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Top QC under fire for suggesting pupil barristers should have ‘well polished shoes’ and a ‘proper haircut’
Former Bar Council chief Richard Atkins apologises for posting tweet quoting recently deceased judge
KPMG teams up with BPP to offer SQE training contract
Big Four player embraces solicitor training shake-up
Simmons & Simmons ups London NQ solicitor pay to £84,000
Boosts in Bristol too
Top divorce firm Vardags in war of words with legal workers’ union following dress code leak
Dress code saga rumbles on
A&O restarts lawyer salary reviews and increases pay
NQs receive pay rise which falls £5k short of pre-COVID six-figure sum
Work here if you want an Irish practising certificate, UK solicitors told
Irish Law Society throws post-Brexit curveball
Ex-Daily Mail editor who wrote infamous ‘Enemies of the People’ article set to become Boris Johnson’s director of communications
James Slack replaces Lee Cain who resigned over night
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ lawyer husband to leave DLA Piper
Doug Emhoff will leave global outfit by inauguration day on 20 January
Hogan Lovells offers fast-track path to TC assessment days with new virtual academy
Exclusive: For sixth-form students and up
Law firms dominate social mobility employer list
Top ten spots for BCLP, Browne Jacobson, HSF and Bakers
IBA conference: Regulator has major role to play in junior lawyer wellbeing, argues Sheffield Uni law lecturer
Dr Emma Jones joins other top academics and charity LawCare to launch mental health research study
Law Society: Reserve vac scheme and TC spots for disabled aspiring lawyers
City law firms also encouraged to run more part-time training contracts
Profession must look after junior lawyers screwed over by the pandemic, Supreme Court judge warns
Lord Hodge says there shouldn't be 'lasting detriment' to those starting their career
December bar exams to go ahead as planned
BSB keeping assessments under 'close review' in wake of second lockdown
Biden’s law graduate granddaughter pokes fun at Trump with fake case law tweet
'The case of Trump v. Reality'
Nottingham Uni Law Society targets carbon negative first
Green goal follows City firms' pledge to ditch law fair merch
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Law graduate who came 76/85 in his class set to become world’s most powerful person
Joe Biden gives hope to struggling law students across the globe
BARBRI strikes SQE partnership with flexi-paralegal service
5,000 paralegals to have access to SQE scholarships and fee discounts
White male barristers out-earn female and BAME colleagues
Even with the same level of experience and areas of law, research finds
DWF ‘cautiously optimistic’ following summer cost-cutting measures
Listed giant's revenue up 14% on previous 12 months