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Female barristers granted access to top London court’s male-only robing room
Gender should play no part in the role or status of an advocate, says Southwark judge
Hogan Lovells and Eversheds Sutherland reveal 80% autumn retention results
Solid scores from international duo
Morning round-up: Wednesday 23 August
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Kirkland & Ellis ups trainee pay to £50-55k as Macfarlanes boosts to £44-49k
A lot of money for 22 and 23-year-olds
Lady Hale: Solicitor-barrister divide to blame for male dominance of the bench
Calls for more to be done on gender diversity in Belfast speech
White & Case keeps 15 of its 18 London NQs following 17% salary hike
English-qualified lawyers wanted despite Brexit, says US megafirm
‘I moved to the UK and was appalled by its immigration system, now I’m fighting for reform’
All students should study immigration law, argues Durham prof
Morning round-up: Tuesday 22 August
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Gowling WLG posts 84% autumn retention result
As national outfit Browne Jacobson scores 67%
‘Drunk’ law tutor thrown off Heathrow flight is ordered to pay £4,500
Humanitarian law expert, who the SRA says “is not a member of the profession”, reportedly set to take up teaching role at Durham University
Watch what you tweet: CPS promises to crack down on social media hate crime
But lawyers have concerns
Grateful grad: Bangor student collects first class law degree following successful fundraising appeal
Tuition fee debt had prevented the wannabe lawyer from graduating
Morning round-up: Monday 21 August
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Freshfields sends Manchester paralegals on mini-secondments to London, Dubai and Germany
Magic circler extends trainee perk to northern rookies
Solicitor who made anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist Facebook comments handed 12-month suspension
He dared a member of the public to report him, so they did
Linklaters keeps 47 of its 56 trainees upon qualification
Magic circle retains 84% of rookies as newly qualified solicitors
Morning round-up: Friday 18 August
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Piers Morgan tells US lawyer that Harvard Law School is ‘somewhere south of Dumb & Dumber’
But gets case law wrong
Air justice! Judge Rinder takes chopper to court in adrenaline-fuelled advert
Mission Impossible-esque promo also features a leather clad clerk and a high-powered motorbike
Ince & Co keeps nine out of ten NQs
As London litigation specialist Stewarts Law retains just one