Anglo-Aussie break up: Stock market-listed Slater and Gordon confirms split from UK arm
Decision follows a string of disappointing financial results
Two robot lawyers have ‘hooked up’ in legal software ‘relationship’ first
Tech bubble alert as ‘LISA’ gets together with ‘Billy Bot’
The demise of family law? Courts now ‘largely inaccessible’ and ‘unintelligible’, says court president
As solicitor is lambasted for ‘extremely serious professional errors’ in complex child abuse case
Suited and booted lawyer with 150k followers sets pulses racing across the globe
‘What type of lawyer are you so I can know what type of crime to commit’
London via the back door: Do I accept my Midlands training contract offer?
Sights set on the City
Edinburgh law student in massive row with his uni over ‘mocking ISIS’ claim
University of Edinburgh says it’s investigating ‘complaints alleging misconduct’
Trainee solicitor who charged clients for legal advice handed 18-month suspended jail term
Training contract disaster
Parking company sues top QC, loses
Doughty Street barrister achieves what fish and chip shop owner Barry Beavis couldn’t
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Does sports law exist?
If no, it’s certainly on its way
The best law books that aren’t To Kill a Mockingbird
Legal Cheek team’s picks
‘Karate lawyer’ promises to take out corrupt judges using martial arts expertise in hilarious spoof advert
‘What I lack in formal legal qualifications, I make up for in karate moves’
Welsh wannabe lawyers unable to obtain vital student funding just weeks before law school starts
And their government is being blamed
Eight tech start-ups set to join Allen & Overy’s hipster-esque ‘Fuse’ innovation hub
Well-known AI system and asylum advice app among successful applicants
Anger as City law’s only Michelin-starred chef ‘forced out’ of Watson Farley & Williams
The famous Philippe Roth exits after 14 years at firm
Magic circle top payer opts against raising NQ pay above £85k, dashing ‘100 Club’ dreams
Freshfields to stick rather than twist
Regulator issues ‘what not to do’ social media guide for solicitors amid rise in complaints
Just days after a law firm partner was sanctioned following anti-Semitic Facebook rant
Will studying at the Open University limit my training contract chances?
Its status among solicitors is a worry
Fake barrister listed on genuine chambers website is jailed for defrauding terminally ill woman out of £92,000
He falsely claimed to have a law degree from the University of London
End ‘direct jurisdiction’ of EU courts post Brexit, says government
But Justice Minister says UK will need to keep “half an eye” on its rulings in the future
Female barristers granted access to top London court’s male-only robing room
Gender should play no part in the role or status of an advocate, says Southwark judge
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What role does China play in the world’s fight against cyber crime?
A shelter mentality to cyber security
Hogan Lovells and Eversheds Sutherland reveal 80% autumn retention results
Solid scores from international duo
Kirkland & Ellis ups trainee pay to £50-55k as Macfarlanes boosts to £44-49k
A lot of money for 22 and 23-year-olds
Lady Hale: Solicitor-barrister divide to blame for male dominance of the bench
Calls for more to be done on gender diversity in Belfast speech
White & Case keeps 15 of its 18 London NQs following 17% salary hike
English-qualified lawyers wanted despite Brexit, says US megafirm
‘I moved to the UK and was appalled by its immigration system, now I’m fighting for reform’
All students should study immigration law, argues Durham prof
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Will disappointing module results stop me getting a magic circle training contract? 
11 things I wish I could tell my law student fresher self 
Ex-UEA criminal law lecturer who fled court during indecent images trial given three-and-half-years in prison 
8 things you’ll only understand if you study law at King’s College London 
The history of rape laws: Some might find it hard to believe, but the law is a lot better now
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