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Crimes committed in pursuit of principles may not harm your career, according to new SRA guidance
Regulator to show “broad discretion”
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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Raab’s legacy project Bill of Rights Bill shelved
New Justice Sec also agrees to meet with striking criminal barristers
Hogan Lovells announces 83% trainee retention rate
19 out of 23
Womble Bond Dickinson ups NQ pay to £78,000
Rises in the regions too
Suella Braverman bags top job in Truss government
From giving out prizes at the Legal Cheek awards to Home Sec
Lord Reed spotted on University Challenge
UKSC President captained Balliol College Oxford
EXCLUSIVE: regional NQ pay hits all-time high of £81k in Osborne Clarke salary hike
Rises in the London office too
Ropes & Gray lawyer roasts Netflix hit show’s portrayal of City law life
“I couldn’t help but laugh over much how they got wrong on the practice of corporate law”
Express Solicitors offers staff an extra week’s pay as cost-of-living support
Available to all 430 staff
What top City partners would tell themselves if they were starting their TCs now
Legal Cheek asks leading lawyers to share their pearls of careers wisdom as firms across the country welcome new trainees
Criminal barristers go on strike – how did we get here?
Indefinite, uninterrupted strike starts today
Who’s in the running for the top legal jobs in the new government?
Legal Cheek speculates over who the new Lord Chancellor and Attorney General might be
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Cost of living crisis: ‘I am worried my SQE maintenance grant isn’t enough’
Is part-time work the answer?
Love Island contestant sets sights on SQE
Tyler Cruickshank to sit first exams in January
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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
What I wish I knew before applying for training contracts
Warwick Uni law grad and future trainee Sophia Hesling offers her top tips to application success
Kennedys increases NQ lawyer pay in London by 60%
£50,000 to £80,000
How the Devil became a lawyer
From diabolical blood contracts to a demonic NYC law firm
Do TV legal dramas represent real-life diversity?
New research examines portrayals of diversity (or lack thereof) in popular shows like Suits and Silk