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Pregnant law firm partner calls out top QC for ‘every day sexism’
DWF's Naomi Pryde says unnamed silk contacted a male junior lawyer about her case, assuming she'd be 'indisposed'
CMS posts 72% trainee retention score
44 out of 61
Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’
Distancing measures put in place
Over half of legal workers stressed about job hunting amid coronavirus
One in four have put their search on hold
New Instagram account allows City lawyers to anonymously submit their ‘juicy secrets’
'Magic Circle Confessions' launched earlier this month
Dentons rolls out ‘track and trace’ system as it reopens London office
Will operate at 25% capacity with no movement between floors
Revealed: The practice areas most (and least) impacted by coronavirus
Lockdown has hit certain specialisms hardest -- but there are reasons for optimism, writes LexisNexis marketing chief Christopher O’Connor
Harvard trumps Oxbridge in global law school rankings — again
World league table looks at key criteria including employer and academic reputation
Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘falsified’ LPC certificate to dupe regulator
Kulvinder Kooner was applying to be added to the roll
New legal aid rules threaten access to justice for asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants, young lawyers warn
Young Legal Aid Lawyers urge Legal Cheek readers to back motion to block regulations
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Ex-Baker McKenzie boss who attempted to kiss junior lawyer fined £55,000
Amounted to serious professional misconduct, tribunal finds
Junior lawyers call for super-exam delay as it warns MCQs may be too easy
War of words between JLD and regulator rumbles on
Uni law degrees don’t prepare grads for law firm life, report claims
Bosses bemoan 'basic grammatical mistakes' and lack of commercial awareness
The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Unexpected death of former Baker McKenzie chief was suicide, inquest hears
Paul Rawlinson took his own life at Swiss treatment centre
Taylor Wessing furloughs lawyers and green lights flexi-working scheme
Bonus payments will be split into two instalments
Scottish universities outperform English counterparts in latest law school rankings
Oxbridge duo dominate top spots
Northumbria Uni law students’ anger at first year who posted boyfriend’s racist rant on Instagram
Both since handed police cautions
Mills & Reeve keeps 16 out of 18 autumn NQs
One on fixed-term deal