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Judge given formal advice over ‘offensive’ social media posts
Follows two complaints
Paralegal sanctioned for misleading firm over LLM qualification
Needs SRA approval for law firm work
Formal advice for judge accused of telling barrister to ‘chill out’
Apparently mimicked TV character
Junior lawyers reveal their top partner peeves
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Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
The Garrick: Posh men-only members club is full of top judges and lawyers
Face calls to cancel membership
CMS and Slaughters latest firms to withdraw TC offers
SQE fallout continues
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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
City Law Society training chief urges law firms to support trainees struggling with SQE
Clifford Chance revoked TC offers while Macfarlanes has 'pass first time' policy
Macfarlanes future trainees fear for careers amid firm’s ‘must pass first time’ SQE policy
Follows Clifford Chance terminating TCs
Exclusive: Clifford Chance cancels TC offers for students who failed SQE
No second chances
‘I failed SQE1 and lost my TC. Is anyone else in the same boat?’
Needs help on what to do next
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
5 top tips for mastering law firm networking events
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Training contract seekers reveal their biggest law firm ‘green flags’
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‘I’ve secured my first pupillage interview… any advice?’
Budding barrister seeks help
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
‘Lord Harley’ banned from running a charity for 15 years
Watchdog steps in
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts