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City law firm donates £2 million profit slice to Covid charities
Simmons & Simmons cash contribution follows solid financial results

Magic circle vs US MoneyLaw: An associate’s perspective
One City lawyer sets out some of the factors they took into consideration before making the switch 🇬🇧 ➡️ 🇺🇸

City firms continue to reveal 2021 financial results
Mixed fortunes for Ashurst, Simmons, Dentons, DWF and Gateley

Mayer Brown retains 8 out of 10 NQ solicitors
80% autumn result

Clifford Chance partner profits up 9% to £1.85 million
Revenues reach £1.82 billion

BCLP keeps 19 out of 22 autumn qualifying trainees
Secure NQ roles in London, Manchester and Hong Kong

Applications now open for Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair
Leading chambers and law schools return on 9 October for UK's biggest bar careers event

Pay training contract and qualifying work experience trainees the same, Law Society tells firms
Chancery Lane calls for parity across both routes ahead of SQE roll-out

NQ lawyer pay hits £90k at Travers
Junior lawyer salaries could rise to as much as £117,000 with bonuses, says firm, which also confirms 84% retention score

Birkbeck law student dumped from Love Island villa
Back to the books for Sharon Gaffka?

Osborne Clarke raises London junior lawyer pay to £80k
Rises in regions and for trainees too

How the Satanic lawyer created the billionaire legal sector
As City lawyers today teem over their financial results, future trainee Will Holmes suggests they should spare a thought -- a prayer even -- for the Satanic lawyer and the creation of purgatory

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

Virtual student event THIS AFTERNOON: Secrets to Success London — with Dechert, Clyde & Co, Pinsent Masons and ULaw
Wednesday 21 July, from 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

Linklaters retains 45 of 48 autumn qualifying trainees
All permanent positions

Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic
Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

Fraudsters use fake Reed Smith ID card in Bitcoin ‘romance scam’
Regulator issues public warning

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

A&O partner profits leap 17% to £1.9 million
Revenue rises to £1.77 billion

Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group belt out Bruno Mars hit
🎶 I'ma leave the door open 🎶

8 legal cases that shaped history… retold on TikTok
How many do you know?