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College of Legal Practice pitches fast-track 4-year solicitor apprenticeship for school leavers
Cuts traditional pathway by two years
Abuse towards solicitors on the rise, research finds
Threats linked to live cases and media-fuelled controversies
Female junior barristers earn nearly a quarter less than male colleagues
New report lays bare gender pay gap
Jury trials set to be axed for most crimes under major shake up
Justice Sec poised to take extreme action on soaring court backlog
Linklaters unveils 20-strong ‘AI lawyer’ team
Magic Circle giant in major tech push
US judge all shook up after discipline for wearing Elvis wig in court
Wanted to 'relax litigants'
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Clifford Chance to cut 50 London support roles
AI reportedly to blame
Burges Salmon pushes Bristol NQ lawyer pay to £76k
Pay rises in Edinburgh and for trainees too
SQE2 pass rate hits 76% in latest round
959 sat the exam
Supreme Court appoints new justice
Lord Doherty joins top bench early next year
Ropes & Gray encourages junior lawyers to spend 20% of billable time on AI
Pilot scheme underway in the US, with global roll-out planned -- including London
BPP, ULaw, Oxford and KCL embrace AI training in new deal with US tech giant Harvey
Plug tech directly into teaching and legal research
Profit gap widens: City partners cash in while regions feel the squeeze
New report spotlights challenges facing firms inside and outside the capital
Ashurst to merge with Perkins Coie to create transatlantic megafirm
Silver Circler comes together with US giant
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