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Hill Dickinson provides staff with emergency childcare cover as part of new wellbeing initiative

Support also includes in-home care for adults and elders and virtual tutoring

Apr 21 2022 11:22am
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HSF ups financial support for future trainees studying the LPC to £12,500

New figure matches majority of magic circle

Apr 21 2022 9:24am
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Top London lawyers reject US congressman’s accusation of ‘enabling malign activities of Russian oligarchs’

Carter-Ruck, CMS and other top firms hit back at representative Steve Cohen

Apr 20 2022 3:48pm
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Welsh law firm partners with virtual law school for SQE training

Acuity Law 🤝 College of Legal Practice

Apr 20 2022 10:04am

Top TC application tips from a future City trainee on TikTok

Courtesy of Legal Cheek's Rona Ankrah

Apr 20 2022 9:31am

Irwin Mitchell hands lawyers £900 to help with rising cost of living

One-off profit share payment to be paid out this month

Apr 19 2022 11:00am
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SRA appoints new education and training chief

Former Ofqual boss Julie Swan replaces retiring Julie Brannan

Apr 19 2022 9:21am

London NQ lawyer pay reaches £164,000

Akin Gump joins pay war with new converted rate

Apr 14 2022 11:58am
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Students gunning for high-paying jobs in law, medicine and finance could save £20k by taking a gap year, experts claim

Student loan reforms mean wannabe lawyers 'could gain substantially' by delaying uni studies until 2023

Apr 14 2022 11:30am
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Justice minister quits over Boris Johnson’s ‘partygate’ fine

Commercial barrister Lord Wolfson slams 'repeated rule-breaking, and breaches of the criminal law, in Downing Street’

Apr 14 2022 7:34am
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Bakers backs ‘up and coming’ fintech firms with £100k worth of free legal support

City player to advise three UK start-ups over six-month period

Apr 13 2022 8:43am

Further speakers unveiled ahead of LegalEdCon 2022

High-profile figures from legal education and training among those to join roster as one month countdown begins

Apr 12 2022 1:45pm

Slaughters increases NQ lawyer rates to £115k

Boosts of up to 20% across all PQE levels too

Apr 12 2022 12:38pm
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Kim Kardashian essay to be model answer for future law students

The social media superstar’s written efforts receive a 'nearly perfect score'

Apr 12 2022 9:56am
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Davis Polk joins City pay war with £160k NQ salary

Firm hikes trainee pay (again!), as does Gibson Dunn

Apr 12 2022 8:42am
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SRA abandons prosecution of junior solicitor who lost briefcase

Regulator drops case against Claire Louise Matthews in light of new medical evidence

Apr 11 2022 3:29pm
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Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US Supreme Court

‘I am standing on the shoulders of my own role models’, says ex-Goodwin and MoFo lawyer

Apr 11 2022 12:24pm
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Top criminal chambers pledge support for ‘no returns’ as barrister action begins

Move comes in response to 'unacceptably low' legal aid fees

Apr 11 2022 11:22am
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Colston Four becomes Colston Three as victorious barrister is left off follow-up panel event

No spot for Liam Walker QC as rest of defence team prepare to discuss legal arguments in high-profile trial

Apr 11 2022 10:40am
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