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Inner and Middle Temple come together to help Ukrainian lawyers find UK legal work
Scheme matches candidates with suitable employment opportunities

BCLP retains 14 of 18 UK trainees
One on fixed term deal

Future lawyers could bill ‘units of attention’ via computers hooked up to their brains, report claims
Law Society commissioned report reveals possible uses of neurotech in legal profession 🧠 💡

Linklaters partner profits up 5% to £1.9 million
Revenue is up too

Criminal barristers to vote on ‘uninterrupted strike action’
Move would be an escalation of alternating weeks of action adopted since late June

Scottish training contracts set to hit record high
On track to surpass 2021 record of 744

Trowers joins firms upping junior lawyer pay in the regions
£60k base salary

Magic Circle NQ lawyers charged out at £600 per hour, new data suggests
Rates for top partners hits £1,500 -- double compared to 15 years ago

White & Case retains 16 of 19 autumn NQ lawyers
Start on £140k

What history’s worst family feud teaches us about divorce law reforms
Meet the mad and murderous Dineley Gooderes

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

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Law Society recommends 4% salary increase for rookie solicitors
£23,703 in London and £21,024 elsewhere

City lawyer in criminal contempt for ‘spontaneous act of colossal stupidity’
Ex-Jones Day partner Raymond McKeeve sent ‘burn it’ instruction following search order

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

NRF boosts NQ lawyer pay by 11% to £105k
Top performers could earn as much as £147k with bonus

‘£250 goodwill payment’ for SQE students affected by exam ‘IT issue’
Compensation comes on top of refunds announced earlier this week

The greatest lawyers from medieval and ancient history
Who’s your favourite?

Fieldfisher launches training contracts in Belfast
First two rookie spots already filled

Top barristers’ chambers raises pupillage award by over 40% to £100,000
Exclusive: Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers becomes first set to guarantee new graduates six figures in their first year