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Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare sees spike in stress-related calls
Almost two-thirds of all contacts from trainee and junior lawyers
Pupillage numbers bounce back following Covid dip
BSB report shows leap from pandemic-y 354 in 2020 to 511 in 2021
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
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Tuesday 1 February, 3:30pm to 5pm, taking place virtually
Withers latest to drop ‘Dear Sirs’ in emails
Reminds staff to use 'gender neutral' salutations instead
ULaw signs SQE partnerships with six universities
LSE and Nottingham Uni grads among those guaranteed prep course places under new deal
Virtual hearings starving junior lawyers of advocacy opportunities, warns top judge
Sir Julian Flaux says many find themselves 'limited to being a tile without picture or sound on a Teams screen'
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Revealed: The best chambers for quality of work 2022
Legal Cheek’s latest Junior Barrister Survey reveals all
Can lawyers be leaders?
Not so, says Boris -- much to the annoyance of lawyers
BPP students to reverse mentor law firms on diversity and inclusion
Lawyers to be schooled by aspiring lawyers in four-month partnership
One in six young barristers want to quit, new report finds
Workloads and mental health among reasons for ditching the wig and gown
White & Case and ULaw strike SQE training deal
Global firm recruits 50 UK trainees each year
Law school leaders react to first SQE results
Legal Cheek talks to the key players in legal education to understand what last week's results announcement means for students and the wider profession
London NQ lawyer pay hits record £161,500
US outfit Goodwin ups junior rates to unprecedented levels -- also unveils new perk which sees it pay for their holidays
A&O records 87% spring trainee retention score
Magic circle player keeps 33 out of 38 NQs
£150k junior lawyer salaries are ‘out of control’, top general counsel warns
Network Rail's leading lawyer Dan Kayne urges profession to find new ways of retaining talent before young associates 'get hurt'
Barrister fails to overturn six-month suspension for sexual comments to mini-pupil
Robert Michael Kearney challenged delay in reporting vulgar remarks
SRA education chief who turned ‘SQE from a concept into a reality’ to step down this summer
Julie Brannan set for long-planned retirement
Will working as a magistrate become the next CV must-have for wannabe lawyers?
Government targets 'younger people' as part of new recruitment drive
Trainee retentions: mixed fortunes for Simmons and Shoosmiths
Spring scores of 57% and 100%