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Killer clause: How canny piece of wishful thinking netted Claudio Ranieri £6.7 million bonus
When drafting contracts: Always expect the unexpected
Silver circle law firm Ashurst boosts 12 to partner level
Four women among those promoted as global law firm chases 40% female partnership target
Petition to revoke Oxford law student’s scholarship racks up more than 20,000 signatures in 24 hours
Latest outburst from student behind the ‘Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford’ campaign saw young waitress reduced to tears
Clifford Chance seeks Chinese megafirm merger in bid for global domination
Firm declines to comment about reports that it wants to ascend beyond the magic circle
Law school exam horror stories will make you think Halloween’s come early
But can you guess which one’s a fake and can you top our list?
Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 May
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Revenge porn clinic and dementia law Skype sessions among winners of Attorney General pro bono awards
Student-run law firm and Scotland-Miami exchange also scoop prizes
11KBW barrister returns to Oxford Graduate Students’ Dinner where she was groped by academic
Harini Iyengar speaks out 20 years later
Women partners: Eversheds smashes 25% gender diversity target as CMS and Norton Rose Fulbright eye 30%
The demographics of megafirms are changing
Liberty mocks UK Snoopers’ Charter in candid camera campaign film
Human rights charity documents people's reactions to comedian demanding to look through their mobile phones
The very best legal problems from the wonderful world of Reddit
Someone wanted to know if he could draw a penis on his dustbin
Morning round up: Friday 29 April
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
‘Lawyer of the week’ confesses missing the most extraordinary moment of her legal career because she skipped a court day
The Supreme Court made legal history last month -- shame the lawyer behind the case wasn’t in court to see it
Legal commentator voices concerns over challenges facing university innocence projects in damning new article
The odds are stacked against law students investigating potential miscarriages of justice
UWE law grad is the fourth ‘coolest’ person in FinTech right now
Budding entrepreneur secured £200,000 in funding to produce student finance app
Shakespeare meets Silk — Supreme Court Justice idea’s time has come
Could this be the next smash global TV format?
Social mobility work experience scheme pledges to stay closer to students as chair passes from Allen & Overy to Hogan Lovells
PRIME seeks to move to next level after giving 4,000 kids City law placements in five years
Morning round-up: Thursday 28 April
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lord Harley’s claim for ‘interim relief’ against Law Society struck out by High Court
"Harry Potter" lawyer was seeking to restrain the release of six closed files under a freedom of information request
Legal professor LOSES judicial review challenging cancellation of controversial Southampton Law School conference
High Court judge rules that academic freedom was not at stake
Research: UK’s WORST law schools for ’employability’
How did your law school fare?