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Morning round-up: Wednesday 17 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Solicitor super-exam could ‘devalue’ and ‘dumb down’ the law
Legal establishment comes out against plan to scrap LPC and open firms to non-graduates
Impressive spring retention season continues as Osborne Clarke keeps on all its trainees
Seven out of seven March qualifiers have committed their future to the international firm
Tax City lawyers to help the legal aid crisis, says founder of top legal aid firm
Human rights solicitor defends Michael Gove's legal levy idea
1,000-year-old tradition of recording laws on goat and calf skin hangs in balance
Peers say scrap tradition in favour of £80,000 a year savings
Morning round-up: Tuesday 16 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
American Lord Denning found dead at luxury resort in Texas
Law students mourn loss of eccentric Supreme Court judge
Students shine at Supreme Court social mobility event — despite taking harsh criticism from Court of Appeal judge
Judges prove just how out of touch they are, again
Simons, Muirhead & Burton partner embarrassed as ‘kufr’ video surfaces on YouTube
Footage from 1997 shows London lawyer speaking at extremist group rally in Trafalgar Square
UWE law student solicitor dream in balance after attacking pal in baby photo row
Aspiring lawyer lashed out at friend in Welsh hospital
Why City law firms don’t need to keep in touch with work experience students
If they want to build ties, students should show some initiative and send an email
Morning round-up: Monday 15 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Top City law firms criticised for failing to stay in touch with social mobility work experience students
Two-thirds of PRIME students had no further contact with their allocated firm
Revealed: the areas of the country where trainee solicitors are paid the least
South West is best -- avoid the rest, apart from the City
15 great photos of dogs dressed as lawyers
Dog lawyers is even more of a thing than cat lawyers
Senior lawyers slam ‘entitled’ millennial training contract hopefuls
But they admit that corporate law is a different beast to when they were growing up
Morning round-up: Friday 12 February
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Sacked Chelsea FC-mad corporate solicitor who branded Liverpool fans ‘scouse scum’ lands new job at City law firm
Lawyer was fired late last year after foul-mouthed football rant that swept YouTube
Ministry of Justice confirms 86 courts across England and Wales WILL close
Twenty-two that are set to close will be relocated to other sites
Why does the ‘Do you know anyone at the firm’ question appear on application forms?
Law student tweets frustration after being asked for “personal contacts”
Number of criminal solicitors set to rise as Michael Gove has a major change of heart
Weren't the government meant to be cutting the number of criminal law firms a few weeks ago?