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Research reveals jump in junior lawyers quitting firms
Work-life balance and lack of career progression among key drivers

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

DLA Piper trainee shares her extraordinary journey from cleaning offices in London to starting City TC
Inês Pinheiro has launched TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn pages to tell her story

Addleshaws freezes NQ pay at £100k to tackle salary bunching
Bigger bonus pool too

SQE2 pass rate hits record 82%
2,753 students sat latest assessment

Former Irwin Mitchell associate billed 23 hours in just one day
'Inflated' timesheets leads to strike off

Law students aren’t as sleep-deprived as you might think
Well-reseted compared to future doctors and nurses

Bank Holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend

In-house lawyers turn on SQE
Loughborough Uni general counsel and AstraZeneca senior lawyer among those to publicly criticise new assessment regime

Irwin Mitchell records 91% trainee retention score
48 out of 53

A&O Shearman posts £2.9 billion revenue in first year post-merger
More financial results

‘I’m about to start my training contract. Got any advice?’
Keen to make good first impression

Judge given formal warning over sex in judicial chambers
Incident occurred 15 years ago

HSF Kramer launches mentoring scheme to support neurodivergent trainees
Participants paired with senior mentors from professional services firms

Addleshaws breaks through £500 million revenue barrier
Eight years of consecutive growth

Magistrate removed after disclosing info that could identify alleged abuse victim
Unaware of anonymity protections

21-year-old becomes one of the youngest ever solicitors in England & Wales
Bagged first-class law degree at 18 😲

Macfarlanes posts 86% trainee retention score
24 out of 28