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Lord Mance follows ex-colleagues Neuberger and Clarke back to the commercial bar following Supreme Court retirement
He joins 7KBW as an arbitrator

Exclusive: High street law firm advertises for unpaid paralegals
Smart Solicitors' not so smart recruitment tactics

Pinsent Masons hammered by High Court for ‘shameful’ treatment of dead oligarch’s family
International outfit accused of losing 'sight of any basic standard of decent and compassionate behaviour' in astonishing Aeroflot judgment

Eversheds Sutherland signs deal with Slaughter and May-backed artificial intelligence software
Luminance was developed by Cambridge boffins

SRA issues warning over scam emails misusing the names Osborne Clarke and Herbert Smith Freehills
It's not the first time that a firm's identity has been used in this way

City law firms want junior lawyers who are resilient and flexible — but they’re less concerned about tech skills
Over 200 industry insiders questioned as part of Legal Cheek's Future of Legal Education and Training Conference

Show me the money! City law firm partners celebrate skyrocketing profits
Macfarlanes, Travers Smith, Addleshaw Goddard, Clyde & Co and Mills & Reeve post strong financial results

Legal profession ‘poorly equipped’ to help disabled training contract and pupillage hunters
Level of support remains 'a lottery', new research suggests

Exclusive: Goldsmiths Uni launches law degree ahead of super-exam shake-up
First cohort to start in Autumn 2019
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Council report reveals why Mishcon de Reya’s canteen was slammed by food hygiene inspectors
Mouse droppings and risk of contamination cited in findings

Hilarious Love Island voiceover guy is an Edinburgh law grad
He applied for vac schemes, but with no success

Equity partner profits fall at Linklaters despite revenue rise
Magic circle firm's bosses still on over £1.5 million

Chambers ‘Law Camp’ gives sixth-formers a taste of life at the bar
Students from underrepresented backgrounds assigned barrister mentors as part of myth-busting two-day workshop

The Hearing Podcast: ‘Disability isn’t just sticks and wheelchairs’
Solicitor turned diversity champion Yasmin Sheikh shares her story

14 law firms named on 2018 social mobility power list
Top 10 spots for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Baker McKenzie

Mishcon de Reya cuts billable targets by 20% to encourage tech-minded lawyers to be more innovative
Follows similar move by Reed Smith

The story of how 25-year-old City lawyers came to earn £143,000 a year
A handy video explainer

Brick Court Chambers to show England’s World Cup clash against Croatia during posh summer soirée
Football's coming home... to a major gallery near you

From BPTC to lawtech — the upsides of having a ‘Plan B’
Nicola Jane Smith reflects on life after law school and the seemingly never-ending hunt for pupillage