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Life as a junior lawyer during the financial crash
ULaw campus dean, Matthew Tomlinson, reveals why Leeds is on the up-and-up ahead of tomorrow’s ‘Secrets to Success’ event in the northern city

Linklaters launches undergrad sponsorship for low-income students
£6,000 grant and work experience up for grabs

I completed an unpaid internship — they’re not the problem
Unremunerated roles 'symptomatic of the general crisis at the criminal bar', says one wannabe barrister

Trainees risk ‘exploitation’ under super-exam, junior lawyers warn
Regulator urged to reinstate mandatory minimum salary -- again

The Liverpool legal scene is going from strength to strength
Reflections from Legal Cheek’s north-western careers discussion featuring a panel of top lawyers from the area

5 things we learned about lawtech at Addleshaw Goddard
Legal technology leaders lay down some home truths

Solicitor billed 68 hours in one day
She was also discovered living at a property purchased using the assets of a client estate
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Sidley Austin tops market by hiking LPC maintenance grant to £11,000
An uplift of nearly 60%

City lawyer launches appeal to raise £360,000 to help fund his daughter’s cancer treatment
She needs surgery in the US

Is the Supreme Court’s landmark life-support ruling a step closer to allowing assisted dying?
Patients in a vegetative state can now die without legal permission if doctors and family members are in agreement

Kirkland & Ellis boosts LPC grant to £10,000
Matching moves by the magic circle, Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells bumps LPC grant by 43% to £10,000
Matching moves by the magic circle and Herbert Smith Freehills

Herbert Smith Freehills becomes latest firm to boost LPC grant to £10,000
Global law firm matches five-figure sum awarded by magic circle outfits

Ten secrets shared on how to secure pupillage
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s Secrets to Success event in Leeds, criminal barrister turned ULaw dean Tom Macdonald gives his top tips

Yarl’s Wood hunger strike shines a spotlight on the shameful way the UK runs its immigration centres
120 detainees refuse food in protest

David Lammy: ‘We will not see a BME Lord Chief Justice in my lifetime’
Top names from law and politics gather to discuss legal profession's diversity problem

Allen & Overy becomes final magic circle firm to boost LPC maintenance grant to £10,000
Future trainees pocket extra £3,000

Criminal law bigwigs float hybrid prosecution-defence career path to tackle ‘unprecedented recruitment crisis’
A training contract of two halves?

Old Square Chambers ups pupil pay by a quarter in London and Bristol
Exclusive: Rookies will now earn £50,000