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Lady Hale opens up about her ‘brilliant’ mother who went back to work after her father died when she was 13
‘I say thank you to her almost every day for what she did for us’

Inns of Court unveil country’s cheapest barrister training course
Charity applying for sign-off on £13,000 course in major bar training shake-up

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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Uber’s flotation: from law suits to the stock market
Treacherous legal waters for the tech titan

Former Cripps learning and development manager jailed for historic indecent assaults against teenage boy
Law firm 'horrified' to learn about Stephen Madge’s conviction

London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship
Exclusive: 9KBW places controversial expenses-only programme 'under review'

Law academics include Star Wars quip in equity law textbook
The banter is strong with this one

Media and tech law firm Wiggin launches training contract programme
Exclusive: Trainees start on £39k rising to £60k on qualification

Under-promoted, oddly-timed and confusing to outsiders: why the bar is not making the most of its scholarships
There’s £5 million, for those in the know

Richard Susskind to deliver keynote speech at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Keynote speaker announced for Legal Cheek's 22 May event

Kim Kardashian relates to law student struggles
Social media sensation turned law student says she won’t have time for ‘literally anything’

Freshfields raises newly qualified solicitor pay to £100,000
Exclusive: MoneyLaw reaches the magic circle

Suits stars congratulate former cast member Meghan Markle on newborn Royal baby
Members of the cast took to Twitter on May Day Bank Holiday to share their support

Law third most complained about course by students
But business students have the most grumbles
Tuesday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the Bank Holiday

SRA reveals allegations against Freshfields partner accused of sexual misconduct
Allegations, which are unproven, stipulate accused ‘ought to have known’ conduct was inappropriate

KCL, Queen Mary, Swansea and Liverpool Uni law students triumph at annual pro bono awards
Attorney General among star-studded ceremony line-up

Squire Patton Boggs raises London NQ pay to £73,000
Rises in the regions too

Clifford Chance mulls scrapping billable hour as performance metric
Pilot applies to trainee solicitors and up

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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Judges target courtroom jokes at rookie lawyers, struggling lawyers and lawyers they disagree with
It's a very bad sign if the judge is trying to lighten the mood, research shows