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BARBRI tests commercial awareness and creative thinking with new full SQE1 scholarship
What do you think the law firm of the future will look like?
Abertay law grad sues uni over probe into ‘offensive’ gender comments
Lisa Keogh was cleared of wrongdoing but is now taking legal action for 'stress caused at the most crucial part of my university career'
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First practising female barrister commemorated with London blue plaque
Lady Hale unveiled the historical marker
Dechert boosts trainee salaries to £50k and £55k
Rises of up to 11% 💷
Virtual student event TODAY: How I made it into law — with Mayer Brown
Thursday 21 October, 3pm to 5pm, taking place virtually
Fund legal aid training contracts and pupillages, MPs and peers urge government
Cross-party group call on SRA to include social welfare modules in new SQE
Law firm partner workloads increase as remote working makes it more difficult to delegate to juniors and trainees, survey finds
Many outfits report rise in chargeable hours, especially at senior levels
Virtual student event TODAY: Challenging expectations in a new age of change — with Taylor Wessing
Wednesday 20 October, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
Lawyers pound the pavements for charity
Over 8,000 walkers went the distance at yesterday's London Legal Walk
NQ solicitor pay hits £140k at Cleary Gottlieb
Trainees handed substantial rises of £7,500
Virtual student event TODAY: Life as a global finance lawyer — with Ashurst
Tuesday 19 October, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
Ex-Eversheds trainee who sexually assaulted two sleeping students at house party jailed for 8 years
Attacked law student before groping another woman while she slept
Osborne Clarke picks BPP to prepare future trainees for SQE
First cohort starts September 2024
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Virtual student event TODAY: Understanding full-service global law firms — with Hogan Lovells
Monday 18 October, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
Secure your place: The November UK Virtual Law Fair 2021
Meet 70 law firms, including all the Magic Circle and leading US firms’ London offices, international firms, and national firms across the UK
Fad or future? Elite law firms target tech-savvy students for non-law roles
A new wave of TC alternatives is sweeping the City
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts