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Morning round-up: Friday 26 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Seven law firm partners named on 2017 ‘ethnic minority role model’ power list
Lawyers at Freshfields, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Clifford Chance and BLP all make the cut
Barristers and football agents team up to kick off new ‘innovative’ legal business
VII Law becomes the bar’s first licensed ABS
Revealed: 60% of lawyers think visible tattoos are not acceptable in their firms and chambers
Could we see a discrimination case in the near future?
Nottingham Trent’s student-staffed ‘teaching law firm’ launches commercial advice arm
Legal centre was handed an ABS licence by the SRA in 2015
Morning round-up: Thursday 25 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Exclusive: There are 16,000 barristers currently practising, just 110 have criminal convictions
A third of these were for drink driving
Pro bono appeal: Manchester Law Society calls on lawyers to help victims of arena terrorist attack
Twenty-two people killed after suicide bomber targeted Ariana Grande concert
Cambridge college names first female head in its 700-year history, and she’s an international and company law lecturer
She did her training contract at Clifford Chance
BPP criminal law exam delayed by over an hour due to shortage of question papers
Exclusive: GDL-ers were told to remain in their seats while the problem was resolved
Morning round-up: Wednesday 24 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Social media fumes as female QC caught having rush hour romp with male solicitor has criminal record wiped, but his caution stands
The SRA has confirmed it will not bring disciplinary action against him
LSE law second year wins the BARBRI International Cyber Crime Blogging Prize
Izaan Khan edges BPP Law School graduate to win return transatlantic flight
London Legal Walk: Lawyers descend on sun-soaked capital for annual 10km charity event
Here are some of the best bits
‘Don’t make snap decisions too soon’, SRA tells aspiring solicitors contemplating whether to take the LPC or the super-exam
Exclusive video interview: Legal Cheek speaks to the regulator’s director of education and training
Morning round-up: Tuesday 23 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
ULaw strikes LPC and GDL deal with the University of Reading
Postgrad courses on offer at Berkshire-based campus from this September
Why junior lawyers shouldn’t be afraid of AI, by a law student
We shouldn't waste the abundance of opportunities out there
The Trial: Lawyers react to new docudrama starring real QCs and an ex-Old Bailey judge
‘First major inaccuracy, it started on time’
LinkedIn removes Lord Harley’s incredible profile following investigation
Exclusive: He will no longer be able to access it
Morning round-up: Monday 22 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories