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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
CMS Cameron McKenna waves good-bye to 38% of spring NQs
CMS Cameron McKenna has kept just 16 of its 26 spring newly-qualified cohort, posting a comparatively woeful retention rate of 62%
The Judge rules: This is the end … for the criminal bar
Wannabe criminal barristers should “celebrate” yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling by spinning the classic Doors song and getting pissed to Jim Morrison’s prophetic lyrics
Google Street View shatters law firm’s delusions of grandeur
Never judge a law firm by its website
Saul Goodman-style mavericks vs straight-A golden children: who will be the advocates of the future?
Is it over for the rough diamonds in law?
Morning round-up: Friday 27 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Twitterati goes wild after Lord Wilson uses exclamation mark in Supreme Court judgment!
Even Lord Denning didn't go this far
Pinsent Masons retains 79% of qualifying trainees
Latest City firm to put qualifying young bloods out of their misery is keeping 15 of its spring 2015 round
Revealed: How law schools’ websites looked at the dawn of the millennium
Throwback Thursday: A journey back in time through the World Wide Web -- law school edition
Strathclyde, Huddersfield, Greenwich and BPP are best unis for pro bono
Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2015 winners announced
Morning round-up: Thursday 26 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Striking again — court defeat over legal aid cuts could see barristers back on picket line
Court backs government plans for massive cuts in number of legal aid law firms, reigniting fears that law students wanting a career in crime will have to rob banks
Exeter Uni students boss this year’s Clifford Chance ‘CV Blind’ competition
Students from Russell Group institution net 20% of vac scheme places awarded through scheme, but overall winner is from LSE
Wig for sale on the cheap: one witchdoctor former owner
Freshly-called lawyers could save a few quid by picking up second hand horsehair that a bogus witchdoctor is flogging after £1 million swindling spree
Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Disgraced Gibson Dunn partner teaches lawyers a valuable lesson — play straight with the court
The story of the high-flying Dubai-based English solicitor, a Djibouti millionaire, a terror attack and some phone calls provides a salutary tale for law students
A lawyer is backing a terrifying law to enforce public execution of gay people
Quirks in California’s referendum system have allowed the promotion of a dangerously homophobic bill, as local politicians call for lawyer proponent to be struck off
Leveson’s advice to wannabe advocates: stop bleating on about the blindingly obvious
On the eve of judging the Bar’s annual mock trial competition the President of the Queen’s Bench Division speaks exclusively to Legal Cheek