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BPP launches advocacy competition to give wannabe BPTC students a taste of life at the bar

Those who impress could receive a barrister training scholarship

Nov 2 2016 9:49am

Supreme Court to hear ‘landmark’ abortion case today

Legal dream team assembled to argue Northern Irish women’s right to travel to England for free terminations

Nov 2 2016 8:57am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 2 November

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Nov 2 2016 7:48am

Baker & McKenzie becomes latest City outfit to embrace flexi-working movement

But does the latest law firm trend really help stressed out lawyers?

Nov 1 2016 1:27pm

King & Wood Mallesons departures continue as rumours regarding firm’s financial status persist

A look at the turbulence shaking the international giant

Nov 1 2016 11:43am

Top law firm partner who handed associate lover £550,000 chunk of client’s estate struck off

Ex-Penningtons Manches lawyer accepted his independence had become compromised

Nov 1 2016 11:06am

Do I stand a better chance of getting a training contract if I look like Kim Kardashian?

I won’t fit in if the legal profession is that superficial

Nov 1 2016 10:27am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 1 November

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Nov 1 2016 7:52am

Jogee: Court of Appeal refuses to grant leave to appeal in swathe of joint enterprise cases

Mixed reaction from lawyers as 13 convictees’ applications dismissed

Oct 31 2016 1:43pm

Bar Council switches pupillage offer day after date clash blunder

Bar hopeful D-day now 3 May 2017

Oct 31 2016 1:10pm

Richard Susskind’s ‘biggest worry’ is the way law schools teach their students

Graduates “ill-prepared” for everyday legal work, says top futurologist

Oct 31 2016 11:56am

Prince Harry rumoured to be dating actress who plays a paralegal in Suits

Royal's fascination with lawyers continues

Oct 31 2016 9:57am

Morning round-up: Monday 31 October

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Oct 31 2016 7:58am

Legal Cheek talks… corporate law firm perks

Are they really worth it?

Oct 28 2016 3:25pm

Barrister who posted anti-Semitic tweets booted out of profession

Social media posts referenced Jews, pro-Zionists, Muslims and chavs

Oct 28 2016 1:07pm

Twitter goes quiet as BBC reports ‘categorically denied’ allegation against top QC

Usually chatty legal Twitterati eerily silent

Oct 28 2016 11:43am

Meet the Miss Cambridge beauty queen forging a career in legal academia

PhD student sheds light on why there are so many law students competing in pageants

Oct 28 2016 9:04am

Morning round-up: Friday 28 October

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Oct 28 2016 7:58am