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Legal watchdog moves to quell MPs’ super-exam fears after dismissing calls to delay approval
SQE received provisional go-ahead last month
Captain Picard sets course for another Brexit referendum
Actor and meme sensation Patrick Stewart says that the characters he played would be Remainers
Incredible BPTC handbook advises students to wear ‘double breasted’ jackets in their advocacy exam — and says they’ll be marked down for wearing ‘kinky boots’
Points also deducted for drinking from water bottles
Morning round-up: Monday 16 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Porsche driver who killed top criminal barrister as he left Law Rocks gig jailed for one year
David Batcup was a tenant at Charter Chambers
Crowdfunding success: LSE students awarded compensation over mouldy halls of residence
Outed 'severe rodent infestations' and 'noisy construction works'
Graduate recruiters need to realise some law modules are harder than others
Some firms don't even look at what subjects you've studied
Morning round-up: Friday 13 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith boost junior lawyer pay to £75,000
Rises for some trainees too
Fall of the robots? 86% of Brits prefer legal advice from humans
Though a quarter wouldn’t mind robotised MPs
Morning round-up: Thursday 12 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Reed Smith to launch Leeds support hub
No plans at present to offer training contracts
Expect ‘chaos’ to follow criminal barristers’ legal aid protest
Cases adjourned and judges sitting in empty courts -- but if barristers don't walk out 'the justice system will never recover'
Cocaine dealer’s Lidl checkout-working law student lover jailed after flaunting ‘Kim Kardashian’ lifestyle on Instagram
Handed 15-month prison term for acquiring criminal property
Now open for entries: The Privacy Law Blogging Prize
Social media is rife with privacy law issues, particularly in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Tell us about them for the chance to win a free return flight to New York City
How religion has fallen, for law to take its place
Philip Wood, a QC and former Allen & Overy partner, pens book on why lawyers are the new priests
Morning round-up: Wednesday 11 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Squire Patton Boggs and Trump’s personal lawyer part ways after FBI office raid
The President has described the search as an 'attack on our country'
Wannabe barrister who overcame anorexia to study law at Oxford now crowdfunding her Cambridge masters degree
She hopes to raise £10,000 after spending childhood in care
‘It’s virtually impossible to reach the top of City firms without straight hair’
Is black hair and professionalism an oxymoron? An aspiring lawyer looks at the research