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Morning round-up: Friday 27 November
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Slater & Gordon’s stock price plummets by over 50% as George Osborne aims to end compensation culture
This may be why few law firms are listed on the stock market
It’s official: law is harder than medicine
Bristol students swap lectures -- LLBer cracks medicine in a jiffy, while medic is baffled by contract law
First female Asian High Court judge sworn in
Bobbie Cheema-Grubb QC is a state-school educated northerner who wanted to be an astronaut
Morning round-up: Thursday 26 November
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Beyoncé shakes up evidence and family law syllabuses
Lady Hale wants children to have a greater voice in court
Addleshaw Goddard set to merge with Maclay Murray & Spens to create Anglo-Scottish megafirm
Combined firm could become one of the biggest sources of training contracts in the UK
Job losses, falling profits and rising debt for Walkie Talkie law firm
DWF has a great London office and a big overdraft
Bar Council confirms Pupillage Gateway date change U-turn with consultation launch
Opinions of law students sought over on/off timetabling switch
Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 November
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Katie Hopkins seems to be styling herself as a legal commentator
Reality TV star loves writing about the law in her mad Mail Online columns
Linklaters moves to distance itself from charity — a year after it was placed under investigation
Exclusive: Magic circle firm's logo removed from Human Aid's website and name deleted from sponsorship page
‘I want to be a lawyer — but not a corporate lawyer: is there hope for me?’
The message from law fairs is that it's City law or bust
Amal Clooney thinks £450,000 engagement ring is too fancy for legal London
A-lister's rock costs more than many of her Doughty Street colleagues' homes
Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 November
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Top lawyers are ten times more likely to be privately educated than anyone else
The legal profession just can’t seem to shake its ‘old boys’ club’ reputation -- for good reason
City law firm RPC teams up with Jersey Boys star to release Slade Christmas classic cover
Solicitor choir gets into the festive spirit for charity
Charlotte Proudman and top QC have huge Twitter row about who knows the law better
Spat about the Female Genital Mutilations Act shakes social media
Morning round-up: Monday 23 November
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Is this the most Scottish law firm ever?
McSporrans defence lawyers -- no seriously