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Oxbridge first

14 April 2016
Issue: 7694 / Categories: Legal News
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Some 44% of partners at Magic and Silver Circle law firms attended Oxbridge, research into the backgrounds of 1,100 partners by legal recruiter Laurence Simons has found. A further 34% attended one of the 22 other Russell Group universities, with Bristol, Nottingham, Kings College London and Durham among non-Oxbridge universities best represented. Among the UK’s student population as a whole, only 1.8% of 2,266,075 students attend Oxford or Cambridge.

Issue: 7694 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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