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Only a barrister would pay best part of £6k for a dating service
Who is the mystery woman of the bar looking for love with a man cradling a copy of Emma?
Media luvvie barristers in cat fight over alleged assault on London bus
Telly talking-head Sophia Cannon squares up against Doughty Street's Tunde Okewale -- with a phone hacking lawyer thrown into mix
Yesterday the government made it pointless to qualify into a legal aid law firm
Ministry of Justice announced a second round of cuts to crime specialist law firms, taking total to more than 17% in last year
12 reasons that being a law student still sucks even though exams are over
The pain continues
Top HSBC in-house lawyer tells students to ditch gap years and work at JD Sports instead
Show us that you're not reliant on mummy and daddy, says bar graduate-turned-banking lawyer Sandie Okoro
Morning round-up: Thursday 11 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Post-sale Uni of Law takes hit as Baker & McKenzie deserts to BPP
Global firm is latest big name to pull training deal from University of Law, following in footsteps of Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance
Drug use among lawyers and law students: take the anonymous Legal Cheek survey
Do you take illegal -- or even "legal" -- drugs?
White & Case ups London NQ pay by 20% to a whopping £90k
But flash New Yorkers still £10k off lead pace set by US rivals in Square Mile
Only one in five Britons with a legal problem in next three years will go to a lawyer
Research from uber-regulator exposes huge lack in access to justice for ordinary public
Morning round-up: Wednesday 10 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Outsourced court staff play Bhutanese translation joke on harassed barrister
Pay attention crime lawyers -- salutary tale highlighted on Secret Barrister Blog
Exclusive: man appears naked in Appeal Court for first time … probably
Renowned ‘naked rambler’ lives up to name in bid to overturn ASBO sentence -- but sadly its via video link
Freshfields chucks £500 pay rise at trainees as top partners take home nearly £1.5m
Latest magic circle player to update pay gives newly-qualified solicitors a big fat nothing
‘Jeoffrey’ commits multiple torts against Catelyn and Sansa in Game of Thrones-inspired law exam
Legal academics at Sheffield University in exam homage to hit show First year law students...
9 things that happen when legal brains attend music festivals
As a lawyer it can be hard to just enjoy the show
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