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The Judge rules: thank-you, Weil, for exposing work-life balance charade
Big law firms should be honest with their junior lawyers about what life is like at a top-tier practice: the money is great but it's hard work
Lawyer to take part in arctic rugby world record attempt
Eversheds associate will strap on his snow shoes and trek 100 miles to play rugby at the north pole in charity world record attempt
Yet another BPTC is being launched — despite chronic shortage of pupillages
BPP is controversially to bring its BPTC to Brum, despite only nine pupillage places available in all the West Midlands as of yesterday
Global law firm apologises for April Fool promising better work-life balance
Associates at Weil Gotshal’s offices around the world are fuming at ham-fisted bid by the senior partnership to take the piss out of work-life balance issues
Call for QC rank to be widened to all lawyers, not just advocates
Restricting the gong is unfair and a block to diversity in the modern profession, says legal executives group
Morning round-up: Thursday 2 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
The lamps went out all over legal London today
Power cut bring chaos to lawyer-land, but several brave souls manage to get down the pub
Judges give Grayling a special birthday present — another High Court defeat
Justice Secretary gets slapped down again, this time over prisoner transfer reforms – but happy b-day, nonetheless, Chris
Newly-qualified retention latest: Simmons clocks up 80%
City firm hangs on to 12 of 15 freshly minted solicitors -- and places one in house
Lawyer left red-faced in Facebook advert typo
Today's *face palm* award goes to a US lawyer in Maryland -- but, hands up, it could happen to any of us ...
Former One Direction star Zayn Malik to be fast-tracked to bar pupillage (April Fool!)
Just days after jacking in boy band -- and with no traditional qualifications -- Zayn Malik has bagged a place at a magic circle chambers
Morning round-up: Wednesday 1 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Access to Freshfields’ new Manchester office is through a shopping centre
Lawyers at esteemed magic circle firm will be able to grab fast-food and trainers en route to work
Clifford Chance lawyers prepare to swap their suits for hoodies that are colour-coded by rank
No, it's not 1 April yet -- this is legit
Morning round-up: Tuesday 31 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Wirral Grammar School for Girls wins Bar National Mock Trial Final
Liverpool sixth formers emerge victorious from field of 2,000 students in final presided over by Sir Brian Leveson
Is this the youngest chambers pupil ever?
1KBW silk plonks the old horsehair on baby’s head in craven bid to win cute points from Twitterati
Real life Suits: Lawyer who practised for 10 years and made partner accused of faking qualifications
US "lawyer" Kimberly Kitchen is alleged not to have bothered with any legal training -- just like Mike Ross in legal drama Suits
Law firms run Oxbridge recruitment targets as high as 50% of trainees, says diversity chief
A senior Law Society figure claims unofficial bias in favour of elitism remains rife among City and large commercial firms
Morning round-up: Monday 30 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
University of Law beats rivals to bag first teaching law firm licence
Nottingham left to lick its wounds as the country’s biggest law school is awarded alternative business structure status