Attorneys at the Legal Aid Society have voted to authorize a strike — meaning lawyers at New York City's biggest public defender group could stop working if management does not meet their demands for ...

The lawyers who represent the city’s poorest defendants want to be paid on par with their federal counterparts. They last walked out in 1994.

Junior lawyers are being offered bonuses of $50,000 (£38,000) for referring their friends for jobs amid a war for talent. US law firms Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis are paying tens of thousands ...

Pay discrimination has been illegal since 1962. However, Heather Bussing, an employment attorney and industry analyst, argues that legislation alone hasn’t eliminated it: “Law is not enough.” In Start ...

Top US companies' salaries for junior lawyers start at $225,000 or £176,000 per annum in London, in line with their counterparts in the US.. The stark pay rises are raising concerns about ...

What used to be a base starting salary of $50,825 for an attorney I goes up to $63,023. These figures still exclude benefits. Many government attorneys, prior to the 24% increase, have been in the ...

Newly-qualified lawyers in London will receive an 8% pay rise, from £90,000 to £97,000, as a result of this year's annual pay review. Salaries in the rest of England will go up by 5% to £63,000 ...

Pay war intensifies . Goodwin Procter has become the latest US law firm to increase the salaries of its London-based newly qualified (NQ) lawyers, now offering £175,000.. This boost, an increase ...