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DWF pairs trainees with partners who qualified during 2008 financial crash to mentor them through COVID-19 uncertainty
37 rookies jostle for just 25 NQ jobs
RPC posts 92% autumn retention result
11 out of 12 stay on
Irwin Mitchell lawyers offered Zoom twerk class
Cancelled due to 'low engagement'
HFW offers future trainees £5,000 to defer training contracts
The push backs continue
Vlogging future City trainee solicitor reflects on magic circle vac scheme rejection
Ali Obeid has since secured a TC with a top US law firm
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Top blogging barrister warns Birkbeck law grad that her crowdfunded Dominic Cummings prosecution is doomed
Revised legal advice to Mahsa Taliefar is expected to row back on prospects of success
Womble Bond Dickinson extends training contracts by six months in response to coronavirus
Exclusive: Firm also pushes back autumn TC start dates
Family barristers star in Foo Fighters spoof music video
3PB's eye-catching music video includes a dog dressed as an alien
Freshfields launches in Silicon Valley
Magic circle player moves into thriving San Fran tech hub
DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie latest to cut NQ pay
Both firms anticipate salary reviews in due course
Aspiring barrister raises £65,000 to realise Cambridge Uni law course dream
‘I'm absolutely over the moon!’ Dylan Kawende tells Legal Cheek
ULaw and BPP confirm campuses will reopen this autumn
Temperature tests and other safety measures to combat virus spread will be put in place
Use government cash to fund training contracts, says Law Society
Chancery Lane lays out coronavirus recovery plan
COVID-19: BSB pushes ahead with online exams — but offers students test centre option
Regulator publishes fresh guidance
Barrister embroiled in trans rights row raises £60,000 to sue Stonewall despite CrowdJustice briefly taking her page down
Allison Bailey to include her own chambers in the discrimination action
Aspiring barrister targeted in ‘cash for pupillage’ scam
'Don’t fall into a similar TRAP', ULaw undergrad warns in LinkedIn post
Law Society renames ‘Old Bookshop’ in honour of first female solicitor
Prominent room will bear Carrie Morrison's name
BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue