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Morning round-up: Thursday 8 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 8 2017 7:42am

Lawyers divided: Has Theresa May made a U-turn on human rights?

Keeping the Human Rights Act is a Tory manifesto pledge

Jun 7 2017 12:01pm

There are rumours that Education Secretary Justine Greening will be our next Lord Chancellor

A straight swap with Liz Truss? Joshua Rozenberg and LBC’s Iain Dale speculate

Jun 7 2017 10:24am

Politics ‘governs the very air that we breathe’, says former property litigator hoping to topple Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

Green Party candidate talks politics, her time studying law at Oxford, and her law firm being targeted by terrorists

Jun 7 2017 9:08am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 7 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 7 2017 7:48am

Law Society will launch panel of lawyers to help London Bridge terror victims

News follows outpouring of pro bono support in Manchester

Jun 6 2017 2:42pm

Law well-being charity asks students, trainees and young lawyers to help man its phonelines

LawCare also seeks peer supporters this Volunteers’ Week

Jun 6 2017 10:15am

‘Social mobility initiatives are targeting the wrong people: I would know — I was one of them’

Legal Cheek’s Katie King explains why they must be more selective

Jun 6 2017 9:05am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 6 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 6 2017 7:39am

Training contract numbers soar to highest level since financial crash

Places up two years on the bounce for the first time since the financial crash

Jun 5 2017 3:10pm

Exclusive: The Inns of Court are preparing to launch a new BPTC

Inns 'seriously considering' new course, but will they go it alone or get a university involved?

Jun 5 2017 10:47am

Snap election series: Once fighting for labour rights, now a Lib Dem candidate

Law graduate who once championed miners' rights in South Africa begins new life canvassing on the streets of east London

Jun 5 2017 9:05am

Morning round-up: Monday 5 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 5 2017 7:51am

Linklaters kicks off Pride Month with rainbow-coloured reception lighting

London office receives magic makeover to celebrate all things LGBT

Jun 2 2017 12:34pm

A poem: ‘Oh, I wish I’d looked after me brief!’

Legal Cheek's resident funny man Wigapedia returns with an ode to barristers' briefs

Jun 2 2017 10:23am

LSE masters exam features question about ‘President Trumpet’ building a giant wall

Exclusive: Assessment even contains a Donald-esque tweet

Jun 2 2017 9:14am

Morning round-up: Friday 2 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 2 2017 7:50am