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Why judges are not ‘Enemies of the People’
Legal Cheek reviews the latest book offering by legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg
COVID-19: BSB pushes ahead with online exams — but offers students test centre option
Regulator publishes fresh guidance
Barrister embroiled in trans rights row raises £60,000 to sue Stonewall despite CrowdJustice briefly taking her page down
Allison Bailey to include her own chambers in the discrimination action
Aspiring barrister targeted in ‘cash for pupillage’ scam
'Don’t fall into a similar TRAP', ULaw undergrad warns in LinkedIn post
Law Society renames ‘Old Bookshop’ in honour of first female solicitor
Prominent room will bear Carrie Morrison's name
BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
‘I had no assurances that being gay in law was okay’: LGBTQ+ students on life after coming out
Co-founders of 'Queer Lawyers of Tomorrow' Olivia Reily and Owen Hussey on the challenges they faced and why they set-up their new diversity platform
Travers Smith posts 89% trainee retention score
17 out of 19
Oxford Uni grad launches ‘TikTok Law School’
Toby Willcocks' video series designed to help aspiring lawyers
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Former BPP employment law lecturer successfully sues for unfair dismissal
Elizabeth Aylott wins on two counts; BPP launches appeal
‘We just love being lawyers’, sings CMS choir
The show must go on -- even under lockdown
Boost pupillage numbers by building a WeWork-style co-working space on one of the Inn’s ‘grand gardens’, says aspiring barrister
She accepts it may be difficult to execute
Junior solicitor fined £10,000 over abusive messages to Bumble date
James Andrew Wilson reported himself to the SRA after malicious communications conviction
BPTC students hit record numbers — but securing pupillage remains a big problem
1,753 bar hopefuls enrolled in 2018
British lawtech entrepreneur raises £9.6 million to fund ‘robot lawyer’ app
Joshua Browder's 'DoNotPay' has seen consumer demand skyrocket in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
Macfarlanes ups TC numbers amid COVID-19 uncertainty
31 to 33 in response to firm growth
Black Solicitors Network urges law firm leaders to ‘walk the talk’ on diversity
'Turn positive intentions into positive action and create a level playing field for all,' group writes
Clifford Chance is latest magic circle firm to cut NQ solicitor pay
Follows moves made by Slaughters and A&O
Ban for ex-law firm office worker who set up spy cam in Starbucks toilet
Antony Dines also said to have recorded colleagues at work