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British lawyers take up Belgian citizenship as no deal Brexit fears mount
Dual nationality will ensure they can continue to appear before European courts

Summer vac scheme round-up: Ball games, boat tours and a bountiful supply of bubbly
Which City player won the summer's wooing-war?

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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Legal Twitterati unusually quiet on A-Level results day
But excitable teens take to social media to trumpet success

Law firms are run by ‘dinosaurs’ looking to exploit ‘desperate’ grads
‘I cannot wait to qualify and change professions’, says anonymous rookie solicitor Dejected Trainee

Crowdfunding campaigner loses bid to take Boris Johnson private prosecution to Supreme Court
But the case isn't over, insists Marcus Ball

High Court appoints seven new judges — all Oxbridge educated
Understaffed court snaps up leading QCs

Law school sweethearts land training contracts at same national firm where they both work as paralegals
Loved-up Irwin Mitchell duo met five years ago during a land law seminar

Keeping up with the Kontracts! Kim Kardashian updates fans on law school studies
Snaps show social media sensation using IRAC method

Epilepsy sufferer who left school with no qualifications launches LLM crowdfunder
Rhys Brown needs £24,000 to follow uni dream after winning spot at Birkbeck

Lawyer Photoshops himself into Singapore Mediation Convention pics
Exclusive: Tells Legal Cheek edited images were 'lighthearted' joke

SRA seeks law students and lawyers to sit SQE2 pilot
Cash and work placements up for grabs

The hungover associate
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

18 ‘social justice’ training contracts up for grabs at top UK legal charities
Applications open today
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Love Island 2019: Limerick law grad winner reveals he still wants to qualify as a solicitor
Pro rugby player Greg O'Shea stays true to himself and snubs post-Island influencer life

‘I work for a Big Four accountancy firm but want to be a corporate lawyer’
Early career changer requires readers' advice

Bristol Uni law students to help bereaved families under new inquest service
Pro bono clinic hopes to ‘plug the gap’ left by legal aid

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