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Apprentices among top performers on SQE

Strong pass rates due to mix of classroom and practical learning, says regulator

Feb 9 2023 11:41am
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Man City sign Blackstone super silk who charges rumoured £5k an hour to defend Premier League claim

Mega-wealthy club call on services of Lord Pannick (again)

Feb 8 2023 12:05pm
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The best Legal Cheek Journal contributions of the year

We look back at the top submissions of 2022-23

Feb 8 2023 11:33am

Twice as many women as men apply to study law

Overall law school applications have increased by over 17,000 since 2019, UCAS data shows

Feb 8 2023 9:33am
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Kanye West’s lawyers Greenberg Traurig finally serve paperwork to end their relationship

Top US firm had apparently been trying to reach the rapper for months

Feb 6 2023 12:06pm
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Suits’ Rachel Zane ranked among TV’s most influential characters

Meghan Markle’s character sent Google searches for 'paralegal career' soaring, new research shows

Feb 6 2023 10:30am
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Taylor Wessing targets school leavers with new solicitor apprenticeship

Launch marks start of National Apprenticeship Week

Feb 6 2023 9:31am
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Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

Feb 6 2023 8:08am

‘Help! My supervising partner has gone AWOL’

'This is leading to near-constant anxiety that I'm about to accidentally bankrupt a client,' a junior lawyer writes

Feb 3 2023 10:43am
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Slaughters keeps all 47 spring NQ lawyers

Perfect 100% score

Feb 3 2023 8:38am
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Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Feb 3 2023 8:29am

Lord Kitchin to retire from Supreme Court

Top judge to spend more time with family

Feb 2 2023 10:24am
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Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans abandon merger talks

Duo decide 'best path forward is to remain independent'

Feb 2 2023 8:49am
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Listed law firm fires chief exec over ‘cultural concerns’

Nicola Foulston took Rosenblatt public in 2018

Feb 1 2023 10:43am

Law prof apologises for telling student ‘f*ck you’

She had asked him to speak a little slower during a lecture

Feb 1 2023 10:07am
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Express Solicitors to recruit pupil barristers for first time

Eight spots up for grabs at personal injury specialist

Feb 1 2023 8:51am
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