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Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour
‘No justification at all’ for eye-watering rate, rules Lord Justice Males
Hogan Lovells joins City pay war with improved £107.5k NQ rate
Potential to earn £145k+ with bonus
World law school rankings: Top 20 spots for LSE, UCL, King’s and Edinburgh
Harvard beats Oxbridge -- again
Dentons and ULaw launch separate SQE pathways for paralegals
Law firm and law school giants to help legal workers qualify as solicitors
WFW partner named as British man killed by landslide alongside youngest son
Firm says it will remember and honour 'dear friend and colleague' Mehraab Nazir, 49, who had been hiking in Australia
‘I left law to launch a theatre company and start a family — but now I’ve returned a more well-rounded lawyer’
Cardiff solicitor Hannah Williams reflects on the benefits of a career break
SQE assessment fees to increase by £135
Cost rise comes despite delays and technical issues affecting January results day
Gender pay gap narrows slightly at A&O
'Changes continue to be small', says magic circle player, 'but the overall trend is moving in the right direction'
Give pupillage seekers better feedback, urge rookie barristers
Respondents to Bar Council survey also call on chambers to ditch rejection by silence
Lady Danbury dropped out of law school
Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh left UWE Bristol after two years to pursue acting career, reports claim
Clifford Chance reports ‘class pay gap’
Magic circle firm discloses average difference in pay for staff from working, intermediate and professional backgrounds for first time
Court judgments get a new home… with café, onsite lake and lounging opportunities for law students
A spot of Carbolic Smoke Ball over a coffee?
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Law students get deadline extension to watch basketball game after submitting spoof written submissions
Their lecturer loved it 🏀
BSB ditches bar aptitude test
Regulator says entry exam no longer an effective filter of wannabe barristers who will likely fail the course
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
EXCLUSIVE: Law firm launches ‘work bus’ (April fool!)
'Work from a bus is the new work from home', says Scott, Howard & Malone managing partner
Future magic circle trainee pens 10,000 word dissertation inspired by Clueless
Glasgow Uni law student Toju Adelaja's essay on refugee status based around quote from 90s rom-com
‘A new Wild West’: Lords urge better oversight of AI in justice
Justice and Home Affairs Committee warns legislation is failing to keep pace with tech