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Fall of the robots? 86% of Brits prefer legal advice from humans
Though a quarter wouldn’t mind robotised MPs
Morning round-up: Thursday 12 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Reed Smith to launch Leeds support hub
No plans at present to offer training contracts
Expect ‘chaos’ to follow criminal barristers’ legal aid protest
Cases adjourned and judges sitting in empty courts -- but if barristers don't walk out 'the justice system will never recover'
Cocaine dealer’s Lidl checkout-working law student lover jailed after flaunting ‘Kim Kardashian’ lifestyle on Instagram
Handed 15-month prison term for acquiring criminal property
Now open for entries: The Privacy Law Blogging Prize
Social media is rife with privacy law issues, particularly in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Tell us about them for the chance to win a free return flight to New York City
How religion has fallen, for law to take its place
Philip Wood, a QC and former Allen & Overy partner, pens book on why lawyers are the new priests
Morning round-up: Wednesday 11 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Squire Patton Boggs and Trump’s personal lawyer part ways after FBI office raid
The President has described the search as an 'attack on our country'
Wannabe barrister who overcame anorexia to study law at Oxford now crowdfunding her Cambridge masters degree
She hopes to raise £10,000 after spending childhood in care
‘It’s virtually impossible to reach the top of City firms without straight hair’
Is black hair and professionalism an oxymoron? An aspiring lawyer looks at the research
Morning round-up: Tuesday 10 April
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
PwC, Neota Logic and Institute of Student Employers among latest speakers at the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Today's speaker announcement coincides with 'two for £400' Conference offer -- open for limited time only
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