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Junior lawyers’ £140k+ salaries don’t compensate for burnout risk, Law Society exec says

Law Society’s Junior Lawyers chair Manda Banerji: ‘Nobody gets paid to become ill’

US firm Goodwin Procter upped its London newly qualified salary to £137,500 in February, before boosting it to £147,000 in July
US firm Goodwin Procter upped its London newly qualified salary to £137,500 in February, before boosting it to £147,000 in July Photo: Andrew Kelly/Alamy

The head of a body representing junior lawyers has blasted City law firms for using high pay to justify staff working long hours during the M&A boom.

“Pay shouldn’t be used as an excuse by firms to say junior lawyers should work long hours because they are getting paid a lot of money,” Manda Banerji, chair of the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division told Financial News.

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