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Morning round-up: Wednesday 15 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Scanning a defendant’s brain can establish mens rea, claim neuroscientists
Will the results be used in the courtroom?
This judge looks like Ursula from The Little Mermaid
And it got us thinking about our own Supreme Court's Disney look-alikes
An open letter to future lawyers, from a future lawyer
A trainee at a top City outfit has something she wants to share
Morning round-up: Tuesday 14 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
‘There is no incentive for junior lawyers to qualify into criminal law’, says Junior Lawyers Division
And there will be even less incentive after MoJ pay reforms
Bragging barristers: Bar Council issues fresh guidance for online etiquette
Just weeks after Michael Wolkind QC was fined over website claims
Law firm partner’s career hangs in the balance after High Court headbutt attack on EastEnders star’s father
Property law specialist Philip Saunders handed an 18-month suspended sentence
New online soap reveals ‘the truth’ about life as a solicitor in a City law firm
Coronation Street for corporate lawyers
LGBT moot: BPP Law School snatches victory from 2016 winners Oxford University
The competition was judged by some of the country's leading human rights specialists
Morning round-up: Monday 13 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
‘How Twitter works’ appendix to Katie Hopkins libel judgment was penned by rookie barrister, reveals phone hacking lawyer
But 5RB’s Greg Callus insists viral guide was a team effort as Jack Monroe describes him as “lovely”
Legal Cheek talks… ‘moaning millennials’
This week a trainee at a top City firm went public with her mortgage woes, but was she justified in doing so?
Freshfields unveils 84% spring retention score
Magic circle outfit keeps 31 of its 37 NQs
Cardiff student goes public with LLB regrets and says law school is a quicker way to kill yourself than smoking
‘Never, ever study law’, says Ursula Rifat
Pants on fire: Lawyer’s trousers burst into flames while defending client accused of arson
Stephen Gutierrez blamed the crotch combustion on a faulty e-cigarette battery
Lawyers are turning to botox to hide their emotions and make them look more serious
The new trend has been dubbed 'protox'
Morning round-up: Friday 10 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Browne Jacobson admits it ‘incorrectly attributed’ praise for its solicitors to the Legal 500, when it was actually written by the firm
Exclusive: The testimonies have now been deleted from the lawyer profiles
Rare species alert: INTERESTING pensions cases in the Supreme Court today
Juicy legal human rights issues, equality and the principle of retrospective effect -- with seven QCs getting stuck in