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Virtual student event TODAY: Life as a trainee — with Reed Smith
Thursday 5 November, from 4pm to 6:30pm, taking place virtually

Taylor Wessing ends flexi-working scheme early
Part of a wider roll back on its emergency coronavirus measures

Top law prof to oversee independent review into summer bar exam fiasco
BSB announces appointment of Hull Uni pro-vice chancellor Rebecca Huxley-Binns

Ban for former Travers Smith trainee who ‘misled colleagues’
Ex-rookie sanctioned over email to IT

Reed Smith signs SQE training deal with BARBRI and College of Legal Practice
Replaces LPC route from 2022

Big Four giant Deloitte snaps up London law firm
Acquires Kemp Little

Junior barrister imagines Boris Johnson and top Tory MPs as fictional QCs in hilarious Twitter thread
Filled with plenty of QC quips and lawyer in-jokes

‘The SQE Sessions’ launches as super-exam countdown begins
Half-day virtual event will answer questions on firms’ lips

Magic and silver circle law firms sign commitment to ensure BAME junior lawyers get same career opportunities as white counterparts
Elite firms join over 30 legal recruiters in new diversity pledge

ULaw unveils new SQE courses
Fees announced within the next month

Hogan Lovells reinstates NQ lawyer pay following COVID cuts
Global firm trimmed salaries in London and Birmingham earlier this summer

Exclusive: Big Aussie law school moves into English super-exam market, offering SQE 1 and 2 prep courses
College of Legal Practice will challenge established players for market share
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Participating firms announced for The Legal Cheek November Virtual Law Fair
Meet over 60 leading law firms

Virtual student events next week with White & Case, Reed Smith and Clyde & Co
Taking place on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

‘Will doing a PhD damage my chances of a career at the bar?’
I have a fully-funded offer from Oxford Uni

Super-exam won’t save students money, claim junior lawyers
Junior Lawyers Division predicts that newly-approved SQE won't lower qualification costs

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