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Morning round-up: Wednesday 4 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Lady Hale will appear on MasterChef this week
From judging cases to judging cooking

Transatlantic tie-up: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner goes live
New outfit led by female duo

SRA will not relax its rules for students caught up in university strikes
As students fight for compensation over lost lectures

‘Her credentials speak for themselves’: CPS chief Alison Saunders to join Linklaters
Magic circle bound after controversial five-year tenure

‘I have two law degrees, now I sell juice made from wonky fruit for a living’
Maciek Kacprzyk on why he made the move from law to sustainable food production
Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

‘The system is desperate, as are we’: Criminal barristers to REFUSE new work in protest to legal aid cuts
Decision taken with ‘heavy hearts’

The partner problem means law firm gender pay gap stats are pretty useless
A clutter of results impossible to compare

Insta-ban? Don’t post photos of yourself in ‘casual settings’, judges told
Also warned not to reveal holiday plans

Oxford law student overcomes legal dispute with Facebook to launch contract law revision app
He came up with the idea while revising for exams

Morning round-up: Thursday 29 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Awkward! Allen & Overy partner stumbles in face of grilling by MPs over non-disclosure agreements
As committee publishes Harvey Weinstein NDA

I haven’t heard back from my vac scheme interview for six weeks — what should I do?
I emailed a month ago but the firm ignored me

‘When I interviewed for Slaughter and May I was living as a man called Matthew, by the time I started my training contract I was a woman called Clare’
Legal Cheek interviews transgender lawyer Clare Fielding

Morning round-up: Wednesday 28 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Solicitor super-exam one step closer to reality following watchdog approval
Goodbye LPC and GDL?
Pupillage places jump by 7%
New stats show 510 pupils started their training last year

Hogan Lovells posts 78% spring retention figure
Global outfit keeps 25 out of 32 NQs

Exclusive: BPP Liverpool is closing
Students to be compensated as law school shuts doors in June