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Like the Ritz, Grayling’s embarrassing ‘Global Law Summit’ is open to all
Join the Justice Secretary, some arms dealers and Cherie Blair to toast the Magna Carta
Morning round-up: Monday 26 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Happy Birthday Lord Denning!
Barristers bombard Guardian journo with spoof otter-watching texts after overhearing her mobile number outside court
Tedium of waiting for jurors to come to a verdict was relieved by a practical joke on a hack
Alternative careers: junior solicitor launches cat cafe to help stressed out students
Feline-themed venture by Maclay Murray & Spens lawyer could be purrrfect for beleaguered legal hopefuls
Clifford Chance’s Aysh Chaudhry saga — a sad and salutary tale
Global mega firm caught between a rock and a hard place as fall-out from YouTube rant lingers
Morning round up: Friday 23 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
No beer today
Do you even lit bro?
This lawyer has torn up the law firm profile rule book -- presumably with his bare hands.
Dentons merges with China’s Dacheng to become the biggest law firm ever to grace the planet
London firm quiet on prospects for trainees in wake of China merger
‘My day on a plate’: law student edition
Coffee, Red Bull, crisps, lager ...
Morning round up: Thursday 22 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Wig fail
University offers module in marijuana law
Legalisation of marijuana in Colorado set to spawn generation of weed lawyers
Bar Standards Board makes grovelling apology after being savaged by top judge
Professional body found to have withheld key evidence by Court of Appeal
The first City law firm trainee retention rate of 2015 has been released
Trowers & Hamlins' 82% figure bodes well, but it's early days yet
Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
London office of US firm launches unpaid vac scheme-lite for first year students
Weil Gotshal & Manges cites an “increasingly competitive environment” in move to target ever-younger students, who will be working for free
Legal pic of the day
Keys to the Inn
£1,750-a-head Magna Carta ‘summit’ hijacked by legal aid event that costs a tenner
With delegate fees at more than £1,700, don’t expect to see too many young lawyers brushing shoulders with the PM and BoJo at next month’s official Magna Carta celebrations. But there is an alternative…
Someone has done a poo on the floor of Westminster Magistrates Court
Solicitor’s tweet about excrement on floor of Westminster Magistrates Court leads to Vice interview