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Legal Entrepreneurs: How I started my own reputation law firm
Media lawyer Matt Himsworth opens up about the freedom running your own business can bring

Ashurst boosts newly-qualified solicitor pay by 8% to £82,000
Salaries could swell to over £94,000 with maximum bonuses

Is the artificial intelligence emperor wearing any clothes?
An anonymous associate at a leading City of London law firm notes a disconnect between their experience on the ground and the tech marketing noise

5 things that will inevitably happen to you during your first year of law school
From caffeine addiction to the horrors of R v Brown
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

High Court judges could see salaries swell by over 30% to £240,000 under new proposals
Will extra cash help improve judicial morale?

Lawyers vent fury over survey which asked whether The Secret Barrister should be ‘unmasked’
Little appetite to find out identity of whistleblower

Clyde & Co partner sacked over ‘inappropriate behaviour’ following internal investigation
Report claims senior lawyer encouraged colleagues to accompany him to strip clubs

IBA Conference: ‘Lawyers just don’t do emotion’, says leading behavioural expert
Law is the last profession to embrace emotional intelligence

DWF is looking to recruit its first ever pupil barrister
Following BSB approval

The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Review reveals ‘shortcomings’ in Baker McKenzie’s handling of sex assault allegation
The victim reportedly received a payout and entered into a confidentiality agreement

Reed Smith keeps 10 out of 13 autumn NQs
As applications for TCs at the international outfit soar by 54%

British lawtech entrepreneur launches app that lets you swipe right to ‘sue anyone’
Legal action for the Tinder generation?

To become a lawyer don’t study law, says Supreme Court’s Lord Sumption — do history, classics, economics or languages instead
Top judge backs law conversion route

Gay cake judgment: Human rights barrister explains what you need to know about today’s big decision
Bakery's refusal to make same-sex marriage cake is NOT discriminatory, rules Supreme Court

8 City law firms pledge to improve lawyer wellbeing
On World Mental Health Day

IBA Conference: Law firms’ offices need to take account of millennials’ priorities, says top architect
Successful spaces will be designed to offer 'lifestyle' not just a place to work

Legal consultant fined £2,000 for leaving confidential client papers in his front garden
His current whereabouts are unknown