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Defendant tells judge that Solomon the cuddly owl will defend him
Pensioner frustrated by crumbling US public defender service turns to a piece taxidermy for legal advice; lessons for UK legal aid?
Two City firms launch sci-fi recruitment tool in bid to boost diversity
Hogan Lovells and Baker & McKenzie rush to front line of technology-assisted scheme to make City legal practice more representative of wider society
The Judge Rules: The money’s good, so get it while it lasts
Junior City lawyers are bathing in big pay rises, but money isn’t everything -- just ask those in practice
A letter from Michael Gove: ‘Being Lord of The Chancellors is a really great job’
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, newly-appointed Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, writes exclusively for Legal Cheek (aided only slightly by Wigapedia)
Morning round-up: Friday 22 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Linklaters takes trainee pay honours for English firms — just days after Hogan Lovells shot to top spot
Magic circle firm also boosts cash for qualifying solicitors but this time falls short of transatlantic rivals and Slaughter and May
Law school exams are ‘literally worse than having my wisdom teeth extracted’
Many feel the pain, but one student’s angst over endless hours of revision and rewrites has ended up on the internet
Doughty Street barrister a pawn in Clooney prank on Pitt
Hollywood mega-star seems to think his human rights missus is a criminal law specialist, who will spring him from jail when he snaps his fingers
Vast majority of crime barristers back picket lines to oppose legal aid reforms
First challenge for newbie Justice Secretary Gove could be to dodge his way through striking lawyers looking to block “dual provider scheme”
Was Osama bin Laden doing law revision when raided by special forces?
US spooks reveal the al-Qaeda supremo was leafing through LSE-educated solicitor’s book in the hours before he met his end
Edward Snowden journo’s latest scoop is about GCHQ’s misuse of a gavel
The moment the campaign against inappropriate gavels hit the big league
Morning round-up: Thursday 21 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
London trainee faces career ruin after faking law degree and LPC certificates
Regulator releases details today of finding against 29-year-old former London South Bank University student
Hogan Lovells boosts trainee and NQ wedge to join Slaughters at top of English pay table
Anglo-US firm waves two fingers at UK deflation as it pumps up newly-qualified salaries by 7.5%
Hollywood comes to a Nottinghamshire high street law firm
This solicitors’ outfit clearly wanted to get into the media with an easy PR stunt -- so here’s the story
10 exam struggles that only a law student will understand
Should have done a geography degree
Morning round-up: Wednesday 20 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Market recovery in question as three law firms wield redundancy axe
Could flurry of lay-offs at Hill Dickinson, Capsticks and Plexus Law be the beginning of something?
New Lord Chancellor Michael Gove quotes Lord Denning as he is sworn in at the RCJ
“Be you ever so high, the law is above you"
Adventures in junior lawyer advertising: The Texas Law Hawk is back
Is grabbing fish from a river with your bare hands a good way to build a legal practice? Possibly ...
‘Grayling and Gove attempt to go unnoticed’ — the London Legal Walk in pics and tweets
The legal great and good were in attendance for yet another successful charity walk -- but were there some unwelcome guests?