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I was rejected for a training contract by my ‘dream’ US firm — should I reapply?
I reached the final interview stage
Mayer Brown boosts junior lawyer pay to £78,000
Trainee salaries and LPC maintenance grant also up
Junior lawyer leaves Slaughter and May after signing for Juventus
And lands sports writing gig with a national newspaper
Sidley Austin tops market by hiking LPC maintenance grant to £11,000
An uplift of nearly 60%
ULaw appoints ex-Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger as chancellor
He stepped down from the UK's top bench last year
Huddersfield law student aspires to be first Miss England to wear hijab
She follows a long line of legally-minded beauty queens
You can now teach your children the ABCs of law
From A is for attorney to Z is for zealous advocacy
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
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