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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
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
Morning round-up: Monday 28 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lord Harley to face Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
"Harry Potter" lawyer will have initial case management hearing in early November
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
Former Freshfields junior lawyer, 31, shot dead in Berlin
Luke Holland, who was with magic circle firm until 2013, killed outside nightclub
Morning round-up: Friday 25 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
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
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
Atkin Chambers raises pupillage award to £72,500 — the highest at the bar by far
Commercial set ups pupil money by 20%
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
Morning round-up: Thursday 24 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
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
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
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
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
Morning round-up: Wednesday 23 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Supreme Court says some of Lord Sumption’s comments ‘appear to have been misunderstood’
Highest court moves to quell Twitter storm
Jeremy Corbyn launches immediate review into Tory ‘assault’ on legal aid
Left-winger sends clear signal that he's a friend to lawyers
Olswang and Osborne Clarke hit by trainee exodus
Mid-tier pair bid adios to high proportion of new qualifiers