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Solicitor accused of injecting blood into supermarket food previously worked for A&O, Milbank and HSF
Leoaai Elghareeb arrested last week

Freshfields matches Clifford Chance on trainee pay
£50k in year one and £55k in year two

Bar aptitude test ‘not effective filter’ of weak wannabe barristers
Fail rate of under 1%, report finds

‘I’m thinking of taking a gap year after qualifying as a solicitor. Is this career suicide?’
One NQ asks for readers' advice

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

LPC students unhappy about return to in-person exams
Exclusive: SRA has told legal education providers to revert to face-to-face assessments

Bar exams: BSB stats reveal widely differing pass rates among providers
New figures -- focusing on centralised assessments only -- show average pass rates ranging between 92% and 18%

Trainee pay at Clifford Chance hits £55k
£50k in year one, rising to £55k in year two

DAC Beachcroft records 81% trainee retention score
13 sign permanent deals ✍️

SQE officially comes into force
New solicitor training regime will eventually replace the LPC

Museums legal threats to Pornhub are an ‘exhibition of hypocrisy’
The Uffizi and the Louvre are threatening to sue the world's biggest porn site

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

‘Cancelled’ barrister cleared of misconduct over tweet that got him kicked out of chambers
But fined £500 over separate tweet about Muslims

RPC says lawyers can work from home permanently
Includes trainees

Exclusive: Jones Day London partner sanctioned over inappropriate behaviour at drinks event
Drunken lawyer leaves trainee shaken and upset

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

Six-month suspension for newly qualified solicitor who parked in disabled space
Caught using someone else's blue badge

Get jabbed before office return, MoFo tells London lawyers
First law firm to publicly mandate vaccine policy in UK office

‘I do feel like Elle Woods’: Former X Factor star to start law school next month
Katie Waissel appeared on the show in 2010

National law firm embraces solicitor apprenticeships
Ashfords' new six-year pathway will incorporate SQE