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Trainee solicitors currently receive a mandatory minimum salary of £16,650 (£18,590 in central London).
From August this year, trainee solicitors may be paid the minimum wage for the duration of their training contract (that's less than £6.50 an hour for two years).
Norton Rose offered some of its future trainee solicitors up to £10,000 to push back their start dates for up to a year.
Like trainee solicitors, those studying for the bar can, if all other avenues have proven fruitless, apply for a bank loan.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has just voted to scrap the tailored minimum wage for trainee solicitors and over the next two years will seek to implement a salary in line with the national minimum wage.
More than 1,000 graduates a year compete for 30 places for trainee solicitors or barristers in the Government Legal Service (GLS), one of the largest legal organisations in the country.
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