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Herbert Smith Freehills opens new Canary Wharf office
Firm joins Clifford Chance in ‘Manhattan on the Thames’
Junior solicitor suspended from practice after lending assault suspect phone in custody
He was just eight months qualified
Morning round-up: Friday 18 May
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Solicitor sentenced to community service after bombarding law student with ‘creepy’ messages
He reportedly threatened to block her from practising law
Tracksuits at the ready: Lawyers gear up for London Legal Walk
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Being a corporate lawyer is a ‘bulls**t job’, argues LSE professor
City law jobs are totally pointless
No-fault divorce gets the Supreme Court treatment
Lady Hale, who's hearing today's case, is a vocal supporter of divorce law reform
Morning round-up: Thursday 17 May
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Glass houses: MPs slam Slaughter and May’s ‘bogus’ gender pay stats, but firm followed regulations set by MPs…
Blame game begins over why City outfits didn't include partners
‘Time spent being innovative counts towards billable targets,’ Reed Smith tells lawyers
Following a successful pilot
Suspended chemsex barrister sells £4,000 ‘legal advice for life’ on Facebook
Exclusive: Henry Hendron prepares for bar return
Kirkland & Ellis boosts LPC grant to £10,000
Matching moves by the magic circle, Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells
Morning round-up: Wednesday 16 May
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DLA Piper to launch in Dublin as firm predicts influx of financial services work post-Brexit
Not the first outfit to rock up in Ireland since the referendum
Herbert Smith Freehills follows Linklaters in asking lawyers to disclose office romances
Staff asked to use ‘common sense’
Durham Law School teams up with BARBRI to offer New York and California bar course
Exclusive: New students to start in September
The super-exam uncertainty that lies ahead
The SQE presents an opportunity 'to do something dynamic and innovative', says ULaw chief Peter Crisp, if a clear framework can be agreed
Morning round-up: Tuesday 15 May
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Anglia Ruskin law student handed suspended sentence after threatening fellow undergrad with kitchen knife in row over cooking pot
Pair separated by a student accommodation caretaker after fight broke out
Lawyer sues Oxford University over claims its dictionary mixed up land law definitions
Wants £20,500 in damages