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Speakers announced for The SQE Sessions
28 January virtual event marks super-exam launch year; speakers include key figures from law firms and legal education
Junior lawyer virtual event: How to build an international career at a global law firm in London — with Latham & Watkins, Skadden, Slaughter and May and BARBRI
Thursday 21 January 2021; open to all trainees and junior lawyers
Wetherspoon to remove lockdown sceptic posters — including one featuring Lord Sumption
'It is fair to say that a few of the comments are out of date', says pub spokesperson
City law firms increase lawyer leave in light of lockdown 3.0
'Lockdown leave' schemes aimed at working parents and carers
Revealed: Law firms’ average work from home start and finish times 2020-21
Everything has changed over the past 12 months -- but what about working hours for trainee and junior lawyers?
Law Society to probe historical slave trade links
Research proposed by Society's BAME network
Is it worth investing in listed law firms?
Legal profession's stock market performance was poor last year but 2021 could bring a recovery
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Lawyers put in 20 extra work days when working from home
Almost two-thirds hope for hybrid-working once pandemic is over, research reveals
Henry Hendron to appear before disciplinary tribunal — again
Exclusive: Junior barrister tells Legal Cheek he's looking forward to 'knocking out each and every one of the BSB charges'
Nottingham Law School defends decision to keep closed-book LPC exams during lockdown
Response comes amid calls from students to make assessments open-book
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Legal Twitter condemns Capitol attacks
American Bar Association brands protestors' actions as 'criminal conduct'
Junior solicitor suspended for six months after trying to hide email address mix-up
Harina Zoey Panesar-Jagdev escapes strike-off despite admitting dishonesty
NewLaw firm teams up with Queen Mary Uni to launch postgrad work experience programme
Students matched with consultant lawyers to undertake paid legal work
Former paralegal in new Love Island-style dating show
Robyn Darbyshire stars in ITV2's The Cabins which premiered this week
COVID attack on UCL law student racially motivated, court finds
Jonathan Mok suffered fractured nose and broken cheekbone following assault
ULaw LPC students given exam on a topic they hadn’t covered
Exclusive: University has issued new assessment and extended submission deadline
Legal training provider reveals £2,890 SQE1 online prep course
Law Training Centre enters super-exam training market
Former ‘Lord of LinkedIn’ Alan Blacker resurfaces on TikTok
Struck off solicitor directs fans to flashy legal website