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‘Jolly useful’: Court of Appeal judge’s verdict on ChatGPT
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Sidley sets four day office week
Move mirrors other US players

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

LSE law grad ‘exposes’ uni stereotypes in hilarious TikToks
Mary-Grace Olu has attracted over 90k followers with her tongue-in-cheek clips

‘I’ve had to re-sit exams, can I still get a training contract?’
LPC graduate seeks help

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

Former Kingsley Napley senior partner becomes CPS boss
Stephen Parkinson starts role in November

Bar chief: Move ‘call’ post-pupillage to clear up confusion around barrister title
'Problem is readily fixable', says Nick Vineall KC

Research: Legal sector workers amongst happiest in UK
Only bankers are loving life more

DLA Piper launches ‘space exploration’ practice
Tackle IP and regulatory issues

Withers axes quali leave
Firm says informal time off after qualification was causing staffing issues

Top news presenter joins Irwin Mitchell
Ex-BBC anchor Joanna Gosling lands legal role

Leading GCs call for role to be formalised in corporate code overhaul
‘Historic omission’

‘I taught myself SQE – here’s how I got on’
Without law degree

CMS to cut associate roles
Redundancies in corporate team

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

‘Should I tell my boss I’m taking holiday for a vac scheme?’
One budding commercial solicitor seeks a safe route away from financial career