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I run my own business and I’m worried it will impact my training contract chances

I don't want firms to think I won't accept authority

Jan 16 2018 1:32pm

A matter of life and death: Supreme Court justices hear capital punishment case

Top barristers at Matrix Chambers defend man sentenced to hang

Jan 16 2018 9:03am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 16 January

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jan 16 2018 7:44am

Law grad’s solicitor dream in peril following assault on pregnant girlfriend

But every case will be dealt with on its merits, SRA insists

Jan 15 2018 12:51pm

Morning round-up: Monday 15 January

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jan 15 2018 7:59am

The Brexit effect? Top US law firm offers Dublin training contracts

Thankfully this won’t impact Dechert's London trainee numbers

Jan 12 2018 2:40pm

City law chiefs want all future trainees to sit super-exam from 2022

Despite SRA suggesting transitional period could run into 2030s

Jan 12 2018 1:57pm

New female law students outnumber males two to one for first time ever

Exclusive: 17,565 women compared to 8,510 men

Jan 12 2018 9:10am

Morning round-up: Friday 12 January

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jan 12 2018 7:35am

Don’t leave trainees in retention limbo, Law Society tells firms

Rookies should know whether they're hired or fired at least eight weeks before qualification

Jan 11 2018 11:15am

City Law School in BPTC exam row over laptop policy that ‘favours wealthy students’

Exclusive: Computers must meet university's specifications

Jan 11 2018 10:14am

Google Street View gets V sign from Kings Chambers window

He was simply explaining 'two important points', apparently

Jan 11 2018 8:58am

Morning round-up: Thursday 11 January

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jan 11 2018 7:34am

Solicitor whose firm went under owing £200,000 in barrister fees struck off

His actions were ‘deliberate, calculated and repeated’

Jan 10 2018 2:56pm