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Morning round-up: Monday 23 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
BSB asks chambers to provide details on how they pick their pupils
Regulator keen to identify potential 'unjustified' barriers to the bar
Dentons investigated by SRA over faked notes scandal
Largest law firm in the world in firing line after slam by tribunal in staff discrimination case
University says ‘no update’ on investigation into racism at Exeter Law School, one month after vile messages were made public
Five law students suspended after their WhatsApp conversations posted online
Final batch of Future of Legal Education and Training Conference tickets goes on sale as ‘Two for £400’ offer deadline looms
TED-style talks, vibrant interactive discussions and informal fireside chats await delegates from over 60 leading corporate law firms and chambers, nearly 30 university law schools, alongside in-house teams, regulators and legal tech companies
‘I returned to my desk and broke down in tears’: Magic circle junior lawyer opens up about battle with depression and anxiety
Three-part blog is frank account of City solicitor's journey
Morning round-up: Friday 20 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Online scammers impersonate City solicitor as part of ‘air crash’ payout scam
Norton Rose Fulbright stresses the emails are bogus
‘Ministry of Injustice’: Lawyers hold candlelight vigil over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since 1 April
‘I’m a future trainee who is Asian and working class: This is what diversity means to me’
Shez Anjum reveals how he overcame prejudices to win 'Trainee of the Year'
Morning round-up: Thursday 19 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Queen Mary University student stabbed to death in East London wanted to become lawyer
Sami Sidhom was just 18-years-old
Private school slammed over bus ad showing boys as aspiring lawyers but girls becoming vocalists
£34,000-a-year school says aspirations are 'personal' to the students
One to watch: Pupil barrister racks up hundreds of followers just days after launching anonymous Twitter account
Secret lawyer community grows
CMS reveals 75% spring trainee retention score
As first anniversary of triple merger fast approaches
Morning round-up: Wednesday 18 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Criminal defence solicitors face extinction, warns Law Society
Lack of young lawyers entering the field has left justice system facing a 'cliff edge scenario'
We’re more lenient after lunch, says top judge
Ernest Ryder points to research showing that well-fed judges are more likely to let people off
Criminal bar remains resolute as over 90 chambers back direct action over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since April 1
Morning round-up: Tuesday 17 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Syria strikes: Oxford Uni prof rubbishes government’s legal argument
Military action was not in accordance with international law, says Dapo Akande