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Tickets go on sale for The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference London 2020
At Kings Place, Kings Cross, London, on Thursday 14 May 2020

Video: Law students play ‘Never have I ever’
‘My Dad’s going to see this. Sorry, Dad!’

BPP grad denied licence to practise law over LLM plagiarism
Applied for foreign lawyer status
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Legal Cheek global economy of the 2020s student events in Edinburgh and London this week
We’re in the Scottish capital at Addleshaw Goddard on Wednesday evening and in the City of London with Osborne Clarke on Thursday

‘I’m a month into my law degree and struggling with homesickness’
I would appreciate any advice from those who have been in this position before

Super-exam pass rates could be higher than LPC, says boss of new SQE mega provider
Comments come after Linklaters training chief revealed fear that more magic circle rookies could fail SQE

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Kim Kardashian recreates Elle Woods’ iconic Harvard Law School admission video essay
World’s most famous law student wins Halloween with Legally Blonde tribute

City Law School latest to offer two-part bar course following regulatory shake-up
It's much cheaper, too

Swansea Uni-backed legal lab scoops £4 million in EU funding
New hub to support research and develop advances in lawtech, Welsh government says

You’ve ‘wrecked’ my dream of becoming a lawyer: French LPC student blasts Boris’ Brexit vision in emotional open letter
PM is putting party and ego before national interests, Royal Holloway law grad claims

Lord Keen QC cleared of professional misconduct after firearms conviction
Top Scottish lawyer appeared before a disciplinary tribunal

Fifth of law firms fail on money laundering rules, says SRA
Regulator to ramp up compliance checks in wake of review

Wrong type of lawyer
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Law firm flotations could help attract top lawyer talent through mega-money share options, survey findings suggest
As rumours surrounding Mishcon IPO continue