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Would you take a pay cut to WFH permanently? 88% of our readers say no
Findings follow Stephenson Harwood's announcement last week that it will reduce salaries by 20% if staff choose to work from home full-time

Skadden lawyer to lead City social mobility charity
Elizabeth Robertson succeeds Hogan Lovells' Nicholas Cheffings as executive chair of PRIME

KPMG reveals plans to double UK lawyer headcount
Targets extra 220 solicitors by 2024

Britain’s top legal education YouTuber to deliver keynote at LegalEdCon 2022
Ibz Mo to deliver fresh takes on legal education and training at 12 May in-person event

Salary bunching: the unspoken effect of the City talent war
As 'flashy' NQ rates continue to soar, a recent Legal Cheek open thread exposed the 'abysmal' associate salary bands in place at some UK law firms

Huddersfield law grad through to MasterChef final
Radha Kaushal-Bolland among final five

Ex-Irwin Mitchell lawyer jailed for researching defendant in trial she was serving as a juror
Told fellow jurors what she discovered

TikTok tours of some of the City’s fanciest law firm offices
Go beyond the plush lobbies

Bank Holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend

Reed Smith to relocate London office
2024 move date

‘How enforceable are law firm claw back clauses on LPC/SQE funding?’
I've been told I will need to repay it if I don't stay on post-qualification

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

Bar Council and northern law firm Ward Hadaway hit by cyber attacks
Criminals continue to target profession

BPP students given ‘human and business skills’ boost with O Shaped Lawyer collab
Embedded into SQE prep

ULaw launches US bar course
Law school to prep non-US students and grads for New York or California bar exams

Eight new speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2022
Latest speakers unveiled to bolster line-up for Legal Cheek’s annual future of legal education and training conference as countdown to 12 May draws closer

Top City firms fund 22 aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE
Begin prep with BARBRI this month

Alex Salmond trial QC guilty of professional misconduct over train gossip
Faculty of Advocates confirms finding against Gordon Jackson QC

Eversheds’ Russia lawyers launch new firm
Move follows global outfit's exit in response to Ukraine invasion

Justice and chill: Top EU court launches live streaming service
Available from today 💻