Author: aishah-hussain

Freshfields and Slaughters follow Clifford Chance in upping LPC maintenance grants by a quarter

Future trainees to receive £12,500 in financial support

Apr 8 2022 11:03am
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Meet the Romani trainee solicitor shining a light on the challenges faced by his community

Fil Sys would hide his ethnicity when applying for training contracts but now hopes to challenge stereotypes by launching a new support group, he tells us on International Roma Day

Apr 8 2022 9:18am

Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour

‘No justification at all’ for eye-watering rate, rules Lord Justice Males

Apr 7 2022 4:50pm
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Dentons and ULaw launch separate SQE pathways for paralegals

Law firm and law school giants to help legal workers qualify as solicitors

Apr 7 2022 9:15am
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WFW partner named as British man killed by landslide alongside youngest son

Firm says it will remember and honour 'dear friend and colleague' Mehraab Nazir, 49, who had been hiking in Australia

Apr 6 2022 11:01am
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SQE assessment fees to increase by £135

Cost rise comes despite delays and technical issues affecting January results day

Apr 6 2022 9:18am
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Give pupillage seekers better feedback, urge rookie barristers

Respondents to Bar Council survey also call on chambers to ditch rejection by silence

Apr 5 2022 10:19am
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Lady Danbury dropped out of law school

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh left UWE Bristol after two years to pursue acting career, reports claim

Apr 4 2022 11:50am
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Clifford Chance reports ‘class pay gap’

Magic circle firm discloses average difference in pay for staff from working, intermediate and professional backgrounds for first time

Apr 4 2022 10:31am
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Flexi-lawyer service launches in-house focused SQE pathway

Paralegals able to accrue two years' QWE at LOD client businesses

Mar 30 2022 3:30pm
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Top UK judges quit Hong Kong

Supreme Court says it can't continue to endorse administration which has 'departed from values of political freedom'

Mar 30 2022 10:41am
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Freshfields narrows gender pay gap for third year

Ethnicity, disability and LGBTQ+ results also improve

Mar 29 2022 9:15am
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Barrister sanctioned over tweet about Muslims wins appeal

Jon Holbrook had been fined £500

Mar 28 2022 2:17pm

Law Society pushes for law to be part of school curriculum

Children should know their rights, says president I. Stephanie Boyce

Mar 28 2022 9:13am
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Why I quit the London office of a US law firm to pursue my passion for beekeeping

'The pandemic made me realise that I wanted more than just to be at my desk,' says Michael Walsh, a former Covington & Burling associate who founded The Urban Apiarist last year 🐝

Mar 25 2022 9:18am
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Barrister gives birth after leaving Supreme Court in taxi

Amy Stout was 37.5 weeks pregnant

Mar 24 2022 2:05pm
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Excitement builds ahead of this evening’s Legal Cheek Awards

In-person extravaganza to feature special guest appearances from Attorney General Suella Braverman QC MP, Love Island finalist Tyler Cruickshank and X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother star Katie Waissel

Mar 24 2022 11:31am

Trainee numbers dipped 11% in first year of pandemic, new stats show

Prior to lockdown, TCs were at their highest level since the 2008 financial crash

Mar 24 2022 9:24am
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Legal recruiters help displaced Ukrainian lawyers find jobs

Fides Search operates new initiative on 'no fee' basis

Mar 23 2022 9:23am
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