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How a 400-year-old will dispute is keeping crypto shielded from the law
‘Concession’ theory is finding its limitations in the context of blockchain communities, writes future magic circle trainee Will Holmes
Eversheds becomes latest City firm to target net zero emissions
By 2050 or sooner
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Clyde & Co confirms 79% autumn trainee retention score
Holds junior lawyer salaries steady
Get jabbed before coming to the office, US firms tell lawyers
Davis Polk and Ropes & Gray to disable ID cards of unvaccinated employees, reports claim
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Law grad turned Bake Off star joins Strictly Come Dancing line-up
John Whaite is one half of show's first-ever male pairing
Gibson Dunn hikes London junior lawyer salaries to £145k
Covington raises NQ rates to £128k
Oxford Uni confirms law exams will be online next academic year
They'll also continue to be open-book
Pinsent Masons keeps 63 of 72 autumn qualifying trainees
Womble Bond Dickinson and Watson Farley & Williams also record solid autumn results
Pupil barrister pay hits £75,000 as top London sets boost awards
Rises at One Essex Court, Monckton, Matrix, 7KBW, 39 Essex and Outer Temple
Legal blogger offers sneak peek inside magic circle firm’s perk-filled office
Swimming pool ✅ gym ✅ hair salon ✅
Does Lord Digby Jones’ accent criticism merit new legislation?
France may hold the answer, writes future magic circle trainee Will Holmes
Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer pay to £81k and confirms 74% retention score
Rises for trainees too
Herbert Smith Freehills launches legal ops graduate training scheme
Includes three-month secondment
What prehistoric skulls show us about sperm and cyborgs
Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes examines the conceptions of legal personhood
Addleshaw Goddard, Clyde & Co and Osborne Clarke post solid 2021 financials
Revenues and profits on the rise
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