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How the SQE shifts power from law firms to students
‘No longer can a law firm dangle a training contract in front of paralegals or insist that getting a job in a firm’s onshore centre is not a route to qualifying’
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Lights, camera, courtroom! Sentencing in high-profile criminal cases to be televised for first time
But bar chiefs warn against legal proceedings becoming a 'spectator sport'
Mental health charity LawCare teams up with Sheffield and Open University academics to launch wellbeing course
Free for law students and lawyers
Tribunal praises trainee solicitor who ‘picked up pieces’ after boss abandoned firm to go ‘travelling’
Rookie left to face 'angry clients'
Law, accountancy and teaching among most challenging professions to break into without a degree
New research on UCAS deadline day
Garden Court barrister to sue police after being arrested on uni picket line
Franck Magennis accuses cops of an 'outrageous breach of civil liberties'
SRA issues alert after fraudsters impersonate City law firm partners in phishing scam
Hogan Lovells duo falsely named in emails
Slaughter and May scraps work ski trips following allegation of sexual harassment
Decision comes as part of wider review into firm social events
Lord Reed sworn in as new Supreme Court president
Ex-shipping lawyer Lord Hamblen also joins top bench as Lady Hale officially steps down
Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister
Daniel Sokol says that many unis ban legal reps from attending
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Alan Blacker slapped with nine-month suspended jail sentence for benefit fraud
Filmed driving miniature locomotives, despite claiming he needed round-the-clock care
Slaughter and May bumps associate pay by up to 8%
Rises follow last summer's improved six-figure packages for NQs
Barclays cuts ties with new online game that sees users play role of overworked lawyer
Creators claim it's a 'light-hearted' look at hours problem
