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Revealed: 78% of Legal Cheek readers think law degrees are better than GDLs
An overwhelming win for LLBers as number of students enrolling nears 24,000 a year
Morning round-up: Thursday 29 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
ULaw teams up with top European business school to create new ‘commercial awareness’ course for wannabe lawyers
LPC course receives optional business-focused bolt-on
Language of the legal directory decoded: the 2016 edition
The venerable Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500
Revealed: Nearly 60% of rookie barristers did their undergraduate degree at Oxbridge
The 2016-17 Chambers Most List – released today – makes for sobering reading for wannabe lawyers at lesser unis
Barrister handed £500 fine for turning up to court ‘under the influence’ of alcohol
He also left his client unrepresented
Law student-led Oxford University a cappella group releases latest charity single
Aspiring lawyer turned musical sensation Deon Fang is back
Morning round-up: Wednesday 28 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Wheelie suitcases aplenty as BPTC courses get underway
Look at the size of that one!
69 King’s College law students and staff star in Justin Timberlake mime-along video
Law professors dad dancing, lecture theatre shots and a cameo from the RCJ
Poor Kirkland & Ellis associate ripped to shreds by judge who wanted to speak to a partner instead
“I think it’s outrageous, irresponsible and insulting”
Freshfields joins Clifford Chance and DLA Piper in embracing artificial intelligence software ‘Kira’
AI bandwagon gathers pace
Morning round-up: Tuesday 27 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Burges Salmon teams up with BPP to launch earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships
Bristol-headquartered outfit has taken on five new school-leavers
LSE law degree named second highest-earning uni course in the country with average grad pocketing almost £70,000
This and more from brand new university league tables
Brangelina: Hollywood power couple enlist the help of top London media firms as divorce proceedings gather pace
Pitt punts for Schillings as Harbottle & Lewis acts for Jolie
Judge Rinder’s Strictly debut dance set to become most popular online clip in show’s history
And it features a gavel
Morning round-up: Monday 26 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Legal Cheek talks… Lord Harley and Ntokozo Qwabe
A whistle stop tour of two of our more controversial characters, and what we think about them
Lawyer claims £2,375 in damages after being seated next to obese man during long-haul flight
Nine-hour Emirates flight ruined due to "spillover"