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Walker Morris awards training contract to child of managing partner
Leeds outfit says it operates 'completely blind' assessment process, with candidates securing positions on 'performance and merit'

Taylor Wessing to join host of firms in Dublin
Focus on tech and life sciences work

‘Will firms consider me for a TC if I’ve had to retake LPC exams?’
I'm currently looking for paralegal roles but have had no luck yet

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

US outfit Cadwalader latest to launch in Dublin
Follows similar Irish moves by Hogan Lovells, Ashurst and Dentons

Slaughter and May to launch legal operations grad scheme
Will initially recruit two grads

BBC launches SQE apprenticeship for graduates
Exclusive: Broadcasting giant teams up with ULaw to offer earn-while-you-learn route to solicitor qualification

First female barrister to be commemorated with London blue plaque
Helena Normanton's roundel will mark the address she lived for the early part of her legal career

First speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2021
Two-day virtual conference to explore future of legal education and training

UK law firms reward lawyers with COVID bonuses
Allen & Overy, Ashurst and Walker Morris latest to thank staff with cash sums

Freshfields narrows gender pay gap
Magic circle player also publishes ethnicity data and, for the first time, disability and LGBT+ results

Round-up from the Easter Weekend
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the long weekend

Quinn Emanuel lawyer convicted of dangerous driving following parking row outside daughter’s nursery school
Boris Bronfentrinker tells Legal Cheek he's "considering grounds for an appeal" after being hit with £5k fine and 12 month driving ban

Speakers announced for Legal Cheek’s Spring Virtual Vacation Scheme
Featuring 10 leading law firms, alongside in-house lawyers from Netflix, NatWest, BT and the BBC, as well as ULaw's employability team

Legal celebs flock to Cameo
From Suits stars to Trump’s former lawyer

Law students express concern at highlighter shortage in wake of Suez Canal crisis
APRIL FOOLS! Delays to UK shipments send prices of popular stationery soaring

Two Doughty Street junior barristers launch hijabs for court
Latest release from Ivy & Normanton, the first ever outfitter dedicated to courtwear for women

DAC Beachcroft lawyers can choose where and what hours they work
'The future of work is changing and so must we,' says firm's managing partner

Junior solicitor struck off for faking colleague’s signature launches High Court appeal
Henna Zeb Khan found to have signed someone else's name on property documents during her training contract

Top Quinn Emanuel partner ‘drove at pedestrian’ during ‘aggressive’ parking row outside daughter’s nursery, court hears
London-based lawyer Boris Bronfentrinker denies dangerous driving