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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
I went to the one-man theatre show about the UK’s first black judge and this is what I thought of it
Less singing, more law please
Morning round-up: Friday 27 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
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"
The best use of social media that we’ve seen this year
Which solicitors, barristers and students have been wowing their peers?
Bar Council calls for BTPC cost reduction as it slams BSB’s training reform proposals
Representative and regulator clash over barristers' education
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
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
Morning round-up: Thursday 26 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
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
Robots could do admin work Cambridge double-first associates don’t want to do, Law Society report states
Will ‘automation’ be the buzzword of 2017?
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
Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
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
Did the Daily Mail’s Supreme Court ‘Europhile ratings’ mirror how the judges ruled today?
No, of course they didn’t
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
The wretched Watson Glaser test and why I think it should be scrapped
Why do grad recruiters still use the 85-year-old test?
Updated ‘Our History’ page on KWM’s website glosses over administration woes
It says the firm has "reduced its lawyer numbers in Europe"
Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Junior barrister Amal Clooney more influential in law than Supreme Court justices
Posh bible Debrett’s reveals its top 20 lawyers