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From 11 April 2022
Freshfields promotes 22 lawyers to partner — 50% women
Six in London
Millionaire Zoopla founder invests further in Mishcon-backed lawtech app
Thirdfort lets property lawyers verify client details and source of funds in minutes
Meet the vlogging magic circle trainee sharing ‘productivity hacks’ with his 85,000 fans
Liam Porritt's YouTube videos have racked up over 5 million views
Junior solicitor dies in Sheffield shooting
Alison Law Solicitors pays tribute to ‘beloved and hard working’ colleague Khuram Javed
Irwin Mitchell eyes £500m flotation, ‘City sources’ claim
Could happen this year, apparently
Hogan Lovells latest to thank lawyers with Covid bonuses
UK associates and staff to receive extra 5% of salary
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
The countdown to Living Room Law has begun
Flexible working conference takes place this Thursday
Walker Morris awards training contract to child of managing partner
Leeds outfit says it operates 'completely blind' assessment process, with candidates securing positions on 'performance and merit'
Taylor Wessing to join host of firms in Dublin
Focus on tech and life sciences work
‘Will firms consider me for a TC if I’ve had to retake LPC exams?’
I'm currently looking for paralegal roles but have had no luck yet
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
US outfit Cadwalader latest to launch in Dublin
Follows similar Irish moves by Hogan Lovells, Ashurst and Dentons
Slaughter and May to launch legal operations grad scheme
Will initially recruit two grads
BBC launches SQE apprenticeship for graduates
Exclusive: Broadcasting giant teams up with ULaw to offer earn-while-you-learn route to solicitor qualification
First female barrister to be commemorated with London blue plaque
Helena Normanton's roundel will mark the address she lived for the early part of her legal career
First speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2021
Two-day virtual conference to explore future of legal education and training
UK law firms reward lawyers with COVID bonuses
Allen & Overy, Ashurst and Walker Morris latest to thank staff with cash sums
Freshfields narrows gender pay gap
Magic circle player also publishes ethnicity data and, for the first time, disability and LGBT+ results
Round-up from the Easter Weekend
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the long weekend