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Incredible BPTC handbook advises students to wear ‘double breasted’ jackets in their advocacy exam — and says they’ll be marked down for wearing ‘kinky boots’
Points also deducted for drinking from water bottles
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Porsche driver who killed top criminal barrister as he left Law Rocks gig jailed for one year
David Batcup was a tenant at Charter Chambers
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Crowdfunding success: LSE students awarded compensation over mouldy halls of residence
Outed ‘severe rodent infestations’ and ‘noisy construction works’
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Graduate recruiters need to realise some law modules are harder than others
Some firms don’t even look at what subjects you’ve studied
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Careers
Event: You’ve qualified — now where next?
Legal Cheek junior lawyer soft skills workshop and social, with Axiom, Hardwicke and Herbert Smith Freehills
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Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith boost junior lawyer pay to £75,000
Rises for some trainees too
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Journal
Should sex offenders have access to the internet?
It’s seen as a human right
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Fall of the robots? 86% of Brits prefer legal advice from humans
Though a quarter wouldn’t mind robotised MPs
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Reed Smith to launch Leeds support hub
No plans at present to offer training contracts
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Expect ‘chaos’ to follow criminal barristers’ legal aid protest
Cases adjourned and judges sitting in empty courts — but if barristers don’t walk out ‘the justice system will never recover’
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Cocaine dealer’s Lidl checkout-working law student lover jailed after flaunting ‘Kim Kardashian’ lifestyle on Instagram
Handed 15-month prison term for acquiring criminal property
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Now open for entries: The Privacy Law Blogging Prize
Social media is rife with privacy law issues, particularly in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Tell us about them for the chance to win a free return flight to New York City
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How religion has fallen, for law to take its place
Philip Wood, a QC and former Allen & Overy partner, pens book on why lawyers are the new priests
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Squire Patton Boggs and Trump’s personal lawyer part ways after FBI office raid
The President has described the search as an ‘attack on our country’
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Careers
Millennials may be tech-savvy, but they can definitely learn a thing or two from those with more experience
Legal Cheek Live recently headed up north for the fourth Secrets to Success event at The University of Law
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Wannabe barrister who overcame anorexia to study law at Oxford now crowdfunding her Cambridge masters degree
She hopes to raise £10,000 after spending childhood in care
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‘It’s virtually impossible to reach the top of City firms without straight hair’
Is black hair and professionalism an oxymoron? An aspiring lawyer looks at the research
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PwC, Neota Logic and Institute of Student Employers among latest speakers at the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Today’s speaker announcement coincides with ‘two for £400’ Conference offer — open for limited time only
