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New speakers announced for Living Room Law virtual conference
Remote-working pioneers from Re:link Linklaters, Peerpoint by Allen & Overy, Level and Hardwicke will join our previously announced speakers from Travers Smith and Hogan Lovells
LPC provider pass rates vary from 100% to just 23%, latest figures show
SRA annual report reveals 'significant differences' among anonymised law schools
And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2021 are…
Industry celebrates top trainee-rated firms and chambers in virtual ceremony featuring special guest appearances from shadow Lord Chancellor David Lammy and ex-Justice Secretary David Gauke 🏆
Pupillage: Bar leaders urged to stop ‘shameful’ rejection by silence
Aspiring barrister Noah Gifford describes common practice among chambers as ‘insulting’ in open letter
City law firms reveal latest pay gap figures
Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Clyde & Co and Irwin Mitchell go public with gender and ethnicity results
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
China bans magic circle chambers over alleged human rights ‘disinformation’
Country accuses London's Essex Court Chambers of spreading 'lies' about treatment of Uighur Muslims
US law firms hand London associates spring bonuses of up to £47k
Milbank, Skadden, Paul Hastings and Goodwin Procter splash the cash 🤑
Revealed: The top barristers by Supreme Court appearances
Academic Dr Mikołaj Barczentewicz crunches the numbers to compile lawyer league table
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Ex-A&O boss resurfaces at NewLaw firm
Andrew Ballheimer left magic circle outfit in October last year
Mum uses OnlyFans to fund daughter’s law degree
Pulls in £14k a month 🤳
Two women lead Law Society for first time
I. Stephanie Boyce and Lubna Shuja also first people of colour to hold top two roles at solicitors' body
BPP sold to private equity giant
TDR Capital snaps up education provider
ULaw strikes training deal with Newcastle Law School
Will deliver range of courses, including SQE prep, from Russell Group uni's campus
Legal Cheek launches first-ever SQE Providers guide
Get the low-down on all the major legal educators' prep courses, including fees, scholarships and more
Ban for junior solicitor who faked colleague’s signature during training contract
Claimed to have authorisation
Nottingham Law School unveils SQE prep course prices
£8k combined cost for law grads
DLA Piper targets 30% global female partnership by 2025
Linklaters ups gender diversity target after missing previous aim
Barrister suspended for six months over sexual comments to female mini-pupil
Second disciplinary tribunal finding against Robert Kearney
Re-hearing for junior solicitor struck off after losing work briefcase
Follows crowdfunding appeal