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Number of pupil barristers continues to rise, data shows
Diversity stats see minor changes

Freshfields’ financials unveiled after firm kept quiet on results
Figures courtesy of Companies House

Another lawyer faces ChatGPT trouble
Documents referenced 'nonexistent' cases

Freshfields hit with nepotism claims after two trainees land New York secondments
Magic Circle giant gets itself in a pickle

New Zealand grants mountain same legal rights as a person
Mt Taranaki will own itself

Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon mistaken for real lawyer during jury duty
Fellow jurors wanted her as foreman

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

Founder Rosenblatt reclaims former firm from listed legal business
Follows war of words

AI must uphold the rule of law, campaigners urge
Developers should 'act responsibly'

Ban for ex-Magic Circle IT worker who sexually abused child
Possessed over 150 indecent images

The best social media posts of the week
A round-up of online musings, memes and more

SRA chair admits SQE ‘teething problems’
Regulator will keep responding to student feedback

Debevoise raises London NQ lawyer salaries to £173.1k
Rises up the ladder too

SRA gears up for Post Office prosecutions
Regulator 'hopeful' actions can begin over the summer

Solicitors’ sanctions to remain public for longer
Applies to both firms and lawyers

Trading temporarily suspended for listed legal business RBG
'Uncertainty' over future

Suits fans given glimpse of new spinoff series
Premiering 23 February

Host of US law firms launch Trump trackers
Follows frantic flurry of executive orders

Cambridge, Oxford, and UCL secure top 10 spots in global law school rankings
Stanford takes top spot 🥇