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Morning round-up: Friday 18 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Mar 18 2016 8:26am

How do you play a networking event?

The debatable usefulness of small talk over a glass of wine

Mar 17 2016 2:25pm

Exclusive legal profession poll: 75% want to stay in EU

Survey of 1,000 lawyers and law students shows massive opposition to Brexit

Mar 17 2016 12:14pm

Apprentices set to go head-to-head with first year law students for top solicitor jobs

LLBers, beware of hotshot school-leavers with much more experience than you

Mar 17 2016 9:26am

Morning round-up: Thursday 17 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Mar 17 2016 8:03am

Lawyers’ professional privilege under threat from Snoopers’ Charter

And Theresa May fails to reassure the legal profession

Mar 16 2016 3:19pm

Clifford Chance reveals lowest trainee retention rate of the magic circle

Spring figure doesn’t come close to dizzying autumn heights

Mar 16 2016 1:11pm

Trump turnaround on legal fees pledge

The Donald proves as contradictory as ever

Mar 16 2016 10:42am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 16 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Mar 16 2016 8:13am

BBC takes a gutsy look at legal issues surrounding domestic violence

Shocking documentary shows victims can face a “mockery of justice”

Mar 15 2016 4:00pm

Arise, m’learned friend

Prince Harry to study law at Yale?

Mar 15 2016 3:03pm

Judge sues Ministry of Justice for discrimination

Peter Herbert takes on government in what's set to be an explosive legal battle

Mar 15 2016 1:18pm

£6.70 per hour ‘barrister’ sought by Starbucks

Bleak times ahead for wannabe advocates

Mar 15 2016 11:09am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 15 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Mar 15 2016 8:08am

Staggering 99.9% conviction rate in China revealed

An ode to Chinese defence lawyers

Mar 14 2016 3:31pm

Junior doctors in ‘unprecedented’ judicial review crowdfunding campaign

Public gets behind NHS contract legal challenge

Mar 14 2016 1:09pm

Linklaters keeps hold of 45 out of 54 qualifying trainees

Retention rate of 83% for offerer of most training contracts in the City

Mar 14 2016 12:26pm

Brexit would trigger exodus of UK lawyers to re-qualify in Ireland, say experts

It'd be the only way for British solicitors and barristers to do anything EU law-related at a decent level

Mar 14 2016 11:19am

Baker & McKenzie boosts newly qualified lawyer pay to £70,000

First year trainees will also walk away with £3,500 extra

Mar 14 2016 9:53am