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Bar Council charges students £24 a year to ‘feel closer to the action’
Wannabe barristers can help support key initiatives such as making the "profession more accessible"
Morning round-up: Tuesday 29 November
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Hogan Lovells launches first of its kind transgender policy to help support lawyers and staff
It's part of the global giant's "commitment to gender identity equality"
Women on film ‘should not’ have powerful jobs apart from in law, says feminist icon Caitlin Moran
And only if they are “sexy lawyers” at that
Jones Day lawyer gears up to help ‘drain the swamp’ as President-elect Trump praises his ‘deep understanding of constitutional law’
Donald McGahn is a partner at the US giant's Washington office
Legal Cheek talks… deferred training contracts and Supreme Court attacks
Katie King and Tom Connelly reflect on CMS Cameron McKenna's £8,000 gap year deal and the tabloids' campaign against top judges
New solicitor super-exam to be ‘substantially cheaper’ than LPC
Exclusive: Cost of law school set to plunge, but concerns about "dumbing down" persist
Morning round-up: Monday 28 November
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
High Court judge examines solicitor’s ‘highlighted’ LPC textbook in court battle over £4.6 million mortgage fraud bill
The book was "annotated in many parts"
Warwick Law Soc takes on the ‘Mannequin Challenge’
Russell Group law school gets in on latest social media trend
‘We all f@cking hate Spurs!!!!!’: Osborne Clarke partner in foul-mouthed LinkedIn post
Corporate lawyer embraces his inner Danny Dyer
The Society of Will Writers is relying on poo emojis to encourage people to write wills
New marketing campaign is a bit sh*t
Top criminal law professor’s tweet calling out Daily Mail Jo Cox headline goes viral
Tabloid reporting branded ‘disgusting’ by Twitterati
The fanciest law firm offices in Britain
Welcome to workplace heaven
Morning round-up: Friday 25 November
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Extrovert, introvert or ambivert – what type are you and does it matter?
The rise and rise of personality types and how law firms are approaching them
Lawyers round on Birmingham City maths lecturer’s suggestion Supreme Court judges should be elected
He thinks it could improve diversity, lawyers think it’s a naff idea
Judicial Office in embarrassing email gender gaffe
It also spelt Teesside wrong
CMS offers future trainees cash to defer training contracts for 12 months
Exclusive: Firm to fund gap years as fallout from three-way merger with Nabarro and Olswang hits
Morning round-up: Thursday 24 November
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
MasterChef? Twitter goes into meltdown after King & Wood Mallesons’ head chef cooks strawberry risotto
City firm’s culinary expert crashes out of TV cooking competition