News
Law schools report rise in pro bono work as public turn to student-staffed clinics for legal advice
Most popular areas include employment, family and housing
BARBRI strikes SQE partnerships with Sussex Uni and national paralegal group
Tie-ups come as regulator defends super-exam’s MCQ format
Addleshaw Goddard cuts 19 lawyer roles following consultation
Redundancies in real estate team
Top commercial chambers rally to save criminal pupillages cancelled due to pandemic
Group follow Keating's lead in offering emergency funding for training spots
Lambo lawyer loses legal fight to keep ‘offensive’ number plate
Cops seize controversial ‘LGOPNR’ reg
Majority of SRA investigations involve male solicitors
92% of individuals struck off in 2018/19 were men, new report finds
Travers Smith restarts lawyer salary reviews and increases pay
Business services and support staff salaries remain frozen
Litigation, crime, property, immigration are legal sectors hardest hit by pandemic, report finds
But the likes of tax and employment are growing
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Don’t just give SQE trainees ‘repetitive admin tasks’, regulator warns law firms
SRA seeks to protect rookies qualifying under new regime
Baker McKenzie tells lawyers to keep Wednesdays meeting-free to ‘combat Zoom fatigue’
And 1-2pm on other work days
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Clifford Chance restores NQ lawyer pay following COVID cut
Exclusive: £100k package returns
Virtual student event TODAY: An afternoon with Mayer Brown’s London managing partner, Sally Davies
Friday 11 December, 2pm to 4pm, taking place virtually
Prioritise terminally ill during COVID vaccine roll-out, urges Pinsent Masons comms chief
Fred Banning has stage four bowel cancer
More law firms pay back furlough funds
DAC Beachcroft and Bevan Brittan follow host of City firms in returning government cash
Virtual student event TODAY: Exploring the challenges and opportunities for Black lawyers in the COVID-19 age — with Shearman & Sterling
Thursday 10 December, 4pm to 5pm, taking place virtually
Clifford Chance ditches ‘Dear Sirs’ and ‘Chairman’ in inclusivity push
Magic circle player calls time on gendered language in legal correspondence following similar moves by Freshfields and Quinn Emanuel
Underpaid, stressed and bullied: Experiences of BAME solicitors laid bare in new report
Law Society research compares experiences of black, asian and minority ethnic solicitors with white counterparts
Home-working: 3 out of 4 solicitors experiencing feelings of isolation and lack of motivation
Cracks beginning to show in WFH model, particularly among juniors, report finds
Starts Monday: The Legal Cheek Winter Virtual Vacation Scheme
Monday 14 December to Wednesday 16 December