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Morning round-up: Wednesday 6 April
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Off the Cuff: Dress Code shocker as HMP Belmarsh seeks to ban visiting lawyers from wearing cufflinks
First they came for our cufflinks… bar appalled at what might be banned next
The Law Society has just wasted £7 million on a failed business venture — here is what they could have spent it on
Independent review reveals a catalogue of errors led to conveyance software flop
Missing Queen Mary law undergrad found dead in Slovenia
He had not been seen since February
65% of kids think lawyers are men
And they drew some delightful pictures to demonstrate this
Morning round-up: Tuesday 5 April
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Northern megafirm Hill Dickinson retains all six of its spring qualifiers
Liverpool-based outfit strikes perfect 100% trainee retention score
Pinsent Masons promotes eight women to partner as Linklaters considers female boss
Who run the world? Girls
Student who sued law school after failing LPC twice fails to overturn vexatious litigant order
She now wants to become a barrister
The law student jargon dictionary
The words wannabe lawyers use to show off
Sidley Austin pays £100,000 each to seven Kirkland & Ellis associates as signing-on fee
City law juniors haul in Premier League footballer-level money
Morning round-up: Monday 4 April
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
King & Wood Mallesons and Eversheds reveal contrasting trainee retention performances
Meanwhile, Simmons & Simmons accused of retention figure manipulation
Who’s to blame when an April Fool goes wrong?
All fun and games until someone loses an eye
Aspiring solicitor’s training contract deemed worthless after she was left unsupervised for 15 months
Supervisor took maternity leave without arranging appropriate support
Law Society’s Chancery Lane HQ to become Europe’s largest Nando’s
Neo-Georgian building in heart of legal London purchased by chicken giant for undisclosed fee
Morning round-up: Friday 1 April
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti to join top commercial set 39 Essex Chambers
From human rights to big money barristering
Doughty Street junior barrister replaces Shami Chakrabarti as director of Liberty
Martha Spurrier was called to the bar in 2010, the same year as Amal Clooney
Bigshot megafirm partner banned from UK legal practice after billing clients for luxury family holidays
Top lawyer also used firm's cash to pay off debts he owed relating to spin-off venture
Gloucestershire Uni law student charged with attempted murder after Megabus knife attack
20 year-old could face lengthy spell behind bars if found guilty