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DWF Scraps Grade Requirements as Legal Justice Group Joins A-Level Fight

A nationwide controversy erupted on Thursday after many A-level students in the UK received lower than expected results, following a government-approved standardisation process.
3 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: Kluger Kaplan's Erin Bohannon

"Work hard, be sincere, and learn from each of your colleagues. Be up-front about your goals and career expectations. Lastly, do not be afraid to be yourself and to develop your own way of doing things."
4 minute read

International Edition

We Must Do More to Help Stressed Out Junior Lawyers Who Are Being Punished for Covering Up Mistakes

Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of legal mental health charity LawCare, is calling for a safer environment for junior lawyers to admit mistakes and avoid damaging the reputation of the industry.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

GTLA Announces New LEAD Class of 18 Up-and-Comers

The young trial lawyers selected for GTLA's leadership training program are a geographically diverse group.
2 minute read

International Edition

Macfarlanes Becomes Latest to Cut NQ Pay

The firm is set to pay out individual and firmwide bonuses as usual, however.
2 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: Chamberlain Hrdlicka's Drew Greene

"Always work harder and smarter. Develop a strategy for making partner and decide what you want your practice to look like early on. Never take your eyes or efforts off those goals."
6 minute read

International Edition

Allen & Overy Rolls Out Ethnicity Targets, Reveals Race 'Stay Gap'

The firm is the first major outfit to announce its ethnicity 'stay gap', analysing how long Black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers stay at the firm compared to their white counterparts.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Rural Georgia's 'Legal Deserts' Are Further Stressed by Pandemic

At an ABA panel about rural lawyers, Lauren Sudeall of GSU Law's Center for Access to Justice said rural Georgia has 65% of the state's population but only about one-third of its lawyers.
7 minute read

International Edition

The Tax Change That Threatens the Flexi-Lawyering Market

Coming into effect next spring, U.K. rules known as the IR35 have the power to upend the flourishing flexi-lawyer sector.
6 minute read

International Edition

The Hogan Lovells Associate Who Escaped War To Fight For a Place in London Law

Sengova Kailondo's journey into the industry involved fleeing rebel troops in Sierra Leone, his school closing down, and his family advising against it.
9 minute read

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