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Osborne Clarke hands staff a slice of the profits as Shoosmiths says ‘thank you’ with bonuses
Lockdown rewards continue
New report reveals practice areas most and least impacted by pandemic
Downturn in areas including litigation, property and immigration, while employment, commercial, tax, and risk & compliance thrive
FT editors attack government plans to restrict judicial review
March consultation is 'yet more evidence of the Conservative government’s contempt for the separation of powers'
Liverpool Uni law grad earns £60k a year on OnlyFans
Alaw Haf, 23, posts glamour shots from family home in Wales
DLA Piper launches solicitor apprenticeship for school-leavers
Six-year programme starts in September from firm's Manchester office
Bank Holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend
From homeless law student to magic circle trainee
A&O rookie and YouTuber Tashan Dwyer sits down with Legal Cheek to reflect on the challenges he's had to overcome to realise his lawyer dream
Lawyer bakes ‘Kavanagh Caterpillar QC’ cake to ‘defend’ Aldi’s Cuthbert in tasty IP battle
Wig ✅ gown ✅ White Book ✅
Bird & Bird thanks lawyers and staff with Covid bonus
Rewarded €1,000 for 'hard work and extraordinary contributions'
City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’ list
Recognised for paving the way towards gender-equal workplaces
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Clifford Chance to allow lawyers to work remotely up to 50% of the time
New policy comes into effect once Covid restrictions are lifted on 21 June
Teen charged with junior lawyer’s murder
Khuram Javed shot dead in Sheffield earlier this month
Slaughter and May pushes ahead with associate salary rises
Magic circle player also restarts staff pay reviews as part of an easing of financial measures put in place during the pandemic
Pressure to generate returns forces listed law firms to think outside the box
Investors aren’t interested in how many offices firms have got or other traditional prestige metrics
Mishcon de Reya poised for stock market flotation in move which would see trainees and junior lawyers become shareholders
Could take place later this year
KFC’s top lawyer swaps fried chicken for pizza
Lawrence Grabau moves across to Pizza Hut as its new chief legal officer
Pupillage seekers jump by 50% during pandemic
Over 3,300 wannabe barristers applied for 246 training spots this year
ULaw appoints former City, University of London strategy chief as deputy vice-chancellor
Professor Radnor joins law school's exec board
Google’s top lawyer raked in $51 million last year — out earning music superstars Drake, J-Lo and Pink
Majority of Kent Walker's monster 2020 compensation comes from stock awards
BARBRI strikes SQE prep course deals with three international law schools
Legal education provider to offer UK-qualifying solicitor courses to students in France, Spain and Singapore