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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

Sep 28 2015 11:23am

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

Sep 28 2015 9:44am

Morning round-up: Monday 28 September

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Sep 28 2015 8:01am

Lord Harley to face Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

"Harry Potter" lawyer will have initial case management hearing in early November

Sep 25 2015 12:01pm

Legal aid lawyer’s Facebook status about feeding client’s cat goes viral

Crumbling justice system sees solicitor forced to take on pet-sitting duties

Sep 25 2015 9:55am

Former Freshfields junior lawyer, 31, shot dead in Berlin

Luke Holland, who was with magic circle firm until 2013, killed outside nightclub

Sep 25 2015 9:03am

Morning round-up: Friday 25 September

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Sep 25 2015 8:15am

At last, Lord Sumption has a friend! Top female QC comes out in support of under-fire Supreme Court judge

Sarah Forshaw QC backs Sumption over women judges comments; as shadow Lord Chancellor is latest to put boot in

Sep 24 2015 5:15pm

The University of Law seems to think the former Soviet Union still exists

Looking to study the LPC? Still view yourself as a citizen of a dissolved communist superstate? Then ULaw has you covered

Sep 24 2015 3:03pm

Now it’s Proudman versus Sumption: LinkedIn row barrister slams Supreme Court judge

27-year old is seizing new role is unofficial spokesperson for nation's female lawyers

Sep 24 2015 10:01am

Morning round-up: Thursday 24 September

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Sep 24 2015 8:13am

Donald Trump’s lawyer’s cease & desist letter wins critical acclaim

Missive by Alan Garten, the Trump Organisation's general counsel, is an internet hit

Sep 23 2015 5:08pm

Surely future magic circle lawyers aren’t sufficiently superficial to be swayed by the promise of a free swim?

It's all about the quality of the deals -- and the on-site pool

Sep 23 2015 1:23pm

Mishcon de Reya and Addleshaw Goddard post encouraging autumn retention results

Duo both keep 85% of new-qualifiers -- hanging onto a combined 34 trainees out of 40

Sep 23 2015 12:04pm

What it’s like to do jury duty when you are a barrister

Hardwicke's Andy Creer experiences life on the other side of the courtroom

Sep 23 2015 9:54am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 23 September

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Sep 23 2015 8:23am

Jeremy Corbyn launches immediate review into Tory ‘assault’ on legal aid

Left-winger sends clear signal that he's a friend to lawyers

Sep 22 2015 4:16pm

Olswang and Osborne Clarke hit by trainee exodus

Mid-tier pair bid adios to high proportion of new qualifiers

Sep 22 2015 2:37pm