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‘I quit the magic circle to practise in Bristol — and I regret it’
A Legal Cheek reader shares their story
Revealed: 2,089 wannabe barristers submit 14,516 applications for just 224 pupillage spots
'May the odds be ever in your favour'
Morning round-up: Monday 12 February
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed
Legal Services Board gives itself more time to consider LPC and GDL's demise
Dentons partner leaves firm following allegations of sexual misconduct
But global outfit says it found no evidence of harassment
Top QC expresses fear over waning influence of British lawyers in development of EU law
Media doesn't help by ignoring contribution by UK advocates, says Baroness Helena Kennedy
The law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire – 2018 edition
The rivals that rookies rate best
Morning round-up: Friday 9 February
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
SRA appeals tribunal’s decision to show mercy on junior lawyer whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets
Received a suspended ban for faking documents
Tort textbooks set for update as new Supreme Court judgment changes law of negligence
Donoghue v Stevenson, Caparo v Dickman and Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police all get a mention
High Court showdown on the cards as SRA confirms Leigh Day tribunal appeal
Two partners and junior solicitor previously cleared in Iraqi torture case
Ex-Clifford Chance trainee LOSES bid to sue Oxford University over ‘inadequate’ teaching
Faiz Siddiqui was seeking £1 million for lost legal dream
Average junior lawyer pay at Bird & Bird and Taylor Wessing HIGHER for women than men
As Pinsent Masons also releases gender pay stats
Morning round-up: Thursday 8 February
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Linklaters becomes first magic circle firm to reveal gender pay gap stats
Structure of workforce behind 39% figure
Booming in Bristol: Should junior lawyers shun London for the West Country?
City's six-figure salaries will boost your ego but little else
Morning round-up: Wednesday 7 February
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
‘Zombie’ corporate lawyer avoids being struck off for dishonesty after being left ‘physically and emotionally drained’ by workload
He sent misleading emails to buy himself time
BPP student who fell victim to theft reunited with highlighted and tabbed company law textbook after public plea
Her laptop is still missing, though
Embrace your inner Branson and Zuckerberg, barristers told
Middle Temple wants members to come across less pompous
RPC launches new training contracts with 2018 start date
No two-year wait for firm's Bristol trainees