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Tech isn’t meeting our needs, say nearly half of lawyers
Over a third considering career change as a result

Willkie Farr & Gallagher ditches partner embroiled in college admissions scandal
Decision comes after Gordon Caplan announced he'd plead guilty to fraud

LexisNexis director of solutions, Norton Rose Fulbright innovation manager and Manchester Uni academic latest speakers at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Sector thought leaders to discuss cross-disciplinary skills at 22 May event

Doughty Street’s Amal Clooney lands UK foreign office role
Human rights barrister appointed media freedom envoy

Child porn barrister who claimed Nazis planned to blow up the Queen fails to overturn disbarment
No return to the bar for Michael Shrimpton

Ince Gordon Dadds adviser Peter Hain cleared over naming Philip Green in House of Lords
But Labour peer's actions 'not compatible with the rule of law', says Lord Chief Justice

Queen’s Bench Division to be led by woman for first time
Lady Justice Sharp to succeed Sir Brian Leveson -- as predicted by Joshua Rozenberg for Legal Cheek

Law second most pressure-filled profession
Ahead of healthcare, education and finance, research suggests

Allen & Overy appoints innovation hub chief to partner
Fuse’s Shruti Ajitsaria among 14 City lawyers to get nod

Jones Day faces £150 million sex discrimination claim over ‘fraternity culture’
Six female former associates launch group action

One in 15 junior solicitors is suicidal, research finds
Sharp rise in rookies experiencing mental ill-health

BPP students to be taught digital skills through new lawtech partnership
Training on HighQ platform to be part of syllabus
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

DWF’s Milton Keynes office to close next month
Exclusive: News of the closure comes just weeks after firm's flotation on London Stock Exchange

EY’s foray into law continues with legal outsourcing acquisition
Big four titan snaps up Thomson Reuters' Pangea3

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

Lawyer who spat at flight attendant during drunken racist rant jailed for six months
Human rights specialist pleaded guilty last month to assault and being drunk on an aircraft

Video: How innovative are law firms behind the scenes?
Legal Cheek probes beyond the marketing puffery

Sexism from judges exaggerated, says Lord Chief Justice
Small number of examples give 'false impression'