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Male solicitors are paid 38% more than women at commercial law firms
The sisters are taking a huge hammering worth thousands of pounds, according to research released yesterday
Morning round-up: Wednesday 17 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Exclusive: Reed Smith hands qualifying solicitors modest 1.5% pay rise
Trainees at Pittsburgh-headquartered practice do better, bagging 4% rise to take them to £38,500
Smartphones have made overtime culture ‘endemic’ in law, finds research
Study released today blames phones and tablets for allowing partners to deprive associates of almost all sleep
Sacked gun-wielding magistrate’s fury at ‘double standard’ over BSB investigator’s Dirty Harry-style photo
AK-47 posing magistrate frustrated over his fate as staffer at bar regulator goes unpunished for Facebook gun pose
Research: wannabe barristers are the biggest law student druggies
Legal Practice Course counterparts are the least keen, but when wannabe solicitors do take drugs they have penchant for cocaine
Morning round-up: Tuesday 16 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
PM hit with social media flack for Magna Carta banalities
David Cameron’s 800th anniversary message from windswept Surrey car park wins little more than derision
Tory councillor fake barrister avoids jail, but gets 200 hours of scrubbing graffiti
Monika Juneja forged university and bar school qualifications to bag legal sector jobs -- and a top slot with local Conservatives
Social Mobility Commission slams law firms for rich kids bias
Unofficial "poshness test" which champions "talent" keeps riff-raff out of legal profession
Morning round-up: Monday 15 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Exclusive Legal Cheek survey: 27% of lawyers take recreational drugs
And it’s not just a spliff round the barbecue — nearly 80% of users are keen on class-A gear
Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach
Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews
Official research: law students love it doggy style
University sex survey shows wannabe lawyers prefer approaching from behind to traditional missionary position
Canary Wharf law firm asks students to pay to do work experience
"You will be charged for us providing you this opportunity"
The Judge Rules: the justice system has failed the Naked Rambler
Being offended by the naked human form should not trump fundamental rights
Morning round-up: Friday 12 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Only a barrister would pay best part of £6k for a dating service
Who is the mystery woman of the bar looking for love with a man cradling a copy of Emma?
Media luvvie barristers in cat fight over alleged assault on London bus
Telly talking-head Sophia Cannon squares up against Doughty Street's Tunde Okewale -- with a phone hacking lawyer thrown into mix
Yesterday the government made it pointless to qualify into a legal aid law firm
Ministry of Justice announced a second round of cuts to crime specialist law firms, taking total to more than 17% in last year
12 reasons that being a law student still sucks even though exams are over
The pain continues