For the second time this year, legal powerhouse Slaughter and May has bumped up the salary packet for its trainee solicitors.
The increase of 2% and 4% for first-year and second-year trainees respectively, comes eight months after the initial salary rise in January 2018. Year-one trainees will now receive £45,000 as opposed to £44,000, and second-year recruits will benefit from a £2,000 boost and be remunerated with £51,000. The increase in salary will take effect from 1 October 2018. The move puts Slaughter and May in line with some of its Magic Circle counterparts who similarly upped their trainee salary this year.