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RPC records 100% autumn trainee retention rate
All 14 rookies secure NQ roles

Hill Dickinson to offer TCs in the Toon
Move follows office launch in Newcastle

CMS boosts NQ lawyer pay to £100k
Second boost in seven months

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

Top judge blasts ‘creeping march of anonymity’ in solicitor disciplinary rulings
High Court orders transparency in misconduct acquittal of City lawyer over posts on her 330,000-follower Instagram account

Should ex-magic circle man Raab become caretaker PM?
Question mark over whether Boris will stay until Autumn

Attorney General confirms Tory leadership bid as Boris prepares to quit
From Legal Cheek Awards to No.10?

How Bored Apes are changing the law
Legal Cheek's Will Holmes takes a deep dive into the latest legal developments surrounding NFTs

Solicitor General Alex Chalk and ex-magic circle associate Bim Afolami MP become latest Tory lawyers to abandon Boris Johnson
Conservative vice-chair Afolami quit on live TV

Bird & Bird gives trainees and staff £1,000 cost of living bonus
One-off payment to those earning £50k and below

Shearman gives London staff, including trainees, option to work remotely for whole of August
Hopes to encourage productivity and support wellbeing

Hill Dickinson launches in Newcastle
The Toon gains another big legal name

Why the ECHR should go medieval
Will Holmes explains how revisiting medieval debates on natural law could improve the application of modern human rights

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

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HSF ups NQ lawyer base pay to £120k
Leapfrogs A&O, Links and Slaughters

Clydes and BLM tie-up goes live
New £700 million firm 🤝