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Morning round-up: Thursday 19 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Queen Mary University student stabbed to death in East London wanted to become lawyer
Sami Sidhom was just 18-years-old
Private school slammed over bus ad showing boys as aspiring lawyers but girls becoming vocalists
£34,000-a-year school says aspirations are 'personal' to the students
One to watch: Pupil barrister racks up hundreds of followers just days after launching anonymous Twitter account
Secret lawyer community grows
CMS reveals 75% spring trainee retention score
As first anniversary of triple merger fast approaches
Morning round-up: Wednesday 18 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Criminal defence solicitors face extinction, warns Law Society
Lack of young lawyers entering the field has left justice system facing a 'cliff edge scenario'
We’re more lenient after lunch, says top judge
Ernest Ryder points to research showing that well-fed judges are more likely to let people off
Criminal bar remains resolute as over 90 chambers back direct action over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since April 1
Morning round-up: Tuesday 17 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Syria strikes: Oxford Uni prof rubbishes government’s legal argument
Military action was not in accordance with international law, says Dapo Akande
Legal watchdog moves to quell MPs’ super-exam fears after dismissing calls to delay approval
SQE received provisional go-ahead last month
Captain Picard sets course for another Brexit referendum
Actor and meme sensation Patrick Stewart says that the characters he played would be Remainers
Incredible BPTC handbook advises students to wear ‘double breasted’ jackets in their advocacy exam — and says they’ll be marked down for wearing ‘kinky boots’
Points also deducted for drinking from water bottles
Morning round-up: Monday 16 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Porsche driver who killed top criminal barrister as he left Law Rocks gig jailed for one year
David Batcup was a tenant at Charter Chambers
Crowdfunding success: LSE students awarded compensation over mouldy halls of residence
Outed 'severe rodent infestations' and 'noisy construction works'
Graduate recruiters need to realise some law modules are harder than others
Some firms don't even look at what subjects you've studied
Morning round-up: Friday 13 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith boost junior lawyer pay to £75,000
Rises for some trainees too