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SQE students voice frustration over erroneous exam slot cancellation email
Kaplan stresses assessments will go ahead as planned, apologises for confusion

Legal Cheek’s most read stories of 2023
Mega-mergers, law firm collapses, TikToking lawyers and more

The big Legal Cheek news quiz 2023
It's been a busy old year, but how much do you remember?

Win an SQE1 scholarship with your vision of what motivates young people to be solicitors
New BARBRI essay comp

If law modules were Christmas dinner foods…
They have more in common than you think

SRA misses deadline for publishing SQE provider pass rates
Issues statement that leaves open possibility of it never happening

Christmas gifts for law lovers
’Tis the season for Christmas rizz

BCLP braces for low trainee retention rate
Exclusive: Firm stresses final figures still to be finalised

Super regulator probes events leading up to SRA’s closure of Axiom Ince
Important for public confidence, says LSB

A round-up of the best legal Xmas trees
Who has the best baubles and top tinsel? 🎄

Number of ‘privileged’ solicitors remains high
But significant progress in other areas, says regulator

Slaughters makes ‘reduced hours for reduced pay’ permanent option for lawyers
Follows succesful pilot

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

Ex-Linklaters associate sells CrowdJustice for undisclosed fee
Julia Salasky living the dream as she turns focus to her second business, a $25 million legal tech start-up

Solicitor who slapped paralegal on the buttocks suspended
Four separate allegations

What newly qualified lawyers at top law firms earn per hour
We worked it out

Re-start of University of Hertfordshire Bar Course is delayed
Bar Standards Board says uni isn't ready to resume next month, as had been planned

Law student: ‘How can I stay focused over Christmas?’
Revision and assignments

The story of corporate law from 1978 until 2024
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Judges encouraged to embrace AI — carefully
What could possibly go wrong?