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Womble Bond Dickinson set for new US merger
Combines with Lewis Roca next year
Paralegal who raised workload concerns barred from legal profession for fabricating attendance notes
'Showed a lack of integrity', says SRA
Top BCLP lawyer advises against emailing colleagues on weekends
'Pretty reasonable' approach not a firm-wide policy
Freshfields wants at least 20% of its future trainees to come from lower socio-economic backgrounds
Magic Circle player sets new target
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‘I’m a high street trainee with City law ambitions. Should I quit my TC?’
Rookie requires readers' advice
Bar diversity row: is it enough for barristers not to discriminate or should they actively boost inclusion?
Change in barristers' duty contemplated
A&O Shearman offers tips for using AI in TC applications
Contrasts with approach of Big Four accountancy firms and The Bar Council, which ban use of ChatGPT
Watson Farley & Williams keeps 16 of 18 qualifying trainees
All in first-choice spots
Slaughter and May raises newly qualified lawyer pay to £150,000
Pay review brought forward following recent market movement
Dentons launches ‘low carbon service’ with lawyers working from home, e-signatures and no printing
Carbon footprint reduced by 44%
Burges Salmon smashes its financials: profit up by nearly 50%
PEP also sees over 40% growth
Aspiring lawyer’s career prospects ‘utterly destroyed’ after role in violent disorder during riots
Law student also handed 14-month jail sentence
Simmons & Simmons takes City NQ lawyer pay to £120,000
Bristol associates also see rise to £76.5k
Monday morning round-up
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‘Has anyone tried to negotiate a bigger SQE maintenance grant?’
Aspiring lawyer worries about making ends meet
RPC expands solicitor apprenticeship programme to London
10 spots available
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Eversheds raises NQ lawyer pay in London to £100k
Regional rates move to £65.5k