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How to get through a training contract while recovering from a serious injury
City trainee Clive Wong explains how he juggled work commitments with months of rehabilitation
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
National law firm pursues ex-trainees for £9,000 LPC fees
Rookies left after Veale Wasbrough Vizards was unable to accommodate their qualification preferences
‘I went into the office on Tuesday morning and didn’t leave until Sunday,’ claims ex-magic circle trainee solicitor ‘Max Johnson’
The Guardian publishes astonishing claim by anonymised source
The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Exeter University law society to be disbanded, 8 months after students’ racist WhatsApp messages surfaced online
Investigation resulted in expulsions, suspensions and the termination of a training contract offer
SRA spent £3.1 million on failed Leigh Day case — here’s what it could have bought instead
Yacht, private island or a seemingly endless supply of Nando's?
City law diversity schemes criticised for ‘box-ticking’
Chair of high profile programme hits back with strong-worded response
You don’t have to call me ‘learned’, top judge tells lawyers
Lady Justice Rafferty says brevity is best
Lord Denning once told Lord Sumption becoming a barrister would be a ‘big mistake’
The revelation came during the Supreme Court judge's farewell ceremony this morning
Norton Rose Fulbright launches innovation-focused grad scheme
Training contract alternative to start in March 2019
AI isn’t about cutting solicitor numbers, says SRA
While regulator attacked over SQE for doing 'violence to the law'
Blackstone QC resigns from House of Lords amid sexual misconduct allegations
Lord Lester says accusations and subsequent investigation have ‘taken a serious toll’ on his health
Vlogging future magic circle trainee parodies Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next’ music video
University of Bristol law grad Eve Cornwell’s clip has already racked up 47,000 views
Elderly rights solicitor cleared of neglect after 79-year-old mother’s body found covered in excrement
Conviction quashed by Court of Appeal
Slaughter and May ups newly-qualified solicitor pay by 4% to £83,000
Xmas bonuses for junior lawyers and trainees, too
Strathclyde Uni law student’s anti-spiking campaign gets police backing
Special drink lids will save lives, Cara Teven tells Legal Cheek
May the force be with the Baroness! Lady Hale to star as Yoda in space-themed play at Gray’s Inn
All Hale the new Jedi master
The Apprentice exclusive: Solicitor Sarah Ann Magson reveals she won’t be quitting law anytime soon
Legal Cheek sits down with BBC show's latest firee
ULaw to launch campus and tech hub in Nottingham
Announcement comes just weeks after law school giant confirmed new Hong Kong outpost