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Five reasons why law students are obsessed with Love Island
ITV2's hit show provides a sweet escape from the stresses and strains of law school life, says aspiring lawyer Christianah Babajide
Richer law students should subsidise poorer ones with new levy, Dundee law lecturer proposes
While Durham law student achieves crowdfunding success for his law degree in ONE MONTH

Solicitor who took only TWO full weeks of maternity leave found to have falsified letter
Kate Adamson isn't struck off but gets six-month suspension instead
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

The Secret Barrister unmasked in London burger joint
They are a 30-something Comprehensive school-educated non-Oxbridge grad, it emerges during daring interview

OMG! BuzzFeed loses its first-ever general counsel
Ex-Freshfields Allison Lucas also tried her hand at journalism

Magic circle duo join the MoneyLaw madness
Allen & Overy and Linklaters latest to pay US newly qualified lawyers eye-watering figure that works out just shy of £150k
Share dealing begins in stock market-listed law firm
Knights to recruit 200 more fee earners but remains silent on possible training contract increases

The Hearing Podcast: My life as a transgender barrister
Employment and discrimination specialist Robin White shares her story

The first set of corporate law firm financial results are looking strong
Good times return to the City
Advocates’ core courtroom skills on the decline, judges warn
Reduced levels of pay blamed for lower morale and standards, finds report

YouTube-ing Warwick law grad whose Allen & Overy vac scheme led to a training contract shares career advice
Charlotte McGing joins vlogging lawyer trend

Supreme Court gets three new faces
Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice Sales, appointed to UK's top bench

Ex-DLA Piper junior solicitor struck off after falsifying LLB and LPC results
Rookie who trained at Weightmans claimed it was 'an honest mistake'

I’m about to go to uni to study psychology — should I reapply to a harder subject?
A-level student mulls impact of degree choice on future legal career

No more lie-ins? Durham Law School set to introduce 8am lectures this Autumn
Early morning arrangement 'for one year only', says elite Russell Grouper

Legal work experience opportunities fall by 11%
Biggest industry decrease

Research: Bullying rife at criminal bar; less common among commercial barristers
Reported observations of harassment soar across newly-woke bar

‘18-hour days and sleepless nights’: Love Island solicitor Rosie reveals why she quit law in tense interview with Piers Morgan
She wanted to do crime and family but ended up at a commercial outfit

Latham & Watkins becomes latest firm to hike London junior solicitor pay to £143,000
US summer pay war continues to rock UK market

‘I was no longer able to cope’: Junior solicitor who backdated 23 letters ‘to buy time’ is struck off
She’d only been qualified for three years