Conservative awkward squad member Peter Bone quickly rejects invitation to Dinah Rose’s human rights event
Tory MP snubs QC darling of civil liberties bar in BBC documentary
The Judge rules: The magic circle is dead! Er … no it’s not
London office of US firm or magic circle?
Lord Justice Leveson to brush up on Scots law as he heads north with Judge Rinder
The nation’s favourite TV judges together at last
Morning round-up: Friday 27 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Government names and shames law firm for failing to pay paralegal the minimum wage
But Rowe Sparkes Solicitors reckons the low pay was legit
City firms break two-year-in-advance recruitment rule to tout for trainees to start this September
DWF and K&L Gates need law graduates — and fast
Amal Clooney said to be ‘dodging’ Kim Kardashian’s Doughty Street mini-pupillage plea
Leading reality telly babe desperate for legal work experience, suggest internet gossipmongers, while also claiming there’s trouble in Amal-George paradise
Four money-bags barristers in crosshairs if Miliband’s MP earnings cap wins day
Tory Geoffrey Cox QC heads the list with his reported annual haul of more than £800k from the bar, but former Solicitor General would also be in trouble
Social welfare training contract scheme to run every year
Charity’s Justice First Fellowship programme will create eight TCs annually
Latham & Watkins trounces magic circle with record-breaking earnings
New global top dog raked in nearly £2 billion last year, which buys a lot of hot dogs; while survey shows magic circle slipping in reputation stakes
Global Law Summit website hacked at start of discussion on internet privacy
Global law facepalm
GDL student lit bonfire on roof of flat then tried to put out flames with ‘bottles of urine’
Lawyer dream may be over as student pleads guilty to arson
Ex-senior partner of law summit sponsor Allen & Overy admits regret that ticket price ruled out students
Over 50s discuss the future of law without a young person in sight
Norton Rose Fulbright keeps 21 out of 26 new qualifiers
Global giant retains 81% of its London trainees
Comedians stand up for legal aid at Not The Global Law Summit
Stars including Stewart Lee, Stephen K Amos and Sara Pascoe put on gig in protest against the cuts
How to get a law school scholarship
The students who bagged scholarships from BPP Law School and the Inns of Court reveal how they did it
11 law-related Instagram accounts that are worth a follow
As lawyers wake up to the mobile photo-sharing network, we bring you the best legally-themed accounts
Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
The bar ‘will die out’ and solicitors be replaced by paralegals, predicts top criminal barrister at Global Law Summit
As protests rage in Westminster, Tony Cross QC forecasts the end of the legal profession as we know it
Slaughter and May is targeting Ivy League law students to fill London positions
Magic circle giant resurrects policy of attending top US recruitment fairs
The BPTC could be chopped up into lots of little courses
Bar regulator pledges to “build flexibility” into Bar Professional Training Course in bid to reduce cost
Judge refuses to let law student observe bail hearing because he was dressed too scruffily
Wannabe lawyer booted out of immigration hearing in London’s Taylor House
London Fashion Week hits Middle Temple
But not an Ede & Ravenscroft in sight
Criminal bar chief vows to speak up for legal aid as Global Law Summit opens amid heavy security
Tony Cross QC hits back at critics who say he should boycott Chris Grayling’s law schmooze-fest
Uni law faculty takes legal aid court referral scheme nationwide
Keele University expands ‘Clock’ programme in a bid to make the most of dwindling state funding and to assist growing band of litigants in person
Berwin Leighton Paisner hit by claim that it doctored trainee retention rate
City law firm says three unaccounted for trainees “didn’t get to the offer stage”
I left Daily Telegraph over editorial standards too, reveals top law hack Joshua Rozenberg
Admission from UK’s most loved legal affairs commentator follows Peter Oborne’s high-profile resignation from paper
The fake QC scam, the City law firm and the high-flying but gullible solicitor
Exclusive Legal Cheek investigation: A mining and energy specialist solicitor, the London office of a top Canadian law firm, some posh “search” consultants and a leading legal directory may have been fooled by international fraudsters
Bar in cyber war with itself over bigwig support for Global Law Summit
The internet blazes with charge and counter-charge as criminal bar chief is front row in line of fire for agreeing to speak at pilloried event
Telly sensation and barrister Judge Rinder takes best man duties at Cumberbatch wedding
The criminal law specialist — better known as ITV’s version of Judge Judy — was one of three best men at heart-throb actor’s “secret” wedding
Don’t panic, George tells Amal as couple beefs up domestic security
Panic room for barrister not Hollywood star, claims gossip mag, as rumours swirl that couple could also be looking to move into Chancery Lane
University of Law stems flow to BPP and snares Linklaters for five-year LPC deal
Magic circle firm stays on board with enhanced masters in law business and management on offer to its trainees
Tom Cruise is still loitering around the Inns of Court
Hollywood idol appears to be generating a cult of his own in Legal London, as speculation builds over plot of latest Mission Impossible
Government Magna Carta law summit hit again — Lord Green bails as keynote speaker
Former HSBC chairman was meant to share stage with Justice Secretary, but he scurries for exit — amid growing concerns that tax payers and legal profession will pick up bill for white elephant gig
The 10 stages of failing to get a vac scheme
It wasn’t meant to be like this
Pancake Day triggers rush to legal texts
Leading law book publisher throws spotlight on “Batters on Festive Days Act 1836″ and and other legal potholes around Shrove Tuesday
Why it’s time to scrap the QC title
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling doled out nearly 100 awards yesterday — but wouldn’t it be better to let the market decide on the top lawyers?
Law student run burger shack takes top London eatery honours
Former Leicester Uni and LPC grad joins forces with mates to create an East End gastronomic sensation
Training contract numbers take another tumble
Newly-released figures show that there were 205 fewer training contracts registered in latest recruitment round
Classic Fleet Street legal bookshop to become an Itsu
Hammicks closes as lawyers buy their books online
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- 1 The bar 'will die out' and solicitors be replaced by paralegals, predicts top criminal barrister at Global Law Summit
- 2 The BPTC could be chopped up into lots of little courses
- 3 Bar in cyber war with itself over bigwig support for Global Law Summit
- 4 Latham & Watkins trounces magic circle with record-breaking earnings
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