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Why I don’t want to become a partner
Yes I’m a City lawyer, but the gruelling hours just aren’t for me
Morning round-up: Thursday 11 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
More people want to date lawyers than any other profession
Two have been named most-wanted singles in London
Hogan Lovells trials new ‘continuous feedback’ system to assess lawyer performance
Global giant presses pause on lengthy annual reviews
Lord Sumption slams TWO of his fellow judges in strongly-worded contract law speech
And then goes on to confess his love for dictionaries
15 things that will absolutely, definitely happen in your law school exams this summer
Will you be the one to get your statute book confiscated?
Morning round-up: Wednesday 10 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Law lecturers accuse SRA of ‘disingenuous reporting’ over super-exam consultation responses
But regulator says it's published everything it can
New court drama hoping to show viewers the ‘inner workings of the justice system’ will star real QCs and an ex-Old Bailey judge
The Trial: A Murder in the Family will air on Channel 4 later this month
History made: The number of law school applications from women is now over DOUBLE the number of applications from men
Exclusive: Female first years likely to outnumber men two to one
Meet the London Met law student who took the Government Legal Service to court over her training contract rejection, and won
She'll be applying again this summer
Morning round-up: Tuesday 9 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
LSE tort exam includes question about ‘Nigel’ and ‘Donald’ drinking beer and crashing a plane into the River Thames
Exclusive: 'Boris' also gets knocked off his bike
Why lawyers are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues
Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare, shares her tips on how to thrive, not just get through the day
CMS implements new ‘dress code guidance’ to help its suit-favouring lawyers blend in with more casual Olswang colleagues
The two firms merged with Nabarro last week
Law students are more likely to be psychopaths than their psychology-studying peers — but economics and business students are the ‘darkest’
The study looked at Machiavellianism and narcissism too
Morning round-up: Monday 8 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Kirkland & Ellis’ graduate recruitment website inadvertently promotes viagra
Well its award winning office does look a bit like a penis
A law student used Harry Potter-style invisible ink to sneak 24 pages of ‘unauthorised notes’ into exam
She was caught by students and the invigilator
Top lawyers clash over whether we should have a written constitution
Is now the UK’s ‘constitutional moment’?