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Sacked Apprentice lawyer wants you to fund her business
Lauren Riley turns to crowd funding to boost her client-communications app
Morning round-up: Tuesday 9 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Now there’s a mobile app that monitors and records human rights abuses
International lawyers group launches hi-tech tool in fight against tyrants and political fanatics
Herbert Smith Freehills and Ashurst latest to jump on contextual recruiting bandwagon
Both firms adopt diversity tool after informally assessing recruits against it for last year
King’s College law lecturer sues posh estate agents over ‘rip-off fees’
Former Clifford Chance solicitor and consumer and competition law specialist fuming over £600 bill for light fitting
Queen Mary law student advice centre leads way in battle against revenge porn
Students to tour London secondary schools in bid to educate teenagers about recently legislated criminal offence
Global firm CMS kicks off fourth year of state school student law degree bursary
Scheme is designed to encourage sixth-formers from “disadvantaged backgrounds” to have a punt at legal profession
Morning round-up: Monday 8 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Regulator bars ex-Linklaters paralegal for defrauding firm to fund friend’s gambling
Former magic circle paralegal struck off
Officialdom’s advice to lawyers: be nice to litigants in person
It’s not a good idea to swear at members of the public representing themselves
The Judge Rules: Students should be cautious following latest Uni of Law sale
Who is the 36 year-old new owner of ULaw?
Morning round-up: Friday 5 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Clifford Chance leaps to joint top of junior lawyer pay league table
Freshfields and Allen & Overy are the remaining magic circle firms keeping trainees and newly-qualified solicitors on tenterhooks
What the supervisor says Vs What the trainee hears
Junior and senior lawyers speak a different language
Morning round-up: Thursday 4 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Post-sale ULaw pinches City firm Trowers & Hamlins from Kaplan in GDL and LPC deal
Mid-tier international firm gives University of Law a boost in wake of sale to Netherlands-based conglomerate
Camping ‘law student’ brings a touch of Glastonbury to the library
Resourceful student crafts his own private study area from books and sheet combination
10 skills California law students say are must-haves to succeed in the modern legal profession
A US west coast university lecturer is at the forefront of merging design and law
Cutting edge ‘virtual’ law firm in hot water over ambulance-chasing Alton Towers tweet
Solicitors quickly ditch social media bid to pick up work in wake of Staffordshire amusement park disaster
9 young lawyers to follow on social media for a glimpse into the glamorous side of law
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