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Norton Rose Fulbright sets BAME trainee recruitment target of 25%
Follows similar ethnicity goals by Links, A&O and HSF
Mega trends virtual student event this afternoon: How digitalisation, decarbonisation and urban dynamics are driving legal business — with Osborne Clarke
This Wednesday (28 October), from 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
Linklaters extends virtual internship to sixth-formers
No plans to offer solicitor apprenticeships
Paul Weiss lawyer dies at 107
Mordecai ‘Mordie’ Rochlin joined the firm in 1937 and worked from his 32nd floor office well into his 100s
Strike off for solicitor who changed dates on property paperwork with Tipp-Ex
Nicholas St John Gething described move as ‘quick fix’
Training contract numbers return to pre-financial crash levels for first time
Annual rookie registrations jump by over 500 to 6,344
Trio of ex-Supreme Court justices join 800 legal figures in call for Johnson and Patel to end lawyer ‘hostility’
Open letter follows series of public attacks on profession
US law firm duo dish out COVID bonuses to London lawyers
Associates at Simpson Thacher and Akin Gump rewarded up to £31,000 for lockdown endeavours
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Virtual student event today: Secrets to Success Midlands — with Gowling WLG, Hogan Lovells, Pinsent Masons and ULaw
Thursday 29 October, from 4pm to 6:30pm, taking place virtually
JLD welcomes decision not to strike off struggling junior lawyer
Susan Orton binned documents 'in a moment of sheer panic'
Cork Uni Law Society’s virtual debate final flooded with porn
'Videos of naked men and men masturbating' appeared on-screen during Arthur Cox-sponsored Zoom call
Linklaters sets ‘aspirational’ 35% ethnic minority recruitment target for trainee solicitors
Follows similar moves by A&O and HSF
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Fieldfisher boss: ‘My heart drops when I see NQ lawyers in US firms earning more than some of our partners’
Six-figure pay packets 'unsustainable', agrees Pinsents senior partner
Top London lawyer joked about KKK and groped member of staff, tribunal hears
Samuel Maurice Charkham fined £30,000
Ex-Freshfields partner ‘caught on the shifting sands of attitudes towards sexual behaviour’, High Court told
Ryan Beckwith appealing £35,000 fine over drunken sexual incident with junior colleague
Edinburgh University law student receives racist Tinder message
'Grossly offensive' DM referenced George Floyd
Allen & Overy kicks off pay gap reporting season
Magic circle outfit reveals a partner inclusive gender result of 59.9%
SRA prosecutes former Hong Kong Law Society president over comments during public meeting
Lawyer and pro-Beijing politician Junius Ho is also qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales
Robot judges determining guilt through speech and body temperature ‘commonplace’ within 50 years, AI guru predicts
Sci-fi style justice sooner than we think?