I got in trouble for arguing with a pro-life campaigner at school, now I’m a barrister in the Northern Irish abortion law case
Supreme Court ruled in Jeremy Hunt’s favour this week, now all eyes are on Strasbourg
SRA moots paying student guinea pigs to sit pilot super-exam
Want to get paid to take the SQE?
‘They tried to get lawyers’: Devastating cuts to legal aid prevented Grenfell Tower residents accessing advice over safety concerns
Legal profession offers pro bono support to blaze victims
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The legal implications of printing out new body parts
Tort and privacy law concerns aplenty as it’s revealed we’ll be able to 3D print new organs by 2023
Law lectures will not survive much longer, says Oxford academic
Make way for the internet age of legal education
Oxford law grads pocket £20,000 a year more than Durham and Warwick peers
Earning power: Oxbridge dominant over Russell Group rivals, new stats show
Northern Irish women NOT entitled to abortions on NHS, Supreme Court rules
Landmark case decided by majority of 3:2
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Solicitor super-exam WILL change how big City law firms hire trainees, insists SRA boss
Comments come in response to suggestion by Hogan Lovells chief that scrapping LPC may not have major impact
Solicitor super-exam: Students able to take LPC and GDL into the 2030s
Exclusive: Regulator backs ‘lengthy transition period’, as lawyers speculate advocacy’s place on SQE
Norton Rose Fulbright’s merger with Aussie law firm Henry Davis York given go-ahead following successful partner vote
Official go-live date remains unknown
Reshuffle: Ex-City lawyer who claimed foodbank users have ‘cash flow problems’ returns to the MoJ
Dominic Raab MP made a Justice Minister, as fellow commercial solicitor made Work and Pensions Secretary
The standard of proof in solicitor AND barrister disciplinary hearings should be lowered, says SRA
Days after Leigh Day lawyers cleared on 19 misconduct charges
Open thread: What’s it like to be a barrister?
Share your experiences with the next generation of bar wannabes below the line
Police conducting drugs investigation search Herbert Smith Freehills’ Belfast office
Number of items taken from low cost support hub for further examination
NQ pay rises at Linklaters, with top performers set to earn over £90,000
£1,000 basic salary increase
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Lawyers rush to defend Leigh Day after solicitors cleared of 19 misconduct charges
One said it was ‘a shameful political witchhunt’
Supreme Court launches Instagram account as justices head out on Edinburgh trip
What will Neuberger’s filter of choice be?
The first ever legal careers network for STEM students who want to become lawyers has been launched
STEM Future Lawyers will bring together top law firms and the best science, technology, engineering and maths students
Iraq torture case: Leigh Day cleared of ALL misconduct following longest solicitor disciplinary tribunal in history
Two partners and a junior solicitor faced charges including pursuing false claims against British troops
CEO of BPP Law School steps down
Land law barrister at the university’s helm for 20 years
General election: Human Rights Act ‘safer now than it has been for years’, says top LSE human rights professor Conor Gearty
Exclusive: Conor Gearty tells Legal Cheek why he thinks our rights are secure under brand new Tory-led coalition
What the hell does this election result mean for Brexit?
Social media rush as lawyers debate hung parliament’s impact
Slaughter and May freezes lawyer pay as UK hit by hung parliament uncertainty
But salaries will remain under review, says elite magic circle outfit
Over a third of new law students are from ethnic minority backgrounds
Law far more ethnically diverse than other humanities-based subjects
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Clyde & Co associate struck off after sending ‘misleading’ emails to conceal £500,000 error 
Case comment: Why someone was sent to prison for taking photos of the Grenfell Tower victims 
There’s now a Supreme Court guidebook for bears 
ULaw among gold-rated universities in government’s first teaching rankings 
Court rules rock band can trade mark its name even though it’s offensive to Asians
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Court rules rock band can trade mark its name even though it’s offensive to Asians (33)
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Worry more about AI going wrong, says Slaughter and May (26)
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