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Scrapping degree requirement will create more pupillage-less grads, Bar Council warns
Response to BSB proposals

5 types of law students – Stanley cup edition
Make yourself a Harvey Spectacle

Search for missing BPP law student continues
Aspiring lawyer Jack O’Sullivan disappeared on 2 March

City law chief advises firms to give lawyers workload ‘trigger warnings’
'Something very serious is going on' in the profession, says Colin Passmore

Ex-Supreme justices join top lawyers in urging UK government to reject calls for Israel arms embargo
Response to earlier letter calling for weapons ban

A&O and Shearman go LinkedIn official
Merger goes live next month

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

How to boost your commercial awareness
Legal Cheek explains…

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

US law firm pokes fun at failed merger with A&O, drawing parallels to Royal rift and warm British beer
Newly-surfaced pics from 2022 O'Melveny event

Law students weigh in on firms’ treatment of SQE trainees
Some call for resits, others say rescinding TCs is the right call

AI ‘can be a force for good’, says top judge
Help those who can't afford lawyers

Charity tells corporate law firms to ‘actively step in’ and protect lawyers mental health
Mindful Business Charter's open letter follows death of City partner

SRA issues warning over TikTok account impersonating supercar-loving lawfluencer
The real Akhmed Yakoob boasts over 175k followers

Man given suspended sentence for impersonating barrister
Used identity of real lawyer

Bank Holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend

Top in-house lawyers to ramp up pro bono efforts with new pledge
GCs from Coca-Cola, ITV, Goldman Sachs and more

Garrick Club: Bar Council issues warning to lawyer members
'Exclusionary spaces do not foster support between colleagues'