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Baker McKenzie goes on record to give its Brexit/Trump predictions, and it thinks M&A activity will ‘drop sharply’
International giant makes its forecast, as Law Society warns UK solicitors might be less desirable to US firms
Why KWM’s demise isn’t the end of the world for its future trainees-to-no-longer-be
So law isn’t the safe career you thought
Morning round-up: Monday 16 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Legal Cheek talks… are trainees paid enough?
The haves and the have nots
From swimming lessons to solitary confinement — the highs and lows of human rights
A single week shows the diversity of ECHR cases
Top barrister takes to Twitter to reveal what law schools don’t (but really should) teach their students
"Get used to being the only one on the train platform"
In defence of the solicitor super-exam… an NQ’s perspective
The SQE will stop the LPC gamble
Morning round-up: Friday 13 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
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