I have seen lawyers clandestinely handing out their name cards to applicants at community pro bono centers even though doing so is prohibited. Some of these centers pay a decent honorarium (250 - 350 for 2.5-3 hours?). I guess that's a way of building one's books?

If I get caught giving out name cards, what is the penalty? Will they report me to law society? It seems hard getting good paying clients at such places. Most of them are suckers looking for free legal advice.

I wonder if it is against professional conduct rules to pay referral fees to other small firms to refer their clients to me, assuming that these firms do not practice litigation?

Don't bluff leh you are from waste time firm Dentons

So low, trainee gets 7.5K, NQ 9K, even 5 yrs PQE still get less than 15K

Not sure if they will report you to law soc apart from blacklisting you. But then again, most of these centers are run by employees/volunteers who defer to the lawyers, closing an eye whenever such things happen.

From my previous experience as a student volunteer several years back, some of these suckers wouldn't mind paying if they are roused up enough and the "estimated" costs fall within their budget. Guess this is the reason why some 20-30 PQE sole props are still actively involved in these projects.

Ashurst
 

is AshurstADT financing team better than big 4 in terms of work and pay? how much do trainees and NQs get paid? is their culture good?

15k 10 char

what is nrf/ascendant trainee/nq pay?

Sounds quite low. This is less than NQ pay for Dechert / White & Case / Shearman / Milbank.

Don’t think i’ll accept

10k since it is an intl firm hokay