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Human rights barrister’s tweet flagging Corbyn ECHR clanger goes viral
European Court of Human Rights is 'in part an EU institution', according to Labour leader
Lord Sales sworn in as newest Supreme Court judge
Oxbridge double grad will take part in a special ceremony later today
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Two US law firm events next week — one for students, one for junior lawyers
Lawyers from Shearman & Sterling, Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden and Quinn Emanuel take centre stage at London events
‘Lord Harley’ appears in court to face charges of benefit fraud
He denies wrongdoing
Inner Temple pushes ahead with multi-million pound redevelopment project
Inn appoints Sir Robert McAlpine to oversee construction of new education and training centre
Courtroom to catwalk? Lady Hale appears in Vogue magazine to mark 100 years of women in law
Supreme Court president humbled by role model status
The best law firms for quality of work — 2019 edition
Even with better tech there'll always be mindless trainee tasks, but at some firms much fewer than others
The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Don’t feel obliged to respond to emails after 7pm, bar chief tells barristers
Richard Atkins QC says '24/7 365 days a year culture' is damaging lawyer wellbeing
Family law barrister, 34, who completed BPTC in 2007 becomes district judge
Adem Muzaffer will take up the role later this month
Oxford University students launch petition calling for top law professor’s removal over alleged homophobia
Legal Twitterati condemns 'snowflake students'
Ex-army MP calls Leigh Day chief ‘dishonest’, claiming he has ‘completely destroyed’ lives of British soldiers
Tense committee session pits Iraq torture lawyer against parliamentarians
Lady Hale attacks government ‘austerity’ policies
Supreme Court president in unusual political intervention
A quarter of trainee solicitors paid below Law Society recommended minimum
New figures show improvement in number of firms heeding Chancery Lane guidance
Criminal barrister fined for ‘inadvertently’ sending cocaine to a chambers
And reprimanded by the regulator
Female law graduates set to earn an extra £460,000 from their degree
While an LLB is worth an additional £300,000 to men
I’m struggling to balance working full-time as a paralegal while completing the LPC
Will it be 'worth it in the end?'
Junior solicitor claims pricey hotline will help stressed out trainees who are too scared to ask for help
But one lawyer tells Legal Cheek the service is simply 'papering over the cracks of the problem'
MoJ apologises after staff described journalist as ‘crazy’ and a ‘bitch’ in internal messages
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