The market has been subverted by uber-aggressive U.S. firms, to no-one’s benefit.
— A rather critical response given by a Biglaw partner in the UK when asked about associate salaries in a survey published by Law.com International. According to that survey, 95% of respondents believe that salaries for junior lawyers are now too high, and 84% of respondents said they felt negative about the most recent round of raises. Only 5% felt positive about Milbank’s latest round of salary increases.
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