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Trainee numbers dipped 11% in first year of pandemic, new stats show
Prior to lockdown, TCs were at their highest level since the 2008 financial crash
Online law school launches ‘O Shaped Lawyer’ course
College of Legal Practice teams up with project founder and Network Rail GC Dan Kayne to develop new module focusing on human and business skills
Legal recruiters help displaced Ukrainian lawyers find jobs
Fides Search operates new initiative on 'no fee' basis
Dentons increases NQ lawyer pay by 15% to £92k
Juniors recording 1,700 billing hours to receive £107,640
Criminal bar gets its first hijab-wearing QC
“It’s a surreal experience," says No5 Chambers' Sultana Tafadar
How I secured a magic circle training contract as a neurodivergent graduate
Six months ago Amelia Platton thought she wouldn't make it as a solicitor. Now, during Neurodiversity Celebration Week, she shares with readers her four tips to TC success
Clydes and BLM to vote on merger
Follows positive discussions
Master of the Rolls clarifies comments appearing to suggest small claimants don’t need justice
Legal Twitter takes aim at Sir Geoffrey Vos
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Virtual student event TODAY: How to use new SQE pathways to qualify as a solicitor — with BPP University Law School
Wednesday 23 March, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
Experienced barrister at top chambers fined for mocking more junior opponent
Doughty Street's Althea Sonia Brown 'improperly undermined, insulted and/or annoyed' opposing counsel during hearing, disciplinary tribunal finds
Taylor Wessing lawyer delivers aid to Ukraine border
London partner James Goold makes trip in supply-laden van
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend Pete Davidson has a ‘my girl is a lawyer’ tattoo
Could this spark a trend among law student spouses?
Formal warning for judge who conducted hearing from his car
Justice on the go 🚗
Vinson & Elkins ups NQ lawyer salaries in London to £159,500
Another day, another pay rise 💷
Solicitor fined £20k after ‘deplorable’ sexual comments to paralegal in job interview
Interview left 22-year-old woman feeling 'like a piece of meat'
Clifford Chance increases financial support for incoming trainees
LPC and SQE cohorts provided £12.5k maintenance grants
Browne Jacobson to ‘kick-start’ careers of aspiring black lawyers with new mentoring programme
Paid work experience and 'bespoke masterclasses'