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Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
HSF raises NQ ‘total compensation’ to £107k
Posts 97% autumn trainee retention result
Linklaters hands lawyers £300 to cover knitting, yoga and meditation classes
Spent via mood-boosting app
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Exclusive: Freshfields trainee jokes to fellow rookies ‘the poor are nothing’
Spokesperson says misplaced remark in email 'not reflective of the firm or its values'
Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers
'Mfs in the 1700s saw this hairstyle and were like YOOOO 🔥🔥🔥'
DLA Piper London NQ pay hits £88k as trainees handed £1k increases
Rises in regions too
Quarter of junior lawyers expect to work from the office full-time after ‘Freedom Day’
WFH guidance to be dropped on 19 July
Linklaters joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer pay to £100k
New base rate follows similar rises by Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy
BPP to offer wealth management course to help young lawyers cope with skyrocketing salaries
Some 20-somethings now earn £150k+
The 6 types of law student you will encounter on exam results day
Which one are you?
CMS becomes latest City firm to launch non-law grad scheme
Four grads to join firm's new business development and marketing programme this September
SQE rival for school leavers gets go-ahead
CILEX says new route to qualification will be "more affordable" than Solicitors Qualifying Exam
Eversheds ups London NQ lawyer pay to £82k
Rises for rookies in regions too
Pinsents partner profits jump 16% as financial reporting season gets underway
CMS also confirms 2021 results
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Royal baby tweet barrister cleared by London law firm
Family Law Cafe finds no evidence of 'discriminatory practice' in relation to CEO's post
Milbank ups London NQ lawyer salaries twice in a month
$190k ↗️ $200k ↗️ $205k
What lawyers’ response to the printing press tells us about the future of legal tech
Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes looks at the legal profession's somewhat rocky record with technology
CMS, Trowers and RPC hike NQ lawyer pay
Rises for some regional rookies too