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Top City firms must do more to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’
Don't prioritise profits over the planet, 150 leading lawyers warn in open letter

AI creativity machine to have its day in Supreme Court
Decision likely to come next year

Top literary references and Latin phrases law students need to know
From Virgil’s Aeneid to the Da Vinci Code

Garden Court barrister threatened with arrest if he wrote ‘not my King’ on blank sheet of paper
Footage of incident goes viral

TLT sets science-based 2040 net-zero target
New green goals 'in recognition of the urgency of the global climate crisis'

Ex-Doughty Street barrister fined for ‘offensive’ tweets aimed at colleague
Daniel Bennett resigned from top human rights set in 2019 after link to anonymous account was revealed

Gowling WLG eyes Leeds launch
Move will strengthen housing and regeneration practice, says firm

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

Two weeks away: Legal Cheek’s October UK Virtual Law Fair 2022
All the leading law firms in one place

‘I got into law school. Any advice or tips?’
Soon-to-be fresher seeks readers' advice

Lawyers enter new era of KCs and Rex v. criminal prosecutions
Move from QC to KC effective immediately

Crimes committed in pursuit of principles may not harm your career, according to new SRA guidance
Regulator to show “broad discretion”

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

Raab’s legacy project Bill of Rights Bill shelved
New Justice Sec also agrees to meet with striking criminal barristers

Hogan Lovells announces 83% trainee retention rate
19 out of 23

Womble Bond Dickinson ups NQ pay to £78,000
Rises in the regions too

Suella Braverman bags top job in Truss government
From giving out prizes at the Legal Cheek awards to Home Sec

Lord Reed spotted on University Challenge
UKSC President captained Balliol College Oxford

EXCLUSIVE: regional NQ pay hits all-time high of £81k in Osborne Clarke salary hike
Rises in the London office too

Ropes & Gray lawyer roasts Netflix hit show’s portrayal of City law life
“I couldn’t help but laugh over much how they got wrong on the practice of corporate law”