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Scottish law student cleared of wrongdoing following probe into ‘offensive’ gender comments
Abertay Uni student Lisa Keogh worries investigation may have impacted her grades
Lawyers of the future could be required to take productivity-boosting drugs, Law Society predicts
Legal workforce could drop by almost 50% in 'disruptive' vision of 2050 profession
Law student’s Legally Blonde photoshoot gets Elle Woods seal of approval
Film’s star Reese Witherspoon retweets courtroom shots featuring designer bag and pet pooch
Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence
Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek
Family barrister suspended following ‘offensive and unacceptable’ Royal baby tweet
Joanna Toch apologises after ill-judged remark
Ex-City lawyer on £100k reveals she’s taken 80% pay cut to specialise in human rights
She currently earns just over £18k but hopes to revert to six-figure salary in new field
Linklaters looks to slash emissions by up to 70%
Magic circle player latest to up its green efforts 🍃
Kirkland’s London MoneyLaw pay plunges as dollar weakens sharply
Junior lawyers bemoan $190k+ dollar-pegged salaries
Gowling lawyers to help fund Black students through Birmingham Law School
Firm to also offer work placements and on-going mentoring support
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Virtual student events this week with mid-sized firms offering commercial law training contracts
Featuring Penningtons, Kingsley Napley, HCR, Brabners, Exchange and more
Lady Hale to quit role on Hong Kong court
Ex-Supreme says decision to step down isn't political, reports say
Ex-Reed Smith trainee accuses firm of disability discrimination
Employment Tribunal dismissed further race discrimination claim
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Mills & Reeve kicks off autumn retention season with 100% score
All 19 trainees to stay put
GDL student numbers jumped by over a fifth during the pandemic
Covid disruption and SQE replacement contributing factors, report finds
US firm Paul Hastings tells London lawyers work from the office ‘by default’
From 7 September 🗓️
Keir Starmer reveals boozy lunch with ex-Doughty Street chamber mate Amal and George Clooney
Labour leader appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories last night
Asparagus recipe accidentally included in Belgian law database
'Bon Appétit!' read the final line