Pinsent Masons opens redundancy consultation that could see up to 100 PA jobs go
Firm cites investment in legal tech as one of the reasons behind the review
Freshfields
Trio of magic circle training contract offers for LSE student who grew up on council estate
Panashe Jinga has turned down Linklaters and Allen & Overy to train at Freshfields
Freshfields sends Manchester paralegals on mini-secondments to London, Dubai and Germany
Magic circler extends trainee perk to northern rookies
‘I’ve got an offer from Slaughter and May AND Freshfields – who should I choose?’
It’s a nice problem to have
Allen & Overy tops magic circle financial results growth league, with Clifford Chance coming in second
Linklaters is third and Freshfields fourth, while Slaughter and May declines to take part in summer bling fest
Revealed: the law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire
Magic circle tag still carries kudos, but what about the rest?
Winners of law firm-backed hackathon design Snapchat add-on that allows LGBT+ people to report hate crimes
A lawyer can then verify the images and videos
Open thread: What is it like to work in the magic circle?
Share your experiences below the line
The best corporate law firm perks in London
Some great reasons to become a lawyer
Freshfields hangs on to 95% of its autumn qualifiers
King & Wood Mallesons retains just 57% of its legal talent
Neo-Nazi who shot dead former Freshfields junior lawyer sentenced to 11-and-a-half years
Family outraged as Luke Holland’s killer given a reduced sentence because he was drunk
US outfits Kirkland & Ellis and Milbank Tweed boost London NQ pay packets to a staggering £124,000
US law firm pay war benefits fresh-faced associates this side of the pond
8 lawyers make the grade in new minority business power list
Strong showing from the magic circle
Rich parents blocked from buying kids legal work experience as magic circle firms withdraw from charity auction
Allen & Overy and Freshfields in significant U-turn
Pre-diversity era Freshfields graduate recruitment ad dredged up by law mag
1990 advert harks back to a different time
Freshfields boosts top earning partner pay by 68% to £3.2 million – as trainees make do with £500 extra
And NQs got no pay rise at all
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8 things you’ll only understand if you study law at King’s College London 
Law is the hardest degree to get a first in 
‘Don’t give up on a career in legal aid’ lawyers urge students, as government reveals firms doing publicly funded work has fallen by 20% 
Judge complains after being handed bundle containing 2,000 pages of ‘largely irrelevant material’ 
Ex-UEA criminal law lecturer who fled court during indecent images trial given three-and-half-years in prison
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