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Students can spend upwards of £1,000 appealing SQE results
Cash refunded if errors are found

Linklaters elects first female senior partner
Aedamar Comiskey joined the firm as trainee almost 30 years ago

Ropes & Gray set to ditch 5-day in-office week for UK associates
US player latest to adopt more flexible approach to lawyering

UCL law student joins cast of Made in Chelsea
Robbie Mullett made his debut on the reality show last night

Fraudsters impersonate magic circle law firm on WhatsApp
Fake Linklaters texts concern a 'foreign business transaction'

Clifford Chance launches virtual work experience for sixth form students
Magic circle giant reaches out to 16-18 year olds

Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister avoids prison
Tim Crosland slapped with £5k fine for leaking Heathrow judgment

Bar group looks to tackle workplace abuse with ‘active bystanders’
All Rise project creates special pin badge as visible sign of support

Norton Rose Fulbright nudges NQ solicitor pay to £85k following Covid cuts
Rise falls short of pre-pandemic rate

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

Virtual event TODAY: How to get into law as a career changer — with BCLP, Shearman & Sterling, 2 Temple Gardens and ULaw
Lawyers who’ve come into law from other industries share their experiences; taking place virtually on Thursday 13 May

Clifford Chance and Bakers rally to support India Covid appeal
Raised several thousands

Aspiring barrister: ‘Should I accept an offer to study at an Ivy League law school?’
I've secured a considerable scholarship but the thought of taking on debt to cover the rest has left me with 'cold feet', one bar hopeful explains

Notorious RBG’s law school textbook set to fetch over £7k at auction
Has scores of handwritten notes in the margins

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

Bar exam bosses apologise for last summer’s chaos after damning independent review
Outside experts heavily critical of online set-up that left some students locked out and others urinating in bottles and buckets

Bakers restores NQ solicitor pay to pre-pandemic £90k
City outfit cut salaries by £2.5k last summer

Hogan Lovells launches trainee mentoring scheme to boost retention of BAME lawyers
Group sessions to cover topics including 'relationship building' and 'overcoming Imposter Syndrome'

City firms cut secretary support as lawyers prepare to return to the office
Dechert joins the likes of Clifford Chance and Linklaters in reducing secretarial roles in London

Linklaters to fund SQE prep courses for refugee lawyers
Through tie-up with BARBRI and charity Breaking Barriers

London law graduate strangled and shot on visit to Pakistan
Mayra Zulfiqar, 26, found dead after 'two men fought to marry her’