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Virtual event TODAY: How to get into law as a career changer — with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Pinsent Masons, Travers Smith and ULaw
Thursday 19 May, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
First class law grad ditches legal career to play Call of Duty professionally
Jade MacIntyre, 24, says she makes more streaming than lawyering
US firm trainee: ‘Should I pay off my student loan in one go?’
'Qualification is by no means a given'
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A fifth of law firms will require LPC grads to sit parts of the SQE
Future trainees to undergo further training but at firm's expense, Legal Cheek research reveals
SQE prep provider pledges to reduce law fair merch in new eco push
BARBRI joins elite City firms in signing up to the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance
O Shaped Lawyer strikes first law firm deal
Browne Jacobson joins soft skills movement
Ropes & Gray launches social mobility work experience programme
Two lucky participants will go on to receive £20k scholarship, vac scheme place and long-term mentoring courtesy of US law firm
Latest speakers announced as profession gears up for LegalEdCon 2022
Leading figures to descend on Kings Cross as Legal Cheek’s future of legal education and training conference returns this Thursday
On this day, 100 years ago, the first woman was called to the bar
Dr Ivy Williams made history on 10 May 1922
‘The overall culture in law is damaging many junior lawyers’, JLD chair warns
Mental Health Awareness Week prompts renewed calls for change as wellbeing charity LawCare extends online support
Squire Patton Boggs bumps NQ rates to £100k from January 2023
£65k in the regions
Ince launches investigation into allegation top lawyers ‘disrespected’ waitress
Claim made in viral Twitter post
HSF junior lawyer makes Forbes power list for ‘alternative Old Boys network’
Sophie Pender recognised for social mobility efforts
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Solicitor who injected food with blood found not guilty due to insanity
Leoaai Elghareeb suffered psychosis during supermarket rampage last summer, causing nearly £500,000 of damages
Career-changing doctor: ‘Can I negotiate my training contract salary?’
I have years of experience and transferable skills
Midlands barristers launch £15k bar course scholarship for students with ‘strong’ regional links
Understood to be first of its kind
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts