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Research: Bullying rife at criminal bar; less common among commercial barristers
Reported observations of harassment soar across newly-woke bar

‘18-hour days and sleepless nights’: Love Island solicitor Rosie reveals why she quit law in tense interview with Piers Morgan
She wanted to do crime and family but ended up at a commercial outfit

Latham & Watkins becomes latest firm to hike London junior solicitor pay to £143,000
US summer pay war continues to rock UK market

‘I was no longer able to cope’: Junior solicitor who backdated 23 letters ‘to buy time’ is struck off
She’d only been qualified for three years

Akin Gump ups London NQ pay to coveted £143,000
Follows moves by Kirkland & Ellis, Milbank and Simpson Thacher

Law balloons are now a thing thanks to Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams
Her legacy will live on after show exit
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Accountancy giant Deloitte enters legal services market
Final member of the 'Big Four' granted ABS licence

University of Leeds criminal justice lecturer crowned ‘Law Teacher of the Year’
Lydia Bleasdale beats competition from top unis including Cambridge, Durham and Queen’s Belfast

London law firm events planner banned after keeping raffle prizes
She worked for Bircham Dyson Bell

Six spacetech start-ups to join Dentons innovation hub
Satellite propulsion system and farming robots among successful applicants

Five reasons why Love Island is exactly like law school
Hearts will be broken ?

MP slams Allen & Overy over refusal to ‘come clean’ on partner gender pay gap data
As Freshfields and Slaughter and May reveal figures to select committee

The Hearing Podcast: The difficult transition from law to politics
QC turned Home Secretary Lord Michael Howard shares his story

Mayer Brown confirms 80% autumn trainee retention score
International outfit keeps eight of its ten NQs

British ‘lawyer’ twins convicted of assault following attack on Dubai police officer
London law grads face deportation

Bristows unveils 100% retention score
All ten trainees to be kept on

Fieldfisher dismisses stock market flotation rumours
Days after DWF confirmed it was considering a similar move

How mobile phones are helping forensic scientists catch murderers
Digital forensics is a growing area, but don't be fooled into thinking it's infallible

Southampton law student’s appeal against manslaughter conviction dismissed
He was jailed for six years for killing father-of-ten Gary Stacey

‘Lawyers are like plumbers — both will be immune from the tech revolution’
The legal profession's 'Uber moment' is a long way off, FT says