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BSB to barristers: avoid getting drawn into ‘heated’ social media spats
Regulator's fresh guidance covers content posted in both a 'professional and personal capacity'
BBC to showcase solicitor apprenticeships programme at LegalEdCon North
BBC legal apprenticeships manager Maria Kell and solicitor apprentice Georgie Yates will be joined by ULaw's Ceri Evans at 30 January event at Media City, Manchester
ULaw revamps bar course as it slashes cost by over 30%
New course priced at £13,000 will compete with Inns of Court venture
Top spots for Baker McKenzie, Linklaters and CMS on 2019 law firm brand power list
Rankings based on the opinions of nearly 350 in-house lawyers
Freshfields considers fining mega-earning partners 20% of their income for misconduct
Reported plan follows resignation of scandal-hit Ryan Beckwith
Twitter users adding ‘QC’ to their name could be committing a crime, junior barrister warns
'I’m a barrista (sic) -- the QC stands for Quality Coffee'
The Glasgow Uni boffins trying their hands at designing law-themed board games
Family law lectures are out, family law board games are in
KCL partners with national law firm to launch student-staffed legal advice centre
Latest pro bono initiative to cover range of family law issues
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Clyde & Co seeks paralegal with excellent attention to ‘detials’
Unfortunate typo
Ropes & Gray raises over £50,000 for cancer charity following death of London partner’s daughter
Kaiya suffered from a rare form of leukaemia
‘Will my first class degree help repair the damage caused by my atrocious A-Levels?’
I’m desperate to become a sports lawyer
Slaughter and May distances itself from ‘Slaughtered and Dismayed’ corporate law meme account
Insta page, until recently, used a modified version of magic circle outfit’s logo
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Ashurst becomes latest City firm to launch fintech accelerator programme
Follows similar moves by the likes of Addleshaw Goddard, Simmons & Simmons and Slaughter and May
City lawyer’s viral letter slams lack of women in Chambers lawyer rankings
100,000 views and counting for LinkedIn post by Mayer Brown partner Chris Arnold
Kim Kardashian gives BARBRI contract law lecturer Instagram shout-out
Thumbs up from first-year law student ??
York Uni Law School launches American-style Juris Doctor postgrad law degree
No, it doesn't qualify you to work in the States
UK lawtech investment rockets from £2.5 million to £62 million in just three years
Less than £1.5 million was invested in 2014, report shows
Brit lawyers could boost salary by over a third working in US
From £66,329 to £93,284
10 Supreme stories to celebrate top UK court’s 10th birthday
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