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Magic Circle set Fountain Court boosts pupillage award to £80,000
War for talent continues
Spike in lawyers questioning their career choice
Majority of callers to wellbeing charity LawCare are trainee or junior
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Forsters boosts NQ lawyer pay to £80k — also ups law school maintenance grants
£8k for both PGDL and SQE
Which practice area boasts the smartest lawyers?
Legal Cheek commenters spark debate
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Rebuke for solicitor who made ‘lewd gesture’ at firm Christmas party
2017 incident caught on video
Suits out, sequins in! ‘Diva of Divorce’ Ayesha Vardag reveals new firm dress code which encourages lawyers to express themselves with gold leather trousers, scarlet Dr Martens and even pink hair
Inspired by extravagant private member's club in London's Mayfair
Over 700 solicitors admitted through new SQE route
Five exams now taken place, SRA reveals
8 out of 9 spring NQs stay put at Addleshaws
All permanent contracts
Judge tells Kanye West’s lawyers Greenberg Traurig to try harder to reach him
US firm had requested court's permission to use newspaper ads
Former junior lawyer goes public with decision to quit City law
Nina Pulimood recalls her journey into corporate law, then out again, and removing the 'safety blanket of financial stability'
We asked ChatGPT to write a poem about life as a law student
AI meets the arts
10 memes that accurately capture the pain of TC application season
Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favour…
BCLP offers lawyers ‘time-off bonuses’
New policy aims to encourage outside interests and family time; also sets aside hours for diversity and innovation
Sleuthing former Clifford Chance lawyer leaves Nadhim Zahawi fighting for his political life
Dan Neidle calls for former chancellor to apologise after he reportedly paid around £5 million to HMRC
Ashurst posts 84% spring retention score
16 out of 19
Disbarment for Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister
Timothy Crosland previously said leak of Heathrow runway ruling was necessary to 'protest the deep immorality' of the court’s decision
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Clifford Chance posts 69% spring retention result
29 out of 42