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Virtual student event TODAY: In conversation with Slaughter and May: Black heritage and the legal profession
Wednesday 24 November, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
Freshfields launches fintech-focused virtual work experience programme
Students help fictitious client acquire crypto business
Fried Frank ups trainee pay to £55-£60k
Salaries more than double to £145.5k upon qualification
Virtual student event TODAY: Digital transformation and the law — with Herbert Smith Freehills
Tuesday 23 November, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
Barristers anger at Justice Sec’s selfie with roller-skating Xmas pud
Dominic Raab’s decision to send pre-recorded bar conference message (rather than attending in-person) has apparently not gone down well with lawyers
Former Thomson Reuters vice president takes top role at BARBRI
Lucie Allen will oversee SQE market growth
RPC offers £100k in free legal advice to ESG start-ups
International law firm to 'promote positive change in society'
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
TODAY: The final UK Virtual Law Fair of 2021
Meet 60+ leading leading firms before their application deadlines close
‘Will doing both a client and international secondment impact my chances of being kept on as an NQ?’
Future City trainee needs advice
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey quits HSF advisory role amid MPs second jobs row
PM proposes rules banning political consultancy gigs
BARBRI encourages STEM students to bring their skills to the legal profession with new full SQE1 scholarship
Science, technology, engineering and maths students offered chance to claim SQE law conversion course award
Virtual student event TODAY: Why STEM students make great lawyers 2021 — with Allen & Overy, BARBRI, Clifford Chance, CMS, Gowling WLG, HSF, Mayer Brown and Taylor Wessing
Thursday 18 November, 4pm to 6:30pm, taking place virtually
Allen & Overy picks new City HQ
Move date of 2027
Ex-Love Islander sets sights on career as criminal lawyer
From Boohoo brand deals to legal aid work for St Mary's Uni law grad Tyler Cruickshank?
New law school launches conversion course at quarter the price of GDL
College of Legal Practice offering readies non-law grads for SQE prep
Virtual student event TODAY: Secrets to Success North — with BCLP, Clyde & Co, Freshfields, Pinsent Masons and ULaw
Wednesday 17 November, 5pm to 7pm, taking place virtually
Barristers fall out over Middle Temple LGBTQ+ qualifying session
Huge trans rights row divides the bar