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The websites charging barrister hopefuls as much as £200 an hour for pupillage interview advice
Exclusive: A handy leg-up for those who can afford it

Writer wonders if he should have become a corporate lawyer
Sunday Times’ Josh Glancy unsettled by wealth divide opening up between him and pals from Oxford who went into law

Barrister fails to overturn £1,000 fine for ‘racially charged’ tweet
High Court rejects argument Twitter is 'famously rude and offensive'

Baker McKenzie’s London office reopens after employee tests negative for coronavirus
Sent staff home on Thursday

Law students are ‘arrogant, narcissistic and power-hungry’, claims youth news website
The Tab takes pop at legally-minded undergrads -- and not for the first time

Extinction Rebellion: what went down at the protest outside Slaughter and May
Banners, banging drums and hazmat suits

Law Society boosts recommended minimum pay for trainee solicitors by 1.9%
£22,541 in London and £19,992 elsewhere

Baker McKenzie closes London office as ‘precautionary measure’ to combat potential coronavirus case
Staff told to work from home

Court of Appeal judges pause Heathrow expansion on climate change grounds
Government must now formally reconsider third runway, this time factoring in the Paris climate agreement

Paralegal jailed for online child abuse removed from profession
Aspiring barrister pleaded guilty to 158 sex offences

Extinction Rebellion to target Slaughter and May’s London HQ
Magic circle player's links to oil industry cited in online protest post

15-year-old with no legal knowledge scores 48% on SQE practice paper, claims Kent Law School deputy head
Academic reveals daughter's super exam efforts

Old Bailey juries sent home after ‘unusually large parcel’ blocks court toilets
Was it a 'huge fat ball' from the court kitchen?

Mayer Brown London managing partner to speak at LegalEdCon 2020
Sales of Early Bird Tickets end this Friday

Ex-Freshfields partner Ryan Beckwith launches High Court challenge over tribunal ruling
City lawyer was fined £35,000 and ordered to pay £200,000 in costs for drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

Digital bank Revolut expands into legal services
Fintech giant strikes deal with 'digital lawyer' platform

SRA won’t appeal Ryan Beckwith ruling
Ex-Freshfields partner was fined £35,000, but not struck off, for engaging in sexual activity with a junior female colleague

Meet Manchester City’s new star defender: Lord Pannick QC
Champions call on Blackstone heavyweight to tackle UEFA ban

SRA dismisses call to disclose LPC provider pass rates
Junior Lawyers Division's plea comes after stats show law school success scores vary from 100% to 29%

Linklaters keeps 36 out of 41 spring NQs
Further four rookies defer start dates