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All the annoying people you’ll have the displeasure of meeting at university law careers events
From the flirts to the narcissists, don’t be these people
Morning round-up: Thursday 25 January
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

No reason why solicitors can’t operate like chambers, says regulator
Rallying cry for law firm innovation

Scathing judgment that saw ex-Tower Hamlets mayor struck off for election corruption published
Family law solicitor Lutfur Rahman was 'motivated by power and status'

Academics to tackle research desert with first of its kind study on disabled lawyers
What barriers do these lawyers face and how do they overcome them?

Exeter law grad reveals Lord Neuberger is a huge Game of Thrones fan as he presents ex-Supreme Court president with honorary degree
Exclusive: He's into Breaking Bad too
Morning round-up: Wednesday 24 January
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

A third of lawyers earn more than £100k
Fat cat figures beat insurance, consulting and tech professions

Tens of thousands of magic circle email addresses and passwords discovered on Dark Web
Phishing scams and data theft loom as more than 80,000 lawyer credentials found online

Revealed: The best barristers’ chambers for training
The results of the Legal Cheek Pupil and Junior Barrister Survey are in

LSE law graduate pulls punches with fitness business staffed by ex-prisoners
Tough workouts with social justice at their heart
Morning round-up: Tuesday 23 January
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Final year becomes third Bristol law student in 14 months to die in suspected suicide
University encourages students and staff affected by news to contact support services

Twitter explodes with inspirational #mypathtolaw stories
And some that aren't so inspirational

Ex-Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger is touring non-Russell Group universities and state schools with a future CMS trainee
Exclusive: Pair seek to do good with their unlikely friendship
Morning round-up: Monday 22 January
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Clifford Chance keeps 44 of its 48 spring NQs
As Trowers & Hamlins confirms six of its seven rookies are staying put

Dentons partner suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct
Claims date back to solicitor's time at Scottish outfit Maclay Murray & Spens

QC launches scathing attack on Judge Rinder for ‘denigrating the law’
But many silks disagree

‘I’m a future magic circle trainee, yet I’ll be living in an Airbnb during my LPC because I can’t afford London rent’
One Legal Cheek commenter shares their take on law firm maintenance grants

London barristers more than twice as likely to secure silk than Northern peers
Top QC concerned there may be a pattern of under-representation