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Taylor Wessing targets school leavers with new solicitor apprenticeship
Launch marks start of National Apprenticeship Week

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

Baker McKenzie Belgium managing partner steps down pending review into office racism claims
Follows email leaked to Legal Cheek

‘Help! My supervising partner has gone AWOL’
'This is leading to near-constant anxiety that I'm about to accidentally bankrupt a client,' a junior lawyer writes

Slaughters keeps all 47 spring NQ lawyers
Perfect 100% score

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

Lord Kitchin to retire from Supreme Court
Top judge to spend more time with family

Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans abandon merger talks
Duo decide 'best path forward is to remain independent'

Listed law firm fires chief exec over ‘cultural concerns’
Nicola Foulston took Rosenblatt public in 2018

Law prof apologises for telling student ‘f*ck you’
She had asked him to speak a little slower during a lecture

Express Solicitors to recruit pupil barristers for first time
Eight spots up for grabs at personal injury specialist

The 10 best legal social media users of 2023
Which lawfluencer will win this year's Legal Cheek Award?

Exclusive: Baker McKenzie lawyer quits citing ‘lack of diversity’ in email to colleagues
Firm apologises and says it is conducting 'thorough review of the issues highlighted'

Number of law students joining lost learning group action more than doubles in two months
Over 4,500 now signed up to Covid and strike claim

Public favours barristers with posh accents, study finds
Regional voices still encounter bias

Magic Circle set Fountain Court boosts pupillage award to £80,000
War for talent continues

Spike in lawyers questioning their career choice
Majority of callers to wellbeing charity LawCare are trainee or junior

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

Forsters boosts NQ lawyer pay to £80k — also ups law school maintenance grants
£8k for both PGDL and SQE

Which practice area boasts the smartest lawyers?
Legal Cheek commenters spark debate