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Emoji art -- works well on court drawings too

City law firms' quest for lower overheads and staff costs continues

There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date

As 2TG award hits £67,5000, Hardwicke and 11 Stone Buildings also boost pupil money triggering a potential cash arms race for top talent

Chambers prank?

25-year-old term consigned to history as not-very-catchy replacement is introduced

CM Solicitors -- who act for Oldham as well as sponsoring the club -- face down social media backlash

Stickies matter

Criminal law specialist promotes second series of Judge Rinder by telling the nation that short-term forecast is going to be "terribly cold, terribly wet and thoroughly miserable”

Study shows that confidence is far more important than sounding testosterone-fuelled when wooing judges and juries

City law firms are getting cuddlier by the day

A California high street practice has taken advertising to fresh heights as the founding partner has a chat with a randy doll

Kit sponsorship means the firm’s name would brush up against that of the convicted rapist -- but CM Solicitors says it will not pull plug on deal if the Wales international signs on at Boundary Park

Deadlines for London offices of Shearman & Sterling, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell are next week -- joining handful of other firms

Hot under the collar

A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge

Potential bad news for training contract hunters of the future ...

Ludicrously-titled publication arrives as scourge of clinical negligence lawyers prepares to take Chancery Lane helm

Allen & Overy deadline was midnight on New Year's Eve -- leapfrogging rivals, whose deadlines fall in next few days

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