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Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
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SQE Hub
A fifth of law firms will require LPC grads to sit parts of the SQE
Future trainees to undergo further training but at firm’s expense, Legal Cheek research reveals
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SQE prep provider pledges to reduce law fair merch in new eco push
BARBRI joins elite City firms in signing up to the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance
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O Shaped Lawyer strikes first law firm deal
Browne Jacobson joins soft skills movement
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CareersSQE Hub
‘The legal industry is not a hierarchy with private practice at the top’
BARBRI managing director Lucie Allen explains SQE’s potential to widen access to the profession
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Ropes & Gray launches social mobility work experience programme
Two lucky participants will go on to receive £20k scholarship, vac scheme place and long-term mentoring courtesy of US law firm
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Latest speakers announced as profession gears up for LegalEdCon 2022
Leading figures to descend on Kings Cross as Legal Cheek’s future of legal education and training conference returns this Thursday
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On this day, 100 years ago, the first woman was called to the bar
Dr Ivy Williams made history on 10 May 1922
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CareersSQE Hub
Solicitor apprenticeships: what you need to know…
BPP’s Alison Wells explains why solicitor apprenticeships are becoming an increasingly popular option for school-leavers and how the law school supports firms taking up this new pathway
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‘The overall culture in law is damaging many junior lawyers’, JLD chair warns
Mental Health Awareness Week prompts renewed calls for change as wellbeing charity LawCare extends online support
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Squire Patton Boggs bumps NQ rates to £100k from January 2023
£65k in the regions
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Ince launches investigation into allegation top lawyers ‘disrespected’ waitress
Claim made in viral Twitter post
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Careers
‘Picking an SQE prep course is a lot like dating — you’ve got to find the one you connect with’
ULaw director of business development, Morette Jackson, explains how the law school is helping firms and students grapple with the changing SQE regime
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HSF junior lawyer makes Forbes power list for ‘alternative Old Boys network’
Sophie Pender recognised for social mobility efforts
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Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
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Solicitor who injected food with blood found not guilty due to insanity
Leoaai Elghareeb suffered psychosis during supermarket rampage last summer, causing nearly £500,000 of damages
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Careers
The journey from legal publisher to tech giant
Head of brand and communications at LexisNexis, Matthew Leopold, discusses the new, user-friendly tools the company has created to make the law more accessible
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Career-changing doctor: ‘Can I negotiate my training contract salary?’
I have years of experience and transferable skills
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Midlands barristers launch £15k bar course scholarship for students with ‘strong’ regional links
Understood to be first of its kind
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Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
