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Research: Average barrister earnings equate to £60,000 salary

Bar Council claims overheads account for 'half of a barrister’s turnover'

Feb 17 2017 9:14am

Morning round-up: Friday 17 February

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Feb 17 2017 7:27am

Students ‘proud’ as Kent Law School academics take on Donald Trump

But can a letter signed by 253 law scholars achieve more than a petition by nearly two million?

Feb 16 2017 1:34pm

Barristers struggle to suppress anger at Liz Truss’s silk day speech

Exclusive: Lord Chancellor’s speech was badly judged and has not gone down well with new QCs

Feb 16 2017 12:00pm

You can now apply to be a Supreme Court justice

Applications to fill unprecedented number of vacancies open today

Feb 16 2017 9:05am

Morning round-up: Thursday 16 February

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Feb 16 2017 7:50am

Legal Cheek talks… should the £20 note burning law student be kicked out of Cambridge?

Nearly 23,000 have signed a petition calling for his removal

Feb 15 2017 4:45pm

New solicitor super-exam could prevent ‘less affluent’ students entering the profession, warns Junior Lawyers Division

Despite the SRA claiming qualification will be 'substantially cheaper'

Feb 15 2017 11:06am

UK Supreme Court justices are hearing death penalty cases

And it's not a 'dirty little secret'

Feb 15 2017 9:48am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 15 February

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Feb 15 2017 7:43am

11 reasons why you should date a lawyer

We know you want to

Feb 14 2017 8:56am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 14 February

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Feb 14 2017 7:48am

Posh cars (and even a horse-drawn carriage) descend on Westminster as barristers celebrate new silk status

And there were plenty of full bottomed wigs and silver buckled shoes too

Feb 13 2017 1:44pm

The Daily Mail went on a crazy anti-lawyer rampage this weekend

Newspaper’s tirade included telling profession it should apologise for Phil Shiner

Feb 13 2017 11:34am

I used my autism to my advantage and secured a training contract at Reed Smith

Why keep quiet about a disability when it has so many positive aspects?

Feb 13 2017 10:15am