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9 City law firms make gender equality employer list
Recognised for creating workplace environments inclusive of women
Latest financials reveal mixed fortunes for City firms
Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons, Clyde & Co, RPC and HFW among those to post 2020 results
Six top commercial chambers unite to mentor ‘under-represented’ aspiring barristers
Magic circle sets look to tackle bar's ongoing diversity problem
Allen & Overy sets 35% ethnic minority target for trainees
Magic circle firm also wants to retain more black NQs as part of wider diversity push
Herbert Smith Freehills: Partner profits slip by nearly 10% to £857,000
Taylor Wessing also records drop
Junior solicitor struck off for trying to cover up costs order against her client
Newly qualified Katherine Gilroy said her mental health had suffered from overwork
New ‘10xChallenge’ replaces London Legal Walk
Due to public health considerations regarding social distancing and mass gatherings
Home-working: Older solicitors more likely to struggle with tech compared to younger colleagues, research finds
Do you know your Zoom from your Hangouts?
Freshfields posts 84% trainee retention score
Declines to say if any NQs are on fixed-term deals
‘Eat Out to Help Out’… at the Supreme Court
Top court’s café joins government’s new discount scheme -- but remains closed for now
Staffordshire law grad wins High Court judicial review declaring benefit regulations unlawful
Not a bad thing to have on your CV as a wannabe lawyer
Beware the legal outsourcing second wave, junior City lawyers
What comes after the pandemic may not be good for MoneyLaw salaries
US law firm Crowell & Moring to recruit first London trainee
Inaugural rookie will complete 'non-rotational' TC
Corporate law firm pledges to donate all profits to charity — forever
Aria Grace Law looks to ‘spread the wealth’
WFW pauses recruitment for direct TC applicants as it announces 94% autumn retention
Exclusive: Watson Farley & Williams to review process and will resume once able to run assessment centres effectively
Magic circle partner reveals how home-working has changed his life for the better
A&O funds lawyer Paul Sampson says he can now have dinner with his wife and read his kids a bedtime story
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
‘I’m torn between two magic circle TC offers in the Middle East’
I need readers’ advice
Irwin Mitchell retains 47 out of 52 autumn NQ solicitors
Strong 90% score follows firm's decision to delay start dates of future trainees
‘Kirkland & End It’ is the latest corporate law meme account poking fun at the profession
Is this a new social media trend?
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts