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Clifford Chance launches first legal project management apprenticeship
Scheme doesn't lead to qualification as a solicitor

Social mobility fail: two thirds of top judges went to private schools
Senior judges 'most socially exclusive' group among Britain's elite, Sutton Trust research finds

Travers Smith keeps 17 out of 21 London qualifying trainees
Retention result of 81%

Hogan Lovells ups newly qualified pay to £90k plus bonus in package worth up to £117k
Exclusive: Transatlantic firm makes MoneyLaw move

Junior lawyers seek to have approval of the SQE overturned
Letter to Justice Committee aims to skewer super-exam

Arden University registers as SQE prep provider
Ex-BPP chief's new outfit prepares to deliver super-exam course
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

RPC posts low 42% autumn retention rate
Five out of 12 qualifying trainees kept on

Trainee solicitor calls on government to give people time off work to make life-saving stem cell donations
Paul Fletcher-Herd launches online petition

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

Slaughter and May raises newly qualified salary to £92k plus bonus in pay package that sees it join the ‘100 Club’
Total package is worth over £100,000

Leigh Day junior lawyer apologises after suspension for ‘sarcastic’ Hitler tweet
Ex-Labour council candidate Aman Thakar appeared on BBC's Tory leadership debate

Legal profession launches gender equality pledge
Signatories commit to supporting women into top lawyer roles

BPP University to be sold
Law school set to change hands again in big money deal

SDT refuses to drop case against Freshfields partner accused of sexual misconduct
Ryan Beckwith previously argued charges were beyond regulator's remit

Judge tells cocaine user he ‘should suffer no more than former Lord Chancellor’
Even the courts are mocking Michael Gove's coke admission

Fine for drunk trainee solicitor who spat at bouncer
Pleaded guilty to acting in an aggressive manner

Durham Uni teams up with ex-Slaughter and May partner to launch first LLB ‘pensions law’ module
Former magic circle lawyer Philip Bennett appointed visiting professor

‘Not on your life!’ Lord Sumption rules out move into politics
Ex-Supreme Court justice's comments came during final BBC Reith Lecture

The best social media snaps from the London Legal Walk
15,000 walkers go the distance for charity

Average UK law firm partner pay breaks £200,000
Legal sector continuing to grow despite Brexit, according to research