http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/magazine/graphics/logo-rss.png http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/news/tribunal-rules-against-travers-in-pregnancy-discrimination-case/3005020.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news/tribunal-rules-against-travers-in-pregnancy-discrimination-case/3005020.article Travers Smith has lost a discrimination case brought against it by a former trainee who claimed she was not given a permanent job because of her pregnancy. Fri, 17 May 2013 19:02 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/education-and-training/ao-keeps-associate-salaries-static-after-breaking-trainee-pay-freeze/3005019.article http://www.thelawyer.com/education-and-training/ao-keeps-associate-salaries-static-after-breaking-trainee-pay-freeze/3005019.article Allen & Overy has held associate pay levels at 2012/13 rates after unveiling its first increase in trainee salaries for the first time since 2010. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:20 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/litigation/bar-news-and-analysis/mini-pupillage-becomes-work-experience-in-private-school-auction-row/3004998.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/litigation/bar-news-and-analysis/mini-pupillage-becomes-work-experience-in-private-school-auction-row/3004998.article The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has requested that Westminster School change the name of its mini-pupillage auction to work experience amid controversy over the sale of a work placement. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:43 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/latest-news/top-private-school-summoned-by-bsb-over-pupillage-auction/3004841.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/latest-news/top-private-school-summoned-by-bsb-over-pupillage-auction/3004841.article The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has approached the head of Westminster School after it auctioned off a mini-pupillage in a bid to raise money for a new building. Wed, 15 May 2013 13:28 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/law-firms-and-the-bar/linklaters-brolly-scheme-strikes-gold-as-coleen-rooney-spreads-firms-name/3004735.article http://www.thelawyer.com/law-firms-and-the-bar/linklaters-brolly-scheme-strikes-gold-as-coleen-rooney-spreads-firms-name/3004735.article Linklaters’ policy of handing out branded umbrellas to students on campus to spread the firm’s name appears to have paid off after Coleen Rooney was pictured on the pitch after a Manchester United home match carrying a giant brolly with the magic circle outfit’s logo on it. Mon, 13 May 2013 14:19 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/law-firms-and-the-bar/freshfields-freezes-associate-pay-as-trainee-salaries-unchanged-again/3004696.article http://www.thelawyer.com/law-firms-and-the-bar/freshfields-freezes-associate-pay-as-trainee-salaries-unchanged-again/3004696.article Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has frozen its associate pay rates following the introduction of a merit-based system, with trainee salaries kept static for the fifth year running. Fri, 10 May 2013 15:02 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/education-and-training/revealed-ao-takes-biggest-hit-as-magic-circle-squanders-10m-on-lost-trainees/3004272.article http://www.thelawyer.com/education-and-training/revealed-ao-takes-biggest-hit-as-magic-circle-squanders-10m-on-lost-trainees/3004272.article Allen & Overy (A&O) threw away more money invested on trainees than any other top 20 UK firm, according to research by The Lawyer that shows that trainee attrition last year cost magic circle outfits more than £10m between them. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:06 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/education-and-training/knights-chief-favours-apprenticeships-over-outmoded-training-model/3003811.article http://www.thelawyer.com/education-and-training/knights-chief-favours-apprenticeships-over-outmoded-training-model/3003811.article Managing partner David Beech has claimed that the traditional training model is “dead” because it continues to teach students in the same way it did 30 years ago. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:05 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/firms/city-firms-use-short-term-nq-contracts-to-inflate-retention-rates/3002117.article http://www.thelawyer.com/firms/city-firms-use-short-term-nq-contracts-to-inflate-retention-rates/3002117.article Major City firms are manipulating their retention rate figures by handing out short-term contracts, The Lawyer has learned. Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:07 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/slaughters-ditches-associate-lockstep-in-favour-of-merit-based-system/1016521.article http://www.thelawyer.com/slaughters-ditches-associate-lockstep-in-favour-of-merit-based-system/1016521.article Slaughter and May is abandoning its rigid associate lockstep to put more emphasis on performance when determining its most senior legal employees’ pay. Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:19 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/bpp-plans-apprentice-scheme-to-bypass-university-in-path-to-legal-career/1016245.article http://www.thelawyer.com/bpp-plans-apprentice-scheme-to-bypass-university-in-path-to-legal-career/1016245.article The Government is set to roll out a legal apprenticeship scheme in conjunction with BPP Law School from next year, enabling budding lawyers to qualify as solicitors without going to university. Wed, 2 Jan 2013 13:51 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/clifford-chance-u-turn-will-see-nqs-announced-before-christmas/1015981.article http://www.thelawyer.com/clifford-chance-u-turn-will-see-nqs-announced-before-christmas/1015981.article Clifford Chance has reversed a decision to delay its announcement of newly qualified (NQ) lawyer appointments until January after concern from trainees forced management into a U-turn. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:07 GMT