{"id":1114,"date":"2009-08-06T22:59:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2009-08-06T22:59:11","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T21:59:11","slug":"trainee-barristers-offered-60000-a-year-solicitors-18000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=1114","title":{"rendered":"Trainee barristers offered \u00a360,000 a year, solicitors \u00a318,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img alignleft size-medium wp-image-1119\" style=\"width:300px;\">\r\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/lsn142-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Barrister\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>\r\n\t<div>Barrister<\/div>\r\n<\/div>It was reported in The Times today (<a href=\"http:\/\/business.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/business\/law\/student\/article6740749.ece\">here<\/a>) that 4 pupil barristers will be paid a starting salary of \u00a360,000.<br \/>\nOne set of chambers, in the &#8216;magic circle&#8217;, will pay pupils a salary equivalent to an MP to lure the best.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as of 1 August 2009, the minimum salary for trainee solicitors working in Central London is \u00a318,590 pa. For trainees working elsewhere in England and Wales, it is \u00a316,650 pa.<\/p>\n<p>Law Society details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sra.org.uk\/students\/training-contract.page\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrister It was reported in The Times today (here) that 4 pupil barristers will be paid a starting salary of \u00a360,000. One set of chambers, in the &#8216;magic circle&#8217;, will pay pupils a salary equivalent to an MP to lure the best. Meanwhile, as of 1 August 2009, the minimum salary for trainee solicitors working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1114"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}