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Event: Infrastructure, the next growth area for lawyers — with Burges Salmon
Commercial Awareness Question Time is coming to Bristol
Lawyers round on license-stripped Uber’s ‘dishonourable history’ as stricken company calls on Hogan Lovells to fight appeal
One says defending Uber is as out of fashion as defending Brexit, others think TfL’s decision is ‘Stalinist’
Fake Squire Patton Boggs website given court approval in bizarre decision
A training contract at squirepattonboggs.net may differ somewhat to scheme at squirepattonboggs.com
Commissioner ‘confident’ Labour-backed legal aid report, launched 100 days after Grenfell fire, will make it to the statute books
£400 million plan could revolutionise justice system
Jones Day junior lawyer runs marathon in a three-piece suit
Tells Legal Cheek he woke up at 5am every day to fit in morning run
Chemsex junior barrister opens up about boyfriend’s death and his suspension from legal profession
Henry Hendron admits he turned to drugs to escape the pressure of his legal career
Cardiff in law school first as it unveils live lion mascot
It’s the pride of the Russell Group university
9am lectures should be scrapped
Research says students work better if they start later, but will law schools listen?
Top QC renews attack on EU judges, days after husband BoJo’s controversial Brexit piece
Marina Wheeler may upset colleagues at One Crown Office Row
Norton Rose Fulbright becomes latest firm to unveil retention rate in the 60s
Firm keeps 16 of its 26 NQs, with two more on fixed term contracts
The big 5-0: Two Bristol firms reach unprecedented NQ pay milestone
Osborne Clarke and Simmons & Simmons lead West Country pay war, but will other outfits follow suit?
Lord Mance defies predictions to be named Supreme Court deputy president
Succeeds law student favourite Lady Hale
Over £1 million awarded to ex-KWM employees
Employment tribunal success
Netflix’s cease and desist letter goes viral — spot the TV references
Legal letter littered with Stranger Things nods
DWF keeps 66% of its autumn NQs
As Cleary Gottlieb posts perfect 100% result
Solicitor who ‘cracked under the strain’ of work and tried to kill his wife has NOT been banned from profession
‘Realistic prospect’ attempted murderer could ‘return to practice eventually’
First year law student dead after alleged law society initiation
Aspiring lawyer found lifeless in Philippines with bruising and candle wax drips on his body — and fellow law student is a ‘person of interest’
Squire Patton Boggs boosts London junior lawyer salaries by 10%
Exclusive: As it records disappointing autumn retention result
‘Don’t give up on a career in legal aid’ lawyers urge students, as government reveals firms doing publicly funded work has fallen by 20%
Cautious optimism the tide will turn
Hogan Lovells to cut 90 London support staff as roles move to Birmingham and Johannesburg
In the same month Pinsent Masons revealed up to 100 PA jobs could go
Retention latest: HFW and Charles Russell Speechlys reveal September scores
Results of 80% and 71%
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Why blockchain is here to stay as a force for good
And lawyers have a central role to play, says Norton Rose Fulbright fintech partner Victoria Birch
Ex-UEA criminal law lecturer who fled court during indecent images trial given three-and-half-years in prison
But he remains ‘a free man’
Will disappointing module results stop me getting a magic circle training contract?
Oxbridge second year in 2:2 quandary
Legal Cheek Journal
The history of rape laws: Some might find it hard to believe, but the law is a lot better now
Bloody clothes used to be pivotal to a prosecution
CMS has announced its long-awaited retention rate, keeps 43 NQs
66% for newly-merged firm
Judicial watchdog received over 400 complaints about judges making ‘inappropriate remarks’ last year
One judge called a defendant a ‘c**t’
DLA Piper keeps 75 NQs as Addleshaw Goddard retains 38 rookies
From sizeable cohorts come solid results
‘I am mid-sentence’: Brexit case barristers clash in House of Lords debate
Lords Pannick and Keen did not see eye to eye
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‘It wasn’t an easy decision’: Student quit law degree to become porn star over concerns about money and graduate job prospects
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Fake Squire Patton Boggs website given court approval in bizarre decision
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Lawyers round on license-stripped Uber’s ‘dishonourable history’ as stricken company calls on Hogan Lovells to fight appeal
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Morning round-up: Monday 25 September
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Chemsex junior barrister opens up about boyfriend’s death and his suspension from legal profession
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