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Betting giant pokes fun at Manchester City with ‘traditional team photo’
Hearing into alleged financial breaches starts today
City Uni law student faces jail after targeting Arsenal star Bukayo Saka with racist abuse
'Deeply unpleasant offence', says judge
Eversheds retains 32 of 42 qualifying trainees
76% figure includes apprentices
Mishcon bumps NQ solicitor pay to £95k
Trainee rises too
Blind solicitor completes epic ’24 peaks in 24 hours’ challenge
Former Ashurst lawyer raises £150k for charity
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Former Ashurst IT worker caught selling firm laptops
Barred from legal profession
Womble Bond Dickinson set for new US merger
Combines with Lewis Roca next year
Paralegal who raised workload concerns barred from legal profession for fabricating attendance notes
'Showed a lack of integrity', says SRA
Top BCLP lawyer advises against emailing colleagues on weekends
'Pretty reasonable' approach not a firm-wide policy
Freshfields wants at least 20% of its future trainees to come from lower socio-economic backgrounds
Magic Circle player sets new target
Bar diversity row: is it enough for barristers not to discriminate or should they actively boost inclusion?
Change in barristers' duty contemplated
A&O Shearman offers tips for using AI in TC applications
Contrasts with approach of Big Four accountancy firms and The Bar Council, which ban use of ChatGPT
Watson Farley & Williams keeps 16 of 18 qualifying trainees
All in first-choice spots
Slaughter and May raises newly qualified lawyer pay to £150,000
Pay review brought forward following recent market movement
Dentons launches ‘low carbon service’ with lawyers working from home, e-signatures and no printing
Carbon footprint reduced by 44%
Burges Salmon smashes its financials: profit up by nearly 50%
PEP also sees over 40% growth
Aspiring lawyer’s career prospects ‘utterly destroyed’ after role in violent disorder during riots
Law student also handed 14-month jail sentence
Simmons & Simmons takes City NQ lawyer pay to £120,000
Bristol associates also see rise to £76.5k
RPC expands solicitor apprenticeship programme to London
10 spots available