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What’s on Slaughter and May’s jukebox?
Elite magic-circle law firm Slaughter and May has a jukebox in its office
Pupillage Gateway might not move to January after all
Bar Council in possible U-turn over centralised application switch
Former refugee with first class law degree bids to crowdfund BPTC
Plucky east Londoner needs £12,000 to do bar course
Morning round-up: Wednesday 12 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
RPC unveils autumn retention figure of 79%
City of London firm will keep 15 of 19 UK trainees
Wannabe solicitor loses £800k claim for missing out on training contract because of car crash
Judge doesn’t buy line that law firm's alleged negligence caused loss of professional opportunity -- but praises litigant-in-person’s legal skills
Diva of Divorce up against most-followed lawyer on Instagram in battle for ‘Legal Personality of the Year’ crown
It’s solicitor v barrister in fight for coveted Law Society gong
Morning round-up: Tuesday 11 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Ince & Co posts lowest autumn retention figure so far – keeping just 60% of its new lawyers
City firm Ince & Co drop to bottom of retention table, with six NQs heading for the exit
Modern lawyers are far too specialised, says Supreme Court judge
First Jonathan Sumption QC laid into law degrees, now he’s criticising qualified lawyers for being narrow minded
QC takes swipe at ‘knob on the bench’ who controls courtroom aircon
Barristers uses misunderstanding to his advantage
Court document in full: Lawyer demands Game of Thrones-style ‘trial by combat’
New York sole practitioner attempts to resurrect ancient common law tradition
City firm monitors lawyers’ calls in bid to combat stress
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co implements app-based tech that checks for stress in lawyer telephone voices
Morning round-up: Monday 10 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Comments of the week
The best from below the line
The Judge Rules: career-focused millennials spell doom for the GDL
Like James Blunt, the law conversion course is just so 2005
Uni of Law ditches Birmingham part-time BPTC just six weeks before start date
Exclusive: Students with part-time places told to head to London instead
Killjoy bar leaders aim to phase out dining requirement for qualification as a barrister
Age-old tradition of drunken bread roll fights looks set to be pensioned off as it's not sufficiently educational
Morning round-up: Friday 7 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Number of bad-boy barristers drops as disbarments tumbled last year
Regulator’s annual figures show complaints rise, but 31% fewer lawyers were given red cards
Fact check: Oxbridge-obsessed chambers claims to be a ‘varied and diverse place’
20 Essex Street Chambers gets carried away on Twitter