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Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Law students get deadline extension to watch basketball game after submitting spoof written submissions
Their lecturer loved it 🏀
BSB ditches bar aptitude test
Regulator says entry exam no longer an effective filter of wannabe barristers who will likely fail the course
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
EXCLUSIVE: Law firm launches ‘work bus’ (April fool!)
'Work from a bus is the new work from home', says Scott, Howard & Malone managing partner
Future magic circle trainee pens 10,000 word dissertation inspired by Clueless
Glasgow Uni law student Toju Adelaja's essay on refugee status based around quote from 90s rom-com
‘A new Wild West’: Lords urge better oversight of AI in justice
Justice and Home Affairs Committee warns legislation is failing to keep pace with tech
Family law barrister cleared of misconduct over Meghan Markle baby tweet
BSB dismisses dozens of complaints against former Olympic rower Joanna Toch
Flexi-lawyer service launches in-house focused SQE pathway
Paralegals able to accrue two years' QWE at LOD client businesses
Top UK judges quit Hong Kong
Supreme Court says it can't continue to endorse administration which has 'departed from values of political freedom'
Ukraine crisis: Law students and lawyers look to tackle immigration challenges using lawtech
Profession addresses visa, language and resource issues during 48-hour 'idea sprint'
Virtual student event TODAY: Secrets to Success Midlands — with Eversheds Sutherland, Gowling WLG, Hogan Lovells and ULaw
Wednesday 30 March, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually
Regional rises: who has increased so far?
Legal Cheek rounds up the key NQ pay movers outside the capital
Freshfields narrows gender pay gap for third year
Ethnicity, disability and LGBTQ+ results also improve
Barrister sanctioned over tweet about Muslims wins appeal
Jon Holbrook had been fined £500
First speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2022
MoJ minister joins SRA education chief and magic circle training experts at Legal Cheek's annual in-person conference
Done deal: Clyde & Co and BLM agree to combine
Goes live this summer 🤝
UK government appoints top war crimes lawyer to help Ukraine on ‘journey to justice’ against Russia
Judge and Doughty Street associate tenant Sir Howard Morrison QC will act as independent adviser to war-torn country's chief prosecutor
Law Society pushes for law to be part of school curriculum
Children should know their rights, says president I. Stephanie Boyce
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend