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Junior lawyer MP jailed for lying to avoid speeding fine
Property law specialist Fiona Onasanya handed three-month custodial sentence

How not to get a training contract at Alan & Ovary, Freshfields Brickhouse Deringer and Shirley & Herman
Grad recruiters reveal favourite firm name blunders

Strike off for ‘pressured and bullied’ trainee solicitor who blew whistle on firm’s fraud
'Horrendous environment' did not excuse dishonesty, tribunal found

Lord Chancellor condemns Nazi death threat against solicitor defending ‘speedboat killer’
Tuckers partner Richard Egan sent threatening letter for representing Jack Shepherd

Junior solicitor struck off for fare dodging just two years after qualifying
Adam Kemeny avoided paying £650 worth of train fares from Shoreditch to Surrey

Rapper Azealia Banks hits back at junior barrister’s claim she could be prosecuted for Irish remarks
‘Who is Tomas McGarvey?’

Junior lawyers from Freshfields and the JLD to join LawCare CEO and top academic to discuss mental health
Latest batch of speakers announced for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Stephenson Harwood posts 100% spring trainee retention score
All eight March qualifiers to stay put

‘Lawtech? We’ve no idea what it is’, say 50% of junior lawyers
Despite hype, two-thirds reported no change to their job role

My 10 trickiest training contract interview questions
Fortunately, I was never asked ‘sell me this pen’
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Justine Thornton QC made High Court judge
High-flying barrister's hubby, Ed Miliband, 'very proud'

Hogan Lovells partner caught watching porn at work leaves firm
Irwin Mitchell lawyer filmed the incident from an adjacent office

Charles Russell Speechlys lawyer and two sons smash 3,000 mile rowing record
Raise £180,000 for charity in the process

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

Family judge praised for ditching legal jargon so child can understand judgment
Less legalese for Lynch of Leeds

Why do City trainees who start in March earn less than those who start in September?
'There's a glitch in the system'

Game of Thrones star to play barrister Shami Chakrabarti in new political thriller
Official Secrets to hit UK cinema screens later this year

Revealed: The law firms with the best social life — 2019 edition
Unlimited bar tabs, festivals and a 'Pedibus'! It’s work hard and play even harder for these corporate trainees

Attorney General: ‘I would be no lawyer at all if I allowed my private or political view to obtrude my legal judgement’
Geoffrey Cox QC rallies to defend himself -- and the need for legal professional privilege in 'exquisitely sensitive' circumstances

Happy 120th birthday, Lord Denning!
The outspoken judge passed away in 1999