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The law firm’s 466% turnover increase, the ex-senior partner’s fraud and the ambiguously worded press release
It makes for an explosive combination
Is Charlotte Proudman about to sue the tabloids?
Labelling me a 'Feminazi' is defamatory, claims barrister-turned-gender commentator
Morning round-up: Friday 2 October
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper are better than the magic circle, claim brand gurus
Global behemoths beat London aristocrats
‘Are you sure I don’t look silly?’ Attorney General’s Twitter jitters over full-bottomed wig pic
Jeremy Wright QC deletes photo -- then, after seemingly recovering composure, re-posts it
City firm offers virtual ‘helicopter trips’ and ‘Ferrari racing’ in bid to make commercial awareness interesting
But will CMS's virtual reality headsets allow students to forget that it's slashing trainee numbers by a third this year?
Why ‘following your passion’ isn’t always the best advice
Law can be tough, but it provides a better grounding than a job in a trendy start-up, argues an anonymous magic circle trainee solicitor
Morning round-up: Thursday 1 October
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Friends of Freshfields lawyer shot dead in Berlin are crowdfunding to help his family
Legal and other costs facing popular ex-solicitor's parents could hit £20,000
Top QC who didn’t pay tax for 12 years is struck off
Commercial silk Rohan Pershad QC was "extremely poor at paperwork"
‘Cambridge-educated Weil Gotshal trainee’ flogs training contract advice for £45 an hour
When you're on £97k a year, is this really necessary?
Morning round-up: Wednesday 30 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lawyer falls for latest Facebook ‘legal contract’ privacy hoax
If in doubt, cite the "Rome Statute"
Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker’s court charge
Axe this "laughably unfair" charge, urge members of legal profession
Lawyers’ ethics: who would you save first in a fire — your mum or girlfriend?
Chinese judicial ethics exam asks wannabe lawyers to decide
Inner Temple awards top scholarship to bencher’s daughter
Exclusive: £22,000 BPTC prize goes to student with very close family connection to Inn
Morning round-up: Tuesday 29 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Daily Express forced to make huge correction to ‘people who benefit from human rights’ story
Do they just make this stuff up?
Solicitor who had SIX KIDS while at Slaughter and May — and made partner — reveals ‘best decision’: to quit law
Laura Carstensen, who had three kids in the first four years of career, speaks publicly about "structural sexism"
Bar Council chief and Dechert’s Miriam González-Durántez latest to back Proudman feminist movement
LinkedIn row barrister now has support of Nick Clegg's City lawyer wife and a less enthusiastic Alistair MacDonald QC
US firm that pays London newly qualified lawyers £101k boosts trainee intake by 20%
Latham & Watkins now offering more training contracts than many mid-tier City outfits