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Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘falsified’ LPC certificate to dupe regulator

Kulvinder Kooner was applying to be added to the roll

Jun 15 2020 10:53am
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Ex-Baker McKenzie boss who attempted to kiss junior lawyer fined £55,000

Amounted to serious professional misconduct, tribunal finds

Jun 12 2020 4:04pm
Junior lawyers call for super-exam delay as it warns MCQs may be too easy

War of words between JLD and regulator rumbles on

Jun 12 2020 12:03pm
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Stephenson Harwood embraces earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships

City player also launches £15k a year scholarship fund in diversity push

Jun 9 2020 11:20am
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DLA Piper offers future trainees £10,000 to delay TC start dates by a year

Exclusive: Or £5,000 for six months

Jun 4 2020 3:27pm
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Reed Smith to cut London lawyer roles due to pandemic

‘Targeted redundancy process’ will impact ‘small number’ of associates and staff, global outfit says

Jun 2 2020 10:08am
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A&O-O’Melveny mega-merger scuppered by plummeting pound, former magic circle managing partner reveals

Andrew Ballheimer was told bad news while holidaying in Spain

Jun 1 2020 10:58am
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Law veteran who turned DLA Piper into a global giant takes over at DWF

Nigel Knowles — the man behind DLA’s ascent from middling Yorkshire outfit to one of the biggest firms in the world — takes over from DWF’s long serving leader Andrew Leaitherland

May 29 2020 10:52am
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SRA defends decision to prosecute junior lawyer who lost work briefcase

Claire Louise Matthews has lodged appeal against strike off

May 28 2020 11:20am
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Slaughter and May cuts NQ lawyer pay to £87,000

COVID-19: Move comes just weeks after magic circle player suspended partner distributions

May 22 2020 10:21am
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Dentons four-day week gets go-ahead

Staff vote in favour of move to curb financial impact of pandemic

May 21 2020 10:03am
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Law firm embraces ‘legal glamping’ in response to pandemic

April King opts for eye-catching tent solution as lawyers prepare to return to office

May 20 2020 11:38am
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Ban for paralegal who stole £294,000 from law firm

Former BLM employee ‘acted dishonestly’, says regulator

May 20 2020 9:29am
SQE latest: City Consortium’s non-law trainees will need to complete GDL-style conversion course

Exclusive: Influential group of six also hope future rookies will sit both parts of super-exam prior to starting TCs

May 19 2020 9:33am
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Not being allowed to work from home among top COVID-19 concerns to lawyer-wellbeing helpline

LawCare stats released to mark start of Mental Health Awareness Week

May 18 2020 10:31am
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Kaplan given go-ahead to assess solicitor apprentices

Follows appointment to run SQE

May 14 2020 10:26am
COVID-19: Bar exams to go online

But not before August

May 13 2020 1:17pm
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Taylor Wessing to cut trainee pay and hours by 8%

International player set to introduce flexi-working scheme in response to pandemic

May 13 2020 12:11pm
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Aspiring lawyer successfully sues twin sister for £96,000 after she crashed car while sneezing

Injuries hinder future legal career, court finds

May 12 2020 11:15am
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Eversheds introduces scheme to vary lawyers’ hours and pay according to workflow

Doesn’t apply to trainees

May 11 2020 1:48pm
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JLD: Think again before prosecuting vulnerable lawyers

Open letter urges SRA to review approach where mental health or toxic working environments play role in alleged misconduct

May 11 2020 10:59am
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