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Law Society issues trainee support guidance following flurry of flexible working policies
Many firms now letting lawyers work away from the office 50% of the time
Latham sets lawyers’ Skype status to ‘away’ outside business hours to break ‘online 24/7 mindset’
Switch occurs automatically after 6pm
Exeter Law School to ‘move away’ from ‘white, Eurocentric curriculum’
Part of wider move across humanities department
City Law School suspends two-part bar course following low student sign-ups
Exclusive: Budding barristers prefer full and part-time options
Taylor Wessing thanks lawyers and staff with Covid bonuses and firm-wide holiday
Special payment amounts to 5% of salary
Barristers to share Gray’s Inn with 300 kids as new primary school gets go-ahead
To open amid top chambers next year, with kiddies lunching in historic hall
Norway tops European lawyer pay table with £112k average salary
UK ranks 9th with £94k
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Gowling latest to offer 50% home-working option to lawyers and staff
Trials flexible start and finish times, as well as compressed working weeks
Exclusive: Kaplan to award scholarships for SQE exam fees
SQE examiner making arrangements with SRA to provide 'financial assistance for a number of candidates'
Paralegal told she was a trainee solicitor secures compensation from former firm
Nicolette Browne-Marke, 26, represented herself at the employment tribunal
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King’s, Cardiff and Nottingham law schools bag awards for pro bono efforts
Endeavours to promote access to justice recognised at annual LawWorks ceremony
Dates announced for The Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fairs 2021
The biggest and best virtual careers fairs for future barristers are back
Will office returns boost junior lawyer morale?
Mental Health Awareness Week: Heavy workloads coupled with lockdown isolation has left many trainees and associates struggling to cope
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'