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In the Supreme Court today: Is denying straight couples a civil partnership unlawful?
Lady Hale to hear boyfriend and girlfriend's human rights challenge
Morning round-up: Monday 14 May
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‘How are you, really?’ City firms and chambers on board as leading wellbeing charity gears up for mental health week
Lawyers met last night to discuss pressures facing students and juniors
Women dominate BPTC enrolments, but more men score top marks
Even when they have the same undergraduate degree results
‘My cerebral palsy may affect my speech and mobility, but it won’t stop me becoming a barrister’
Law graduate Daniel Holt hopes to start BPTC this September and is 'very confident' he'll secure pupillage
Morning round-up: Friday 11 May
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Tort lawyers won’t be required in 30 years, suggests top judge
Could Donoghue v Stevenson be ditched from law school syllabuses?
Lord Chancellor wants more top City lawyers to become judges
But they'll likely need to take a pay cut
A ‘golden ticket’ to training contract glory, or losing its shine? Legal Cheek explores the Oxbridge law degree
Recruitment teams still dazzled by high-status law schools, despite so-so performance in rankings
Morning round-up: Thursday 10 May
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Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report
As MPs vote against reversing legal aid changes
Ex-Cleary Gottlieb secretary amasses secret £6.6 million fortune after observing investments made by mega-rich lawyers
Her closest friends and family had no idea
My training contract isn’t what I thought it’d be — what now?
Wondering if there is a life outside law
The story of Christabel Pankhurst, the law graduate suffragette barred from joining an Inn
We pick up the trail of the female suffrage campaigner coined 'Queen of the Mob' by the press, 100 years after (some) women got the vote
Morning round-up: Wednesday 9 May
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Top tax QC sparks Twitter spat with criminal barristers, academics and more after writing controversial article about rape trials
Jo Maugham QC holds his ground despite social media flak for use of stats, 'non-expert' opinion and apparent decision to 'block' barrister
Legal aid row: ‘Go back to the drawing board’, Labour tells government ahead of today’s Commons debate
Over 100 chambers now refusing to take on new legal aid cases
What would Donna do? Seven lessons learnt from Suits’ Donna Paulsen
Aspiring lawyer Christianah Babajide thinks there's plenty law students can learn from the iconic TV character
Morning round-up: Tuesday 8 May
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‘I studied law at Cambridge and worked at Clifford Chance, now I own an award-winning Chinese restaurant’
Multi-tasking pro Helen Tse speaks to Legal Cheek about being a law firm partner, restauranteur, businesswoman and published author, all at the same time