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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
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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
UK and Ireland bar bodies slam China sanctions on magic circle barristers
Members of Essex Court Chambers hit with penalties last month for allegedly spreading 'lies and disinformation' about treatment of Uighur Muslims
Squire Patton Boggs targets 25% UK female partners by 2026
Firm sets diversity targets for first time
Choose ‘where and when you work’, Irwin Mitchell tells lawyers
National firm set to transform offices into 'collaborative working hubs' as part of post-Covid plans
Bristol Uni law grad, 21, becomes one of the youngest people to pass New York bar
Despite Covid-19 attack a month before the exam
Shoosmiths launches Belfast training contract
First trainee to start in September 2021