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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 💻

What top City firms will pay in maintenance to future SQE trainees
Financial grants range from £12,500 to £17,000

BARBRI strikes soft skills partnership with O Shaped Lawyer
SQE prep provider looks to equip students with human and business know-how

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

Virtual student event TODAY: Inside a global law firm’s overseas seat programme — with White & Case
Thursday 28 April, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

‘Should I say I’m an incoming vac schemer on LinkedIn?’
It's been tough to get onto these schemes, but after seeing criticism online, now I'm not so sure

Irwin Mitchell launches in Liverpool and Cardiff
No plans to offer TCs just yet

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

NQ lawyer salaries at Weil hit £150k
Elsewhere HFW increases by 16% to £85k

Hill Dickinson provides staff with emergency childcare cover as part of new wellbeing initiative
Support also includes in-home care for adults and elders and virtual tutoring

HSF ups financial support for future trainees studying the LPC to £12,500
New figure matches majority of magic circle

Top London lawyers reject US congressman’s accusation of ‘enabling malign activities of Russian oligarchs’
Carter-Ruck, CMS and other top firms hit back at representative Steve Cohen

Welsh law firm partners with virtual law school for SQE training
Acuity Law 🤝 College of Legal Practice