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Birkbeck Uni law graduate looks to privately prosecute Dominic Cummings for Durham trip
Mahsa Taliefar is seeking £300,000 in online fundraiser
Stephenson Harwood embraces earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships
City player also launches £15k a year scholarship fund in diversity push
Durham Uni law student tackles lockdown loneliness with charity chatline
'Chit-chat' by Lewis Alexander Baxter aims to 'connect the nation through conversation'
Top chambers postpone mini-pupillage schemes in response to COVID-19
But some sets are offering virtual minis and webinars
Exam blunder sees Oxford University law students given wrong criminal paper
Told of error halfway through open-book assessment
Wife of 25 Bedford Row barrister reveals husband’s battles with racism in viral Facebook post
'People often assume that he is the defendant', writes Katie Lynch
Squire Patton Boggs and Osborne Clarke move summer vacation schemes online
Law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption
CONFIRMED: This is what the new solicitor super-exam will look like
Two-part assessment to come into force from 1 September 2021 -- subject to LSB approval
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Freshfields lawyers aghast after senior partner refers to ‘Blacks’ in firm-wide email
Boss Edward Braham apologises and says he is 'committed to learning from this'
DWF defers training contract start dates by six months
Thirty-one new joiners will now start in February
Defence barrister fined £1,000 for ‘pulling faces’ at judge
She also described a decision as ‘insane'
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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
DLA Piper offers future trainees £10,000 to delay TC start dates by a year
Exclusive: Or £5,000 for six months
Fulham man complains that his aspiring lawyer flatmate (whose TC has been cancelled) is claiming benefits while being financed by mum and dad
His parents pay for his rent, Tube fare, food shops and nights out
Sidley Austin retains all 11 autumn NQ solicitors
One associate-to-be is on a fixed-term contract
Henry Hendron wins appeal against second suspension
BSB concedes case on a technicality unearthed by its own barrister
Dominic Grieve is now a law lecturer
Ex-Attorney General will be a visiting professor at Goldsmiths
BSB: A response to BPTC students’ exam concerns
We will seek to ensure online assessment arrangements are fair for all, writes BSB director of regulatory operations Oliver Hanmer
King’s College London law student tackles case law on TikTok
Handy 60-second explainers cover legal basics -- from contract to criminal law
David Lammy joins Doughty Street Chambers
Barrister turned Labour MP for Tottenham becomes associate tenant