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Twitter in meltdown as it emerges lawyers representing Trump won ‘Russia Law Firm of the Year’ award
A big day for Chambers & Partners
Taking the fear out of being different at the bar
Hardwicke’s Brie Stevens-Hoare QC on why she’s backing FreeBar, a new bar-wide LGBT+ initiative
Exclusive: King & Wood Mallesons to cancel all training contracts TOMORROW in prep for administration
Rookies to work as paralegals at new firms until SRA re-registers them
Morning round-up: Thursday 12 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Research: Over a third of trainee solicitors are being paid BELOW the Law Society’s recommended minimum salary
Chancery Lane figure is being ignored by many firms
Richard Susskind champions ‘entirely new’ lawmaking process, then tells Lords ‘I’m not as radical as you might think’
The legislature is not broken but could be a lot better
Students tackle hate crime, meat production and fake online reviews in social mobility charity’s Model Law Commission
They're hot topics, but what do 16-year-olds make of them?
Morning round-up: Wednesday 11 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Exclusive: Lord Harley is appealing against his striking off
Tribunal’s decision now subject to High Court appeal
King & Wood Mallesons notifies court of its intention to appoint administrators, again
Delaying the inevitable
Struck off Lord Harley badges himself ‘Pro bono senior counsel’ on LinkedIn
Exclusive: SRA has received complaint and is considering "next steps"
‘Cosmic Cadet’: Taylor Wessing embraces new space-themed computer game to assess training contract hopefuls
Clifford Chance and Dentons considering doing the same
Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights – the next Brexit?
Catgate PM talks of "clean break" with European court and convention
Morning round-up: Tuesday 10 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Judge who branded abusive defendant ‘a bit of a c**t’ cleared of misconduct
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office will not take formal action against Judge Patricia Lynch QC
Chambers boost pay as pupillage applications open
Hardwicke, 2 Temple Gardens, Littleton and Doughty Street all up their awards
Hardwicke barrister to create hipster-esque pop-up restaurant for charity
All proceeds from the five-course culinary experience go to Save the Children
Top media lawyer rewrote Instagram’s T&Cs without the legal jargon and it makes for stark reading
One-page guidance far simpler than app's official 17-page privacy policy