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Over 500 barristers sign open letter to BSB chairman attacking training reform proposals

Regulator's consultation into future bar training closed yesterday

Feb 1 2017 8:50am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 1 February

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Feb 1 2017 7:50am

White & Case unveils 88% spring retention score

US titan’s London office confirms it has taken on a second KWM trainee

Jan 31 2017 3:21pm

Crowdfunding website set up by ex-Linklaters associate launches in US to help bring legal actions against Donald Trump

CrowdJustice part-funded the Brexit judicial review, now it’s heading across the pond

Jan 31 2017 1:58pm

Lord Harley to take strike-off decision to Court of Appeal

He's appealing on Equality Act grounds

Jan 31 2017 11:10am

Happy birthday to the Legal Cheek Journal!

As it celebrates turning one, we count down the ten best contributions to our legal affairs hub

Jan 31 2017 10:32am

Beware the bursting of law’s artificial intelligence bubble

Legal tech is a long story of incremental change, not revolution

Jan 31 2017 9:29am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 31 January

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jan 31 2017 7:46am

Success: KWM confirms ALL current trainees have found new homes

Legal Cheek revealed rescue plan back in December

Jan 30 2017 5:18pm

Gina Miller warned she’ll be the ‘next Jo Cox’ as she admits she doesn’t use public transport and has panic buttons in her home

Reveals concerns about safety in same week parliament will debate Article 50 bill

Jan 30 2017 12:44pm

Trump’s Muslim ban: Lawyers descend on airports across the US to help free detainees

The legal profession fights back, as petition set up by Leeds solicitor gains one million signatures

Jan 30 2017 11:34am

Exclusive: Richard Susskind tells law schools to future-proof students with tech modules

Tom Connelly and Katie King interview the legal profession's foremost technology expert

Jan 30 2017 9:59am

It will be 2067 before half of QCs are women, BSB says

Disappointing new diversity stats reveal that gender equality at the bar 'remains an issue'

Jan 30 2017 9:13am

Morning round-up: Monday 30 January

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jan 30 2017 7:52am

Number of male lawyers reaching out to advice helpline increases

Calls to LawCare on the up overall

Jan 27 2017 1:29pm

Student makes headlines after revealing he’s suffered racist abuse at Bristol law school

Russell Group university has launched an investigation

Jan 27 2017 12:27pm

Thief who stole from local salon ordered by court to cut judge’s hair

But the 16-year-old must complete a hairdressing course first

Jan 27 2017 11:41am

Subpar A-levels or my ex-poly uni: What’s preventing me from getting a training contract at a top firm?

I have a first class construction degree and big ambitions

Jan 27 2017 10:29am