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Mid-sized City firm latest to appoint female leader
Jo Keddie takes the helm at Winckworth Sherwood from today

Global law firms unite to support net zero transition
Net Zero Lawyers Alliance's 22 founding members include Clifford Chance, Slaughters and HSF

Junior lawyer avoids strike off over ‘brutal’ assault
Adeel Saghir, 31, suspended for 30 months despite being jailed for GBH

Aspiring lawyers divided over career in legal aid
40% of students would not consider publicly funded work, new poll shows, as legal aid group launches new survey to find out why

Ex-Clifford Chance junior lawyer and former Goldman Sachs analyst brother deny insider trading
Allegedly made £140k profit

Cambridge law grads out-earn those at LSE, UCL and Oxford with average salary of £69,400
Five years post-graduation

Linklaters and Oxford Uni join forces to mentor underprivileged sixth formers
Aspiring lawyers will be tutored by Wadham College bigwigs and receive TC application support from magic circle firm

Debevoise boosts London junior lawyer pay to £143,700
NQ rises keep on coming

Can you all just stop doing contempt of court, pleads Attorney General
#ThinkBeforeYouPost campaign warns public about prejudicing trials via social media

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

Freshfields junior lawyer to compete in Tokyo Olympics
Caroline Chew, 27, is set to become the first Singaporean to compete in equestrian at the Games

TikTok star claims law student Tinder date sent legal letter after she turned him down
Apparently told his lawyer dad

What Emperor Claudius would have thought about the City law pay war
Money and law have always had a complicated relationship

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

Linklaters to offer TC application support to disadvantaged black students
Year-long programme for aspiring lawyers at Manchester, Manchester Met, Bristol and Salford universities

Vinson & Elkins pushes London NQ salaries above £153k as it confirms trainee retention score
5 out of 6 rookies stay put

Hogan Lovells and Macfarlanes confirm new flexible working polices
Both offer 40% remote option

A&O becomes first magic circle firm to embrace solicitor apprenticeships in London
Six apprentices to start in September 2022

Pinsents ups NQ lawyer pay across London and regions
£75k in City and £45k elsewhere

London barristers’ clerk goes Insta-official with Love Island’s Dr Alex George
Posted matching pics hours apart