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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

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