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Commercial bar mentorship scheme opens with record number of chambers
250 spots up for grabs

Suspension for senior partner who had sex on office desk
Made inappropriate comments to female colleagues

Former Team GB athlete swaps Taekwondo for a training contract
'I had the opportunity to live my dream, kicking people for a living,' Hassan Haider tells Legal Cheek

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

Alan Blacker has legal awards revoked
Gongs gone

Slaughters boosts trainee pay – still ‘carefully considering’ NQ lawyer salary
Magic Circle rivals all increased to £150k

Sidley increases NQ associate salaries to £175,000 in London
Rises for rookies too

The general election could see another lawyer PM. But will it make a difference to lawyers’ lives?
Polly Botsford looks at legally trained PMs of the past and the potential impact of Starmer in No.10

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Top 10 places for Glasgow, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Nottingham in latest law school rankings
Cambridge takes top spot

City law ‘drinking culture’ poses major challenge for aspiring Muslim lawyers
New report spotlights challenges facing Bangladeshi and Pakistani applicants

‘Enormous opportunity missed’: Law school chief hits out at ethnicity attainment gap report
City Law School's James Catchpole questions exclusion of SQE students in long-awaited research

Half of lawyers want self-regulation when it comes to AI
New report highlights adoption concerns within the profession

Why it’s not too late to save the SQE
Legal education godfather Professor Nigel Savage has a plan

Two former Supreme Court judges resign from Hong Kong court
Lords Sumption and Collins

Only half the public think lawyers have positive impact on society
Negative stereotypes and press coverage partly to blame

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

‘Lord Harley’ scoops two legal awards
Gongs come despite 2016 strike-off