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Ban for ex-Skadden secretary who used firm’s air miles to book 80 flights
Also redeemed hotel vouchers

Top City law firms back pro-bono initiative for non-legal staff
Fifth Day encourages business professionals working in the legal sector to donate their time and skills

Taylor Wessing launches TC programme in Cambridge
Two spots up for grabs

UK law firms banned from doing transactional work for Russian clients
Latest escalation in response to Putin’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions

Ince to ‘consolidate’ UK legal practice
Listed outfit may also restructure operations in Europe and Asia, according to trading update

GDL student taken on as consultant solicitor’s ‘personal legal secretary’ after meeting at Playboy casino was not employee of firm, tribunal finds
Judge described lawyer's behaviour as "extraordinary"

Akin Gump caps salary exchange rate following drop in pound
London NQs continue to earn £179k

Striking criminal barristers to vote on government legal aid offer
£54 million pay package follows 'constructive talks'

Human rights not a defence to protesters causing ‘significant’ criminal damage, Court of Appeal rules
Decision does not affect acquittal of Colston Four

Law firm partner apologises after wearing blackface to work fancy dress party
Exclusive: Turned up to 2016 event as Mr T

Bank of England strikes SQE training deal with ULaw
Apprentices split time between office and law school

Kaplan offers more SQE testing spots in response to high demand
Exclusive: Additional spaces available from today

UK law firms recognised for ‘family-friendly working’
DWF and Pinsent Masons make top 10 for flexible polices on annual charity list

Dollar-pegged NQ pay packets at elite US firms swell to around £200,000 as pound plunges to record low
UK mini-budget tax cuts causes pound to tank

Barrister performs guitar solo to raise awareness for criminal bar strikes
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HSF embraces the metaverse with new digital law course for students
Exclusive: Completion certificates issued as NFTs

Osborne Clarke records 92% trainee retention score
Follows pay hikes

London lawyer ‘seriously dating’ Johnny Depp, report claims
Its been reported that Schillings partner Joelle Rich is romantically linked to Pirates of the Caribbean star

Court of Appeal gives thumbs up to witnesses giving evidence via Whatsapp
Messaging app’s encryption is 'sufficiently secure', says Lord Justice Holroyde

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