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Morning round-up: Friday 26 August

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Aug 26 2016 7:50am

First ever publicly-traded law firm braces itself for largest financial loss in legal sector history

Slater & Gordon expected to post financial loss in excess of £580 million

Aug 25 2016 11:46am

80% of lawyers think French police are WRONG to make women remove their burkinis

Solicitors and barristers pass judgment on controversial ban

Aug 25 2016 11:03am

Revealed: the UK university with the happiest law students

Exclusive: No, it’s not Oxford or Cambridge

Aug 25 2016 9:16am

Morning round-up: Thursday 25 August

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Aug 25 2016 7:55am

Over half of ULaw BPTC grads offered pupillage

Successful students are given a barrister's wig

Aug 24 2016 1:57pm

Mrs Trump instructs West End law firm in libel claim against Daily Mail

Republican nominee’s wife punts for royal family favourite Harbottle & Lewis

Aug 24 2016 12:02pm

Over 23,000 new students to start law degrees in September

Biggest intake ever... yet places STILL remain available at top law schools like Leeds and Reading

Aug 24 2016 10:42am

9 tips on getting a first class degree

How to ace your exams like a pro, from the lawyers that have been there and done it

Aug 24 2016 9:11am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 24 August

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Aug 24 2016 7:52am

Journalists in Mexico claim country’s president ‘plagiarised’ law degree dissertation

But a spokesperson for Enrique Peña Nieto suggests they were just "style errors"

Aug 23 2016 11:59am

Why I left my dream barrister job at Matrix Chambers to become a personal trainer

Eloise Le Santo got through pupillage at top set but decided the bar wasn't for her

Aug 23 2016 9:34am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 23 August

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Aug 23 2016 7:53am

Judge Rinder joins Strictly Come Dancing line-up

Ubiquitous criminal barrister's ascent to national treasure status continues

Aug 22 2016 5:23pm

Linklaters hangs on to 91% of qualifying solicitors

51 trainees commit future to magic circle firm

Aug 22 2016 2:57pm

We’re still scrapping the Human Rights Act, says Liz Truss

Brexit fails to win reprieve for HRA

Aug 22 2016 2:15pm

Team GB law graduates miss out on record Rio medal haul

Brave performances from Olympians Jazmin Sawyers and Lynsey Sharp

Aug 22 2016 12:11pm

Herbert Smith Freehills reveals 94% autumn retention following post-Brexit pay boost

31 out of 33 qualifying trainees to stay with global giant

Aug 22 2016 10:13am