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Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Unregistered barrister disbarred over misleading legal experience on job application
Tried to secure role with Arden Uni
Liverpool Uni partners with six law firms to launch LLB with built-in qualifying work experience
Paid year-long placements at outfits including DWF, Hill Dickinson, and Taylor Wessing
The best social media posts of the week
A round-up of online musings, memes and more
Top judge to step down from presidency role after reprimand over love letter to colleague
Justice Marcus Smith reprimanded in August
Competition: Win an SQE scholarship by explaining the must-have skill for lawyers
Half-price SQE1 course courtesy of BARBRI
Davis Polk sets new £70k salary record for trainee solicitors in London
Market topping year two pay 💷
Reed Smith goes all in with College of Legal Practice for the SQE
Barbri loses out as firm relaunches training programme
Linklaters teams up with KCL to deliver AI training for lawyers
Classroom lessons, practical exercises and hackathon
Osborne Clarke retains 38 out of 44 qualifying trainees
86% score includes firm's first solicitor apprentices
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Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
The best social media posts of the week
A round-up of online musings, memes and more
Senior solicitor reprimanded for inappropriate comments to probation officer
Showed her pic of naked woman
Magistrate warned after ‘heated dispute’ over neighbour’s dog
Emphasised legal knowledge
Former DWF partner struck off for trying to communicate sexually with minor
Targeted in "sting operation"
SQE1 pass rate drops to just 44%
Lowest success rate so far
Disgraced human rights lawyer admits fraud charges connected to claims against Iraqi war veterans
Philip Shiner received £3 million under legal aid contract
Training contract, apprenticeship, self-fund SQE or paralegal – which route into the profession should I take?
Aspiring solicitor seeks help
Super regulator rubber-stamps 200% hike in compensation fund contributions for solicitors
Plug funding gap following closure of Axion Ince