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Stephenson Harwood retains 80% of NQ solicitors
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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
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
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
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
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
Top City firms confirm summer vacation schemes will stay online
Magic circle and US outfits stick to virtual programmes as COVID disruption continues
Law Society president steps down amid misconduct claims
David Greene, who denies claim he misled judge, will leave role later this month
Attorney General makes history as first cabinet minister to take maternity leave
Overhaul of 'outdated' rules made move possible
Magic circle trainee’s mentoring programme secures first law school sign-up
GROW mentoring partners with Coventry Uni to pair students with lawyers
ULaw appoints director of equality, diversity and inclusion
Patrick Johnson joins the law school’s executive board
Student anger as BPP shuts Holborn campus for ‘essential maintenance’
Students, who pay a London premium, can access other centres, including one just over mile away in Waterloo, until reopening next month
Plastic surgeon Zooms in to virtual court during operation
And you thought 'cat lawyer' was strange
A&O launches in LA
Magic circle outfit scoops 19 lawyers from Akin Gump
Pupil barrister trials UK’s first vegan wig
Samuel March's hemp-based prototype draws praise from legal profession