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Bar Council ups Pupillage Gateway application limit from 12 to 20

Centralised system reopens on 28 November

Sep 26 2018 8:58am

The Apprentice: ULaw grad and solicitor among this year’s contestants

Aspiring City lawyer Kurran Pooni and civil specialist Sarah Ann Magson to battle it out before Lord Sugar in this year’s series

Sep 25 2018 12:21pm
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Lincoln’s Inn reveals first images of new advocacy mega-bunker

Multi-million pound redevelopment nears completion

Sep 25 2018 10:31am

Law, lager and lemonade: Is the legal sector over the limit?

We need to strike a healthy balance at legal events, says one future City trainee

Sep 25 2018 9:01am
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PwC strikes ‘strategic alliance’ with US law firm

Big Four's assault on the legal market continues

Sep 24 2018 3:09pm

5 ways to get the most out of your university law society

Warwick Law Society’s careers officer James Smith tells freshers to embrace the valuable role their law soc will play as they embark on their degrees

Sep 24 2018 12:16pm
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Bar Council slams plan to allow solicitors to qualify as barristers without pupillage

Regulator's proposal could also include law lecturers

Sep 24 2018 10:54am
Ropes & Gray law firm

Ropes & Gray combines contextual recruitment and CV blind in revamped trainee hiring process

US player will now recruit rookies exclusively from its vac scheme

Sep 24 2018 9:11am

Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Sep 24 2018 8:07am
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Barrister disbarred after claiming Nazi spies were plotting to nuke the Queen during London Olympics

Michael Shrimpton was jailed in 2015 for communicating false information

Sep 21 2018 11:21am

Top Slaughter and May partner compares firm’s lawyers to ‘pack of wolves’

Taking the magic circle player's name a little too literally?

Sep 21 2018 9:39am

The best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Sep 21 2018 8:44am
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Defending The Guilty: Lawyers split over new BBC barrister comedy

Series follows the exploits of four tenancy-hungry pupils

Sep 20 2018 11:33am

London law firm advertises ‘voluntary’ three-month internship

It's unclear whether the role is paid or not

Sep 20 2018 8:59am
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Research: Over 80% of lawyers ‘dislike’ lawyers

Half believe their co-workers are lazy

Sep 19 2018 12:20pm
Paisley Snail Pale Ale AI

AI-brewed Paisley Snail Pale Ale is now a thing

Donoghue v Stevenson for the tech age

Sep 19 2018 11:15am
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DLA Piper boosts junior lawyer pay to £77,000 as City rises continue

Global giant's trainees also handed extra cash

Sep 19 2018 9:03am
Violence Punch

A third of solicitors attacked or threatened, new research suggests

Vast majority of incidents took place within offices or a court

Sep 18 2018 1:41pm