Author: Legal Cheek
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Solicitor struck off for blackmailing business partner
"Extremely serious" misconduct
Paul Weiss to provide every vac schemer free accommodation, travel and even a new suit
£250 to spend on your work experience wardrobe
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A round-up of online musings, memes and more
Classic case law through the eyes of Gen Z
'This girl is just vibing at the café, drinking her ginger beer, right?'
White & Case offers market topping £32k salary to school-leaver solicitor apprentices
Plus £1k 'set-up bonus'
‘I want to quit my fashion designer job to become a corporate lawyer’
Career changer needs advice
Hogan Lovells to shutter three offices
Johannesburg, Sydney and Warsaw to close
Betting giant pokes fun at Manchester City with ‘traditional team photo’
Hearing into alleged financial breaches starts today
City Uni law student faces jail after targeting Arsenal star Bukayo Saka with racist abuse
'Deeply unpleasant offence', says judge
Eversheds retains 32 of 42 qualifying trainees
76% figure includes apprentices
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Mishcon bumps NQ solicitor pay to £95k
Trainee rises too
Blind solicitor completes epic ’24 peaks in 24 hours’ challenge
Former Ashurst lawyer raises £150k for charity
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Former Ashurst IT worker caught selling firm laptops
Barred from legal profession
Womble Bond Dickinson set for new US merger
Combines with Lewis Roca next year
Paralegal who raised workload concerns barred from legal profession for fabricating attendance notes
'Showed a lack of integrity', says SRA
Top BCLP lawyer advises against emailing colleagues on weekends
'Pretty reasonable' approach not a firm-wide policy