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ULaw’s plans to move Chester campus on hold
Housing project at law school site rejected by planners

Research: Law firms are failing to support qualifying trainees who aren’t kept on
Three quarters of rookie lawyers admit to having no back up plan
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Travers Smith posts perfect 100% retention score
All 21 qualifying trainees staying put

Family solicitor suspended from practice for glassing ex-boyfriend
She was convicted of ABH

Exclusive interview: Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams says she’s not ruling out a return to the law
‘Legally Brunette’ Rosie shares insights into her very glam life

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A bunch of red pens and a smile: Gray’s Inn unveils new Lady Hale portrait
It will hang alongside paintings of Lord Bingham and Lord Thomas

Cambridge law grads behind case-predicting robot part ways
Mystery surrounds split

The Hearing: Ayesha Vardag on law reform, Brexit and her office robot
The ‘diva of divorce’ shares her story

Slaughter and May keeps 32 out of 37 qualifying trainees
Autumn score of 86%
Barristerspeak decoded: A guide for solicitors, students and clients
Legal Cheek’s resident funny man Wigapedia returns with another helpful translator

Pinsent Masons launches social mobility scholarship in memory of former chairman
It could lead to a training contract

8 essentials for last-minute training contract applicants
How to be smart and maximise your chances

Top QC who starred in courtroom docudrama to take over as head of CPS
Max Hill to replace Linklaters-bound Alison Saunders

Great British Bake Off winner turns back on celeb cooking career to study the BPTC
Manchester law grad John Whaite won series three of the hit cookery show -- now he wants to become a barrister

Oxford Uni leapfrogged by Glasgow in shock new law school rankings
Cambridge secured top spot

QC seeks BPTC grad to walk their dog
£18,000 worth of training for this?
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend