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Posh solicitors pocket almost £7,000 more than ‘working class’ colleagues

Profession dominated by those from "advantaged backgrounds", says government-backed report

Jan 27 2017 9:45am

Morning round-up: Friday 27 January

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jan 27 2017 7:45am

Stint on the sex offenders register for City lawyer who racially and sexually assaulted woman at Christmas party

He also poured beer over his victim's head and called her an "Australian slut"

Jan 26 2017 1:48pm

The best use of social media that we’ve seen this year

Which solicitors, barristers and students have been wowing their peers?

Jan 26 2017 12:17pm

Bar Council calls for BTPC cost reduction as it slams BSB’s training reform proposals

Representative and regulator clash over barristers' education

Jan 26 2017 11:18am

There are nearly 4,000 more solicitors on the roll now than there were just after the Brexit referendum

But the number of lawyers with practising certificates has actually gone down

Jan 26 2017 10:48am

The story of the Brexit legal challenge, by somebody who went to every hearing

Gina Miller's case was the biggest in recent history. I was one of the few journalists there from beginning to end

Jan 26 2017 9:11am

Morning round-up: Thursday 26 January

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jan 26 2017 7:48am

Brexit legal challenge barrister to launch pro bono project to keep government in check

"I feel uncomfortable with the direction our country is going in", says Jolyon Maugham QC

Jan 25 2017 3:33pm

Supreme Court: Why Amal Clooney could (in theory) be next to serve on the bench

And nine more lawyers poised for the judiciary’s celebrity status

Jan 25 2017 8:55am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 January

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jan 25 2017 7:39am

US Vice President Mike Pence made a bizarre comic strip while at law school and now it’s surfaced online

Cartoon creation maps the trials and tribulations of law student life

Jan 24 2017 3:04pm

Supreme Court rules Theresa May CANNOT trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval

Most important constitutional law case of a generation concludes with an unexpected split decision

Jan 24 2017 11:01am

The wretched Watson Glaser test and why I think it should be scrapped

Why do grad recruiters still use the 85-year-old test?

Jan 24 2017 9:47am

Updated ‘Our History’ page on KWM’s website glosses over administration woes

It says the firm has "reduced its lawyer numbers in Europe"

Jan 24 2017 9:02am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 January

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jan 24 2017 7:47am

Junior barrister Amal Clooney more influential in law than Supreme Court justices

Posh bible Debrett’s reveals its top 20 lawyers

Jan 23 2017 1:00pm