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‘He threw a phone at my head’: International survey reveals bullying rife in the legal profession
Largest ever study finds one in three females sexually harassed in workplace

How Freshfields’ £100k NQ pay will change the profession
Magic circle embrace of MoneyLaw set to have far-reaching effects

Pawsitive energy: Gowling WLG drafts in dogs to help de-stress lawyers
On Mental Health Awareness Week

Confusion surrounding UK lawyers’ Ireland registration following Law Society letter
Brexit: ‘Establishment’ in country among practice stipulations set by Dublin bigwigs, report claims

Meet the Instagrammers making law revision look glam
If you don’t snap your studies, are you even revising?

SRA dismisses calls to reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee solicitor pay
JLD argued rookies risk 'exploitation' under work experience element of SQE -- but regulator doesn't agree

Mental health charity pilots online messenger service in bid to reach more young lawyers
LawCare's announcement comes at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week

Clifford Chance increases GDL maintenance grant to £10,000
Exclusive: First magic circle firm to award five-figure sum
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

From lawyer to legal entrepreneur: You’re programmed to be risk averse — but you can’t fear failure
Mary Bonsor, co-founder and CEO of F-LEX, chats to Legal Cheek ahead of her appearance at the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 on 22 May

Lady Hale opens up about her ‘brilliant’ mother who went back to work after her father died when she was 13
‘I say thank you to her almost every day for what she did for us’

Inns of Court unveil country’s cheapest barrister training course
Charity applying for sign-off on £13,000 course in major bar training shake-up

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Uber’s flotation: from law suits to the stock market
Treacherous legal waters for the tech titan

Former Cripps learning and development manager jailed for historic indecent assaults against teenage boy
Law firm 'horrified' to learn about Stephen Madge’s conviction

London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship
Exclusive: 9KBW places controversial expenses-only programme 'under review'

Law academics include Star Wars quip in equity law textbook
The banter is strong with this one

Media and tech law firm Wiggin launches training contract programme
Exclusive: Trainees start on £39k rising to £60k on qualification

Under-promoted, oddly-timed and confusing to outsiders: why the bar is not making the most of its scholarships
There’s £5 million, for those in the know

Richard Susskind to deliver keynote speech at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Keynote speaker announced for Legal Cheek's 22 May event

Kim Kardashian relates to law student struggles
Social media sensation turned law student says she won’t have time for ‘literally anything’