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Herbert Smith Freehills and Charles Russell Speechlys post autumn trainee retention scores
Results of 82% and 88%

Bookie slashes odds for Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams to enter I’m a Celeb jungle
Could the reality TV star be Oz bound?

‘It took me finding a training contract to discover what commercial awareness actually is’
A first-seat trainee on what she learnt along the way

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

Howard Kennedy brought in to prepare legal action for cave diver branded a ‘pedo’ by tech billionaire Elon Musk
City outfit’s top libel lawyer Mark Stephens named on pre-action letter

Law student receives absolutely brutal vac scheme rejection email
Was it justified?

Norton Rose Fulbright, Travers Smith and Ashurst increase trainee and junior lawyer salaries
All three outfits now in £75k-£80k range

You can take a tour of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal from the comfort of your own home
There are a lot of chairs

White & Case boosts LPC grant by 40% to £10,500
Surpasses recent uplifts by a host of top City firms

Barrister who repeated false rape allegation against another lawyer in court robing room has suspension reduced
Following a successful High Court appeal

Slaughter and May boosts London trainee pay for the second time this year
Uplifts of between 2% and 4%

Film review: The Children Act
'I loved the quiet and careful cameos by those unseen people who make our legal system work', says barrister and writer Sarah Langford

Once-aspiring City lawyer who rejected Slaughter and May training contract stars in new Hollywood blockbuster
Gemma Chan appears in Crazy Rich Asians
Bank holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend

Will the SQE damage my chances of securing a training contract as a non-law grad?
I want to study politics -- but is it more worthwhile applying for an LLB?

Freshfields keeps 34 out of 41 London qualifying trainees
Autumn retention score of 83%

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

Pupil barrister who believed legal exec qualification allowed him to conduct High Court advocacy is suspended
Full decision now published

CMS and Macfarlanes up junior lawyer pay as City duo confirm autumn trainee retention scores
NQ salaries now sit at £70k and £80k

Exclusive: Hundreds of BPTC ethics exam results issued incorrectly following BSB error
And not for the first time

No-deal Brexit could cost legal sector £3 billion, Law Society warns
Chancery Lane's number crunchers paint a bleak picture