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Chuka ‘no’ shocka, Sir Keir declines – only Lamb remains as lawyer party leader candidate

But is former East Anglia employment partner actually being led to electoral slaughter?

May 19 2015 9:03am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 19 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 19 2015 7:41am

Top QC in househusband U-turn as she tells young women lawyers to share domestic chores

Dinah Rose backtracks on advice to young women lawyers to find "someone to have dinner on the table"

May 18 2015 3:35pm

Exposed: mysterious lawyer charting conquests in sex autobiography is ex-Herbert Smith and Clyde & Co

Exclusive: Twitter slip-up sees solicitor's identity uncovered by Legal Cheek following anonymous Mail Online article

May 18 2015 12:20pm

Morning round-up: Monday 18 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 18 2015 8:00am

Sheffield barrister that fled justice given four years for assaulting girl

Crimewatch alert led to arrest at Birmingham Airport of former St John’s Buildings lawyer

May 15 2015 3:26pm

The Judge Rules: publicly listed law firms will mean even fewer training contracts

Gateley’s move this week closer to the door of the London Stock Exchange signals the advance of yet another factor law students and young lawyers will have to confront

May 15 2015 12:14pm

University of Law and students in row over legality of obscene songs

Law school claims Town Police Clauses Act 1847 still applies -- students not so sure

May 15 2015 10:45am

City firms silent on whether they will follow PwC in ignoring A-level results

Big Four accountancy firm shocks recruitment market and stuns Square Mile law firms with its bid to boost diversity

May 15 2015 9:08am

Morning round-up: Friday 15 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 15 2015 8:11am

Lawyer gets lawyered

Contract drafted by lawyer's child goes viral

May 14 2015 5:56pm

Lawyer rugby tackles client in court to foil escape bid

Wallabies call-up must be next for a man who practises in one of the most exotic and remote parts of the world

May 14 2015 3:25pm

‘Rappers may have it over judges,’ says Lord Neuberger after listening to Jay Z‏

Judicial bombshell -- Supreme Court supremo Lord Neuberger has been listening to Brooklyn's star hip-hop and gangsta geezer

May 14 2015 11:14am

Campaigners at war over Human Rights Act petition

Online bid to force a referendum has picked up nearly 200,000 signatures, but the experts reckon it’s counterproductive

May 14 2015 9:22am

Morning round-up: Thursday 14 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 14 2015 8:16am

5 ways to dodge work during your training contract — and still get retained

Pacing yourself is essential for a long and fruitful career: in a guest post an anonymous solicitor -- who writes the must-read Corporate Drone blog -- sets out the tricks

May 13 2015 2:41pm

Research: sleep-starved barristers are court zombies

The profession is stressed out and depressed, according to the Bar Council’s own survey, with a fifth saying they would never recommend it as a career

May 13 2015 12:10pm

Students back code for TC offers timetable — law firms don’t

Signs that City graduate recruitment departments are already moving towards a training contract free for all as the regulator ditches existing guidelines

May 13 2015 9:36am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 13 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 13 2015 8:15am

This is what one chambers’ haul of pupillage applications looks like

A 40-member set in the Temple is swamped with pleas from wannabe barristers -- and it won’t be the only one

May 12 2015 5:35pm