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Careers
The changing fortunes of Dublin as a legal centre from the eyes of a lawyer who lived it
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘The rise of Dublin as a global legal centre’, Pinsent Masons senior associate Marilyn Cooney reflects on her career to date
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Super-exam cost revealed before Christmas, says SRA
As Kaplan’s SQE director defends multiple choice format
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The Supreme Court created an Instagram story of its two new justices being sworn in
Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin officially join the top bench
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The 2019 Firms Most List goes live
Expanded lists now feature 90 firms — each with a Legal Cheek View and Insider Scorecard ranking
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Careers
The life of a capital markets lawyer
White & Case’s Inigo Esteve tells us how he helps international companies list on the London Stock Exchange and shares his advice for students seeking to get into this branch of City law
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TLT partner handed two-year driving ban after getting behind the wheel following ‘boozy’ client lunch
Paul Crighton was more than three times the drink-drive limit
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The Kavanaugh saga: ‘Why the US system of appointing Supreme Court justices sucks’
Could it happen here in the UK?
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Complaints about barristers jump by 30%
But number of disbarments is down, according to new report
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Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
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Phone-hacking lawyer Mark Lewis to face disciplinary tribunal over ‘offensive’ social media posts
The allegations are as of yet unproven
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Barrister draws criticism on Twitter over claims white people can identify as black
That escalated quickly
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Manchester Uni’s law, business and computer science departments join forces with Freshfields and DWF for new lawtech research and teaching project
Now the scientists are getting involved
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Twitter fraudster impersonates top criminal QC in unsophisticated money wiring scam
Internet wrong’un uses image of 2 Bedford Row’s Michael Wolkind QC
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Trainee lawyer who performed CPR on client awarded for life-saving actions
Adam French received a national ‘Everyday Heroes’ gong
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The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
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London chambers set to make history by renaming itself after a woman
Helena Normanton was the first woman to practise at the bar
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Ince & Co and Gordon Dadds in tie-up talks to create UK’s largest listed law firm
Statement issued to the London Stock Exchange
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The Canary goes after legal Twitterati royalty
Barristers Adam Wagner and Jolyon Maugham QC targeted by left-wing news website following comments they made on social media
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Labour conference round-up: Party says it will open law centres and raises concerns over digitisation of justice
Legal aid is a ‘pillar of the welfare state’, says shadow justice minister
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Careers
What we learnt from Shearman & Sterling’s ‘Whiteboard Wednesday’
Video series for law students demystifies key commercial awareness concepts — and new season will run this autumn
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Journal
Is the introduction of a bill to tackle online hate crime necessary?
Social media is rife with hate crime and prejudice, but is clamping down on it with a law the right move?
