat trainees staying on. Those staying put will join a raft of departments including corporate & banking, litigation, commercial, people & reward…
Pupillage awards, training spots, Oxbridge intake and more courtesy of Legal Cheek’s new 2026 Chambers Most List Say hello to the 2026 edition of the Legal Cheek Chambers Most List — your one-stop guide to life at the leading barristers’…