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Courts service apologises to Black pupil barrister mistaken for defendant twice in one day
HMCTS 'deeply sorry' for treatment of Garden Court's Luke McClean
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Norton Rose Fulbright says lawyers can WFH half the time after Covid
Applies to trainees as well
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Slaughter and May calls off new office search, will stay at Bunhill Row until 2036
Decision comes amid widespread adoption of WFH
Inns of Court student presidents write to BPP over teaching concerns
Group express solidarity with BPP Law School bar and GDL students experiencing 'systemic deficiencies' this term
The University of Law to launch in Scotland
Legal education provider expands further with purchase of Central Law Training Scotland
Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister sparks misconduct debate among fellow lawyers
Eco-barrister Tim Crosland branded a 'fanatic' after deliberately leaking Heathrow ruling
Reed Smith puts NQ salary back up to £90k
Firm raised pay in January, then cut it to £79,500 in June amid Covid economy fears, before moving it back up again to round out rollercoaster remuneration year
Law schools report rise in pro bono work as public turn to student-staffed clinics for legal advice
Most popular areas include employment, family and housing
BARBRI strikes SQE partnerships with Sussex Uni and national paralegal group
Tie-ups come as regulator defends super-exam’s MCQ format
Addleshaw Goddard cuts 19 lawyer roles following consultation
Redundancies in real estate team
Top commercial chambers rally to save criminal pupillages cancelled due to pandemic
Group follow Keating's lead in offering emergency funding for training spots
Lambo lawyer loses legal fight to keep ‘offensive’ number plate
Cops seize controversial ‘LGOPNR’ reg
Majority of SRA investigations involve male solicitors
92% of individuals struck off in 2018/19 were men, new report finds
Travers Smith restarts lawyer salary reviews and increases pay
Business services and support staff salaries remain frozen
Litigation, crime, property, immigration are legal sectors hardest hit by pandemic, report finds
But the likes of tax and employment are growing
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Don’t just give SQE trainees ‘repetitive admin tasks’, regulator warns law firms
SRA seeks to protect rookies qualifying under new regime
Baker McKenzie tells lawyers to keep Wednesdays meeting-free to ‘combat Zoom fatigue’
And 1-2pm on other work days
Best of the blogs
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