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Yarl’s Wood hunger strike shines a spotlight on the shameful way the UK runs its immigration centres
120 detainees refuse food in protest
Why I am in favour of unpaid pupillages
The regulator needs to update its approach
Parliamentary bill fronted by nine-year-old boy spells landmark moment for organ donation
Everyone's talking about Max's Law
Why I don’t think a law degree prepares you for a training contract
One LLB graduate reflects on the lessons his degree never taught him
How to survive the supervisor from hell
A junior solicitor reflects on the sadism lurking within City law firms
The reality of taking the CILEx route: ‘I work just as hard as a solicitor for less money and less respect’
An anonymous trainee legal exec thinks attitudes to the apprenticeship need to change
Why I don’t want to become a partner
Yes I’m a City lawyer, but the gruelling hours just aren’t for me
Fact or Fiction? The truth behind life in a City law firm
An anonymous lawyer offers some myth-busting advice on what he wishes he’d known when trying to break into the profession
The wretched Watson Glaser test and why I think it should be scrapped
Why do grad recruiters still use the 85-year-old test?
How to ace your law degree: the alternative student survival guide
Tips from someone who’s actually done it
Law firms, please start rejecting applicants that gain work experience from daddy’s contacts
Then you'll have hard-working trainees who aren’t used to receiving everything on a plate
How to get through pupillage interviews if you are prone to anxiety
Beating a mental health condition to become a barrister is possible
The Defamation Act 2013: What is it and has it worked?
Nods to free speech, but has a detrimental impact on businesses
Why wannabe lawyers shouldn’t feel they have to come across as from a certain socio-economic background
"Your differences can become your strength," says Hogan Lovells partner Tom Astle
Why ‘following your passion’ isn’t always the best advice
Law can be tough, but it provides a better grounding than a job in a trendy start-up, argues an anonymous magic circle trainee solicitor
7 pieces of advice I’d give to my junior barrister self
City Law School pro bono director Sarwan Singh on what he's learnt on his journey from law centres and local government to academia
5 ways to dodge work during your training contract — and still get retained
Pacing yourself is essential for a long and fruitful career: in a guest post an anonymous solicitor -- who writes the must-read Corporate Drone blog -- sets out the tricks
5 bad things about being a City lawyer that nobody tells you about
Anonymous London solicitor Corporate Drone goes where the graduate recruitment brochures definitely do not
17 City firms offering hungry vac schemers and law student liggers the best and worst of nosh
Our correspondent and his friends rank the law firm food they sampled during work experience and open days
The Apprentice Review: Bye-bye lawyers, it was fun, but in the end you were too clever by half
As legal profession interest in The Apprentice evaporates, our blogger looks back on the last hurrah of ex-Slaughter and May man Felipe as he follows family solicitor Lauren to the exit
The Apprentice review: ex-Slaughter and May lawyer Felipe wins big
Last night's episode of BBC reality show was a celebration of corporate lawyers big picture vision