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‘A symbol of swashbuckling womanhood’: top lawyers pay tribute to retiring Lady Hale
Four reasons everyone's going to miss Supreme Court chief
Love Island 2019 champ Greg O’Shea says he wants to specialise in family law
Limerick law grad snubs post-Island influencer lifestyle
Barrister Richard Hendron rescued by helicopter after boat capsizes off Spanish coast
'A difficult day in the office!'
Lady Hale appointed UCL honorary professor ahead of Supreme Court retirement
Beyoncé of the legal profession steps down next month
Royal Opera row: hedge fund lawyer guilty of assault after punching fashion designer in dispute over spare seat
Attack occurred during performance of Wagner
What Boris Johnson’s big majority means for the legal profession and those seeking to enter it
Focus on innovation, the North and alternatives to higher education could impact lawyers
Richard Susskind: My case for online courts
Profession’s foremost technology expert offers up his digital vision of the future, in exclusive article for Legal Cheek
BPP University tight-lipped on rumours it’s no longer for sale
Law school declines to comment on website report, weeks after scooping super-exam prep course contract for six City players
Should junior City lawyers aim to save half their salary?
Rookie solicitors shouldn’t be 'owned by their lifestyle', says QC, as new MP, 23, pledges to give more than half of her salary to charity
Former Hill Dickinson solicitor leading race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader
Rebecca Long-Bailey also worked for Pinsent Masons and the now defunct Halliwells
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Freshfields investigations partner leaves firm after investigation
Exit comes in same week magic circle player moved step closer to introducing fines for misbehaving lawyers
Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2019-20
Winner to be announced at the Legal Cheek Awards on 26 March 2020, alongside a host of other categories
Solicitor revealed as owner of ‘rip-off’ driving licence renewal website leaves law firm
Property specialist Simon Button named in national newspaper
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Burges Salmon lawyers embrace election fever with office fancy dress
Jo Swinson looks unimpressed
Being innovative counts towards billable targets, CMS tells lawyers
Follows similar creativity-boosting moves by Reed Smith and Mishcon de Reya
ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE
Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses
Embattled barristers ‘masquerading as sociopaths’ and stressed-out solicitors who don’t want to be ‘seen as weak’
Radio show puts lawyer wellbeing under spotlight
Blackstone QC auctions off personal wine collection worth £9 MILLION
An insight into the eye-watering sums sloshing around the commercial bar
SRA to make decision on SQE1 skills assessment in New Year
Feedback from spring pilot advised it be ditched