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Aspiring barrister petitions for ‘draconian’ BPTC exams to be open-book
Online appeal also argues assessments shouldn't be so close together
Student pro bono: New projects on autism, family courts and miscarriages of justice up for awards
Birmingham University storms shortlists with nominations in most categories
Morning round-up: Monday 9 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Allen & Overy in merger talks with US giant O’Melveny & Myers to create transatlantic magic circle megafirm
Deal would be a legal market game-changer -- if it happens
Hogan Lovells bumps LPC grant by 43% to £10,000
Matching moves by the magic circle and Herbert Smith Freehills
Dentons targets spacetech sector with new innovation hub
To boldly go where no law firm has gone before?
Lady Hale was on MasterChef last night
Supreme Court president sampled fish dishes alongside space scientists and women's rights campaigners
‘Skinny ties are for Hoxton bars’: We review the former BLP trainee’s fashion advice so controversial the firm banned it
Katherine Cousins, now an associate, turned her tips into a book
Morning round-up: Friday 6 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Clifford Chance launches ‘Tech Academy’ to help lawyers get to grips with coding
AI, blockchain and cybersecurity lessons also on the menu
Herbert Smith Freehills becomes latest firm to boost LPC grant to £10,000
Global law firm matches five-figure sum awarded by magic circle outfits
Junior criminal barrister, 32, now youngest Crown Court judge in recent history
Rise of the baby-faced bench, as 34-year-old appointed as a district judge
Allen & Overy launches South London flexible working hub
Vauxhall satellite office will ‘significantly’ cut commuting time
You can now Skype a Supreme Court justice
Lady Hale says she's looking forward to chatting to students in new outreach programme
Morning round-up: Thursday 5 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Deadline for gender pay gap reporting is today — here’s how law firms have done
The outfits with the biggest (and smallest) pay gaps in the City
Beano sends spoof cease and desist letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg
It orders MP to stop ‘masquerading’ as one its cartoon characters
Trump-Russia probe: Former City lawyer jailed for 30 days
Ex-Skadden associate admitted misleading FBI investigators
This Westminster law student has THREE MILLION Instagram followers
Most followed law student in the country to forsake full-time modelling career for legal academia
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