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‘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
Morning round-up: Tuesday 22 August
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Gowling WLG posts 84% autumn retention result
As national outfit Browne Jacobson scores 67%
‘Drunk’ law tutor thrown off Heathrow flight is ordered to pay £4,500
Humanitarian law expert, who the SRA says “is not a member of the profession”, reportedly set to take up teaching role at Durham University
Watch what you tweet: CPS promises to crack down on social media hate crime
But lawyers have concerns
Grateful grad: Bangor student collects first class law degree following successful fundraising appeal
Tuition fee debt had prevented the wannabe lawyer from graduating
Morning round-up: Monday 21 August
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Freshfields sends Manchester paralegals on mini-secondments to London, Dubai and Germany
Magic circler extends trainee perk to northern rookies
Solicitor who made anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist Facebook comments handed 12-month suspension
He dared a member of the public to report him, so they did
Linklaters keeps 47 of its 56 trainees upon qualification
Magic circle retains 84% of rookies as newly qualified solicitors
Morning round-up: Friday 18 August
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Piers Morgan tells US lawyer that Harvard Law School is ‘somewhere south of Dumb & Dumber’
But gets case law wrong
Air justice! Judge Rinder takes chopper to court in adrenaline-fuelled advert
Mission Impossible-esque promo also features a leather clad clerk and a high-powered motorbike
Ince & Co keeps nine out of ten NQs
As London litigation specialist Stewarts Law retains just one
Morning round-up: Thursday 17 August
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People are poking fun at The Times after it described the Offences Against the Person Act as a ‘Victorian-era law’
'They'll have a fit when they discover where common law offences come from'
City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis
Two students even went to White & Case’s Abu Dhabi office for work experience
Strictly Come Dancing: Glasgow law graduate and ex-corporate lawyer Susan Calman announced as contestant
Will she dance with a gavel like Judge Rinder?
Morning round-up: Wednesday 16 August
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Tieless at Travers: City law firm ditches corporate dress code in favour of new casual approach
Unless within eyeshot of a client