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New court drama hoping to show viewers the ‘inner workings of the justice system’ will star real QCs and an ex-Old Bailey judge
The Trial: A Murder in the Family will air on Channel 4 later this month
History made: The number of law school applications from women is now over DOUBLE the number of applications from men
Exclusive: Female first years likely to outnumber men two to one
Meet the London Met law student who took the Government Legal Service to court over her training contract rejection, and won
She'll be applying again this summer
Morning round-up: Tuesday 9 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
LSE tort exam includes question about ‘Nigel’ and ‘Donald’ drinking beer and crashing a plane into the River Thames
Exclusive: 'Boris' also gets knocked off his bike
Why lawyers are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues
Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare, shares her tips on how to thrive, not just get through the day
CMS implements new ‘dress code guidance’ to help its suit-favouring lawyers blend in with more casual Olswang colleagues
The two firms merged with Nabarro last week
Law students are more likely to be psychopaths than their psychology-studying peers — but economics and business students are the ‘darkest’
The study looked at Machiavellianism and narcissism too
Morning round-up: Monday 8 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Kirkland & Ellis’ graduate recruitment website inadvertently promotes viagra
Well its award winning office does look a bit like a penis
A law student used Harry Potter-style invisible ink to sneak 24 pages of ‘unauthorised notes’ into exam
She was caught by students and the invigilator
Top lawyers clash over whether we should have a written constitution
Is now the UK’s ‘constitutional moment’?
The SQE is a revolution which American law schools should learn from, says US legal education expert
'You need different roads to Rome'
I became a magistrate when I was 19, and I think the courts are right to push for more youngsters on the bench
Serving while still a student
Morning round-up: Friday 5 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Eversheds Sutherland, Pinsent Masons and DLA Piper surpass magic circle rivals in 2017 brand power list
Based on the opinions of almost 500 top businesses
BPP equity and trusts exam disturbed by ‘pumping music’ so loud ‘the desks were vibrating from the bass’
Exclusive: It was like being in a club
A Manchester Metropolitan law student is standing for UKIP in the general election
His campaign clashes with his final year exams
Oxford PPE student warns that Oxford law students risk being ‘left behind’ because their degree is too traditional
Law schools need to adapt, even the best ones
Morning round-up: Thursday 4 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories