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Linklaters adopts code to protect employees with afro hair
‘Hair discrimination remains a source of racial injustice for black people in the UK’, says magic circle firm

Junior lawyer mental health hit hardest by lockdown, research reveals
When compared with WFH experience of senior solicitors

White & Case keeps 14 of 17 NQ solicitors
Two rookies qualify into the firm's offices in Dubai and Geneva

Linklaters sets sights on becoming first magic circle law firm in Dublin
Discussions at very early stage

Ex-magic circle lawyer who brought £1 million claim against Oxford Uni over ‘inadequate’ teaching now sues wealthy parents for life-long maintenance grant
Faiz Siddiqui, 41, claims he's dependent on parents due to health issues

HSF appoints first female senior partner
M&A specialist Rebecca Maslen-Stannage takes up new role from 1 May

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Hogan Lovells opens Dublin office
Doesn't rule out training contract and secondment opportunities in Ireland

Retirement age for judges upped to 75
Five years longer

Stephenson Harwood retains 80% of NQ solicitors
8 out of 10

Freshfields targets 40% female global leadership by 2023
Diversity commitment follows appointment of first female senior partner

Non-binary barrister listed as ‘Mx’ by chambers in legal milestone
Lamb Chambers' Oscar Davies thought to be the first barrister to use gender neutral alternative to "Ms" or "Mr"

Leeds Uni bio sciences grad and Oxford Uni physics and philosophy student secure STEM law conversion scholarships
Duo will receive £2,500 each towards BPP course

Public still assume lawyers are male, research reveals
International Women's Day: Just a quarter of women feel represented in profession
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Virtual student event TODAY: Secrets to Success North — with Pinsent Masons, Womble Bond Dickinson, Kings Chambers and ULaw
Tuesday 9 March, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

World law school rankings: Harvard beats Oxbridge again
Ivy League player outperforms UK counterparts for fourth consecutive year

Employment tribunal awards former BPP law lecturer £168k
Elizabeth Aylott found to have been constructively unfairly dismissed

Supreme Court gets a new female judge
Lady Justice Rose joins UK's top bench next month

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SDT rejects allegations of misconduct against former Hong Kong Law Society president
Junius Kwan-yiu Ho found not to have incited violence during public meeting