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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ lawyer husband to leave DLA Piper
Doug Emhoff will leave global outfit by inauguration day on 20 January

Hogan Lovells offers fast-track path to TC assessment days with new virtual academy
Exclusive: For sixth-form students and up

Virtual event TODAY: What the SQE means for future lawyers — with Flex Legal, Reed Smith, Squire Patton Boggs and BARBRI
Thursday 12 November from 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

Law firms dominate social mobility employer list
Top ten spots for BCLP, Browne Jacobson, HSF and Bakers

IBA conference: Regulator has major role to play in junior lawyer wellbeing, argues Sheffield Uni law lecturer
Dr Emma Jones joins other top academics and charity LawCare to launch mental health research study

Law Society: Reserve vac scheme and TC spots for disabled aspiring lawyers
City law firms also encouraged to run more part-time training contracts

Profession must look after junior lawyers screwed over by the pandemic, Supreme Court judge warns
Lord Hodge says there shouldn't be 'lasting detriment' to those starting their career

December bar exams to go ahead as planned
BSB keeping assessments under 'close review' in wake of second lockdown

Trump is not the President!
So Legal Cheeker returns with another poem

Biden’s law graduate granddaughter pokes fun at Trump with fake case law tweet
'The case of Trump v. Reality'

Nottingham Uni Law Society targets carbon negative first
Green goal follows City firms' pledge to ditch law fair merch
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

THIS TUESDAY: The November Legal Cheek UK Virtual Law Fair
Tuesday 10 November from 1:50pm to 5pm; featuring over 60 leading law firms

Virtual student event on MONDAY: Secrets to Success North — with Pinsent Masons, Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers and ULaw
Monday 9 November, from 4pm to 6:30pm, taking place virtually

Law graduate who came 76/85 in his class set to become world’s most powerful person
Joe Biden gives hope to struggling law students across the globe

BARBRI strikes SQE partnership with flexi-paralegal service
5,000 paralegals to have access to SQE scholarships and fee discounts

White male barristers out-earn female and BAME colleagues
Even with the same level of experience and areas of law, research finds

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

Virtual student event TODAY: How law firms go global — with Clyde & Co
Friday 6 November, from 2pm to 4pm, taking place virtually

DWF ‘cautiously optimistic’ following summer cost-cutting measures
Listed giant's revenue up 14% on previous 12 months

Teaching teenagers is harder than studying law at Harvard, says ex-English teacher in viral TikTok
Second year law student Rachel Cohen says her stress was higher before switching careers