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Ex-Clifford Chance associate sanctioned for ‘inappropriate’ behaviour at firm event
With MC outfit just two months before resigning

Reed Smith and Ashurst push NQ solicitor pay to £125K
City salary rises continue

‘Unsupervised’ trainee awarded £36k after enduring training contract from hell
Handed two lawyers' caseloads on second day

Eversheds HQ hosts West Ham football stars
'Cockney Kit' launch

Linklaters breaks £2 billion revenue mark for first time
10% increase on last year

Pupil barrister fined for swearing during online ethics exam
'I'm so f*****g bored'

Burges Salmon retains all 24 qualifying trainees
Perfect 100% score

Starmer selects new Lord Chancellor and Attorney General
Barristers Shabana Mahmood MP and Richard Hermer KC

BCLP posts 58% trainee retention rate
Better but still not great

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

Henry Hendron disbarred
Bar Tribunal finally acts

Applications open for Legal Cheek’s first virtual law fair of the new graduate recruitment season
Get ahead of the competition

Lawyers take keys to Number 10
First legal couple since the Blairs

The best social media posts of the week
A round-up of online musings, memes and more

EXCLUSIVE: DLA Piper raises London newly qualified lawyer pay to £110k
Regional salaries receive boost to £75k