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Cambridge law student goes public about creepy rubber duck stalking campaign

Undergraduate who has done mini-pupillages at two top sets tells world about attracting unwanted attention

Nov 3 2015 12:34pm

City lawyers can’t agree if they should fill the legal aid gap

National Pro Bono week kicks off with a disagreement about Justice Secretary Michael Gove's grand plan

Nov 3 2015 10:14am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 November

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Nov 3 2015 8:11am

Inner Temple votes to cut library space by nearly 60% so it can build a lecture theatre

Move comes as rumours of not-for-profit BPTC continue to swirl

Nov 2 2015 4:07pm

There is a new contender for the worst attempt at a fraudulent personal injury claim ever

Police release footage of fake slip that saw man jailed for fraud

Nov 2 2015 3:08pm

Why is nobody talking about this Friday’s Inns of Court scholarship deadline?

£5 million in cash and rent-free flats in central London up for grabs, but publicity is minimal

Nov 2 2015 12:06pm

Ethnic minority City lawyers still under-represented at the top

Only a handful of internationalist firms reflect diversity of the general UK population

Nov 2 2015 10:07am

Morning round-up: Monday 2 November

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Nov 2 2015 7:54am

A practising barrister who failed to declare his old criminal convictions has been disbarred

Omissions come back to haunt forgery barrister 16 years later

Oct 30 2015 2:04pm

Police investigate after sex attack on paralegal’s miniature Shetland pony

Tiny horse was found badly injured, with two separate internal injuries

Oct 30 2015 11:47am

The unintentionally positive effects of the Witchcraft Act are still being felt today

Laws against witchcraft were pivotal in the creation of modern concepts of evidence; they also gave women a voice in court as witnesses

Oct 30 2015 10:00am

Not accepting students with 2:2s is ‘discriminatory’, argues top legal academic

Dr Steven Vaughan says degree class doesn’t tell the whole story

Oct 30 2015 9:09am

City law firm trainee pukes on senior colleagues at awards ceremony

Stephenson Harwood rookie "extremely embarrassed" after vomiting on three associates

Oct 30 2015 8:33am

Morning round-up: Friday 30 October

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Oct 30 2015 8:18am

Lawyers: a car park comparison

Image captures difference between haves and have-nots in corporate law

Oct 29 2015 5:28pm

Top Blackstone Chambers QC rejects Oxford prof’s claim that technology will destroy legal profession

Lawyers survived email and Twitter -- and they'll survive everything else, predicts David Pannick QC

Oct 29 2015 1:59pm

Blogging ex-judge gives exclusive insight into one of most influential cases of past 150 years

Former Court of Appeal man reveals what it was like to decide Re A (conjoined twins)

Oct 29 2015 12:24pm

Humans star Gemma Chan reveals that she nearly joined Slaughter and May

Oxford law graduate did vac scheme at magic circle firm

Oct 29 2015 11:27am

The top 15 law fair freebies of 2015

The stash creating the biggest stir on campus

Oct 29 2015 9:51am

Morning-round: Thursday 29 October

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Oct 29 2015 7:57am

Halloween is coming: Witch takes ‘world’s best-known warlock’ to court over harassment claims

Witches versus warlocks -- but who will triumph in court?

Oct 28 2015 3:05pm