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Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

2 days ago
Ropes & Gray boosts newly qualified solicitor salaries to £120,000

An uplift of 4%

3 days ago
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Research: 60% of lawyers want to ditch ‘stuffy office traditions’ like dress codes and long meetings

Nearly half say they’d quit current role to join a more forward-thinking firm

5 days ago
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Court evacuated after lawyer turns up covered in bed bugs

‘I don’t even think he cared,’ says security guard

6 days ago
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Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

6 days ago
1
DWF looks to raise £75 million from London Stock Exchange flotation

A quarter of the firm up for sale

Feb 8 2019 3:04pm
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Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Feb 8 2019 8:45am
Pupillage Gateway deadline extended as system struggles to cope with ‘unprecedented levels of traffic’

Aspiring barristers now have until 1:30pm today

Feb 7 2019 12:02pm
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Charles and Camilla visit Supreme Court

Royal couple met Lady Hale, Lord Reed and support staff, ahead of top bench’s 10th birthday

Feb 5 2019 3:29pm
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Privately-educated continue to dominate the bar

Barristers remain reluctant to reveal schooling background, BSB report suggests

Feb 4 2019 8:52am
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Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Feb 4 2019 8:03am
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The chambers with the best facilities in England — 2019 edition

The new Legal Cheek Junior Barrister Survey results — analysed

Feb 1 2019 9:14am
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Eviction row: Brighton University property law lecturer threatened to torch landlords’ home, court hears

While his lawyer wife allegedly armed herself with a foot-long metal pole during eviction row

Jan 31 2019 5:35pm
House of Commons barista paid more than average legal aid barrister

Civil service role comes with a salary of £23,290 plus benefits

Jan 31 2019 10:23am
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Ex-SRA policy chief launches business to help law firms decipher super-exam shake-up

Crispin Passmore quit regulator last month

Jan 30 2019 8:53am
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Junior lawyer MP jailed for lying to avoid speeding fine

Property law specialist Fiona Onasanya handed three-month custodial sentence

Jan 29 2019 3:07pm
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Junior lawyers from Freshfields and the JLD to join LawCare CEO and top academic to discuss mental health

Latest batch of speakers announced for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Jan 28 2019 1:26pm
Stephenson Harwood posts 100% spring trainee retention score

All eight March qualifiers to stay put

Jan 28 2019 12:13pm
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Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Jan 28 2019 8:01am
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Justine Thornton QC made High Court judge

High-flying barrister’s hubby, Ed Miliband, ‘very proud’

Jan 25 2019 11:25am
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Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Jan 25 2019 8:54am
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Why do City trainees who start in March earn less than those who start in September?

‘There’s a glitch in the system’

Jan 24 2019 1:28pm
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Happy 120th birthday, Lord Denning!

The outspoken judge passed away in 1999

Jan 23 2019 1:01pm
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