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Legal dream team fights to make Brexit conditional on parliamentary backing

Big guns from Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone, Matrix and Monckton take aim at referendum decision

Jul 4 2016 7:49am

The next legal boom? India to open legal market to international law firms

Some welcome news amid Brexit chaos for London's megafirms

Jul 4 2016 7:48am

Morning round-up: Monday 4 July

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jul 4 2016 7:47am

What Brexit? Herbert Smith Freehills boosts pay for newly qualified solicitors to £90,000

Trainee salaries also rise at London office of global giant

Jul 1 2016 1:58pm

Shearman & Sterling retains all 13 of its qualifying trainees

Gold stars and pats on the back all round at big-paying US firm's London office

Jul 1 2016 10:24am

7 law student fears about Brexit

The future just became less enticing for wannabe lawyers

Jul 1 2016 9:20am

Morning round-up: Friday 1 July

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jul 1 2016 7:57am

Fieldfisher kicks off Autumn retention season with perfect 100% result

Meanwhile City outfit CMS Cameron McKenna finally reveals disappointing spring figure of just 62%

Jun 30 2016 12:41pm

Criminal barrister handed suspended sentence for stalking ex-lover

Conviction follows on from his lawyer wife being given a 12-month restraining order and curfew for her own campaign against husband’s ex-mistress

Jun 30 2016 11:16am

The great Legal Cheek debate: to post-grad gap year or to not post-grad gap year

Indulge your wanderlust, or get straight on the payroll? You decide

Jun 30 2016 8:58am

Morning round-up: Thursday 30 June

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jun 30 2016 7:56am

Crowd justice to the rescue

Top QC calls on the crowd in their wisdom to clear up constitutional chaos

Jun 29 2016 3:29pm

University of Law offers half price course fees for out-of-work LPC students

Wannabe lawyers will still receive a 50% rebate on LPC fees if they have failed to secure employment within nine months of graduating

Jun 29 2016 12:05pm

Texas Law Hawk part IV: Baseball, bikinis and even bigger explosions

US lawyer back at it again with another bizarre advert

Jun 29 2016 9:54am

The secret life of the law student beauty queens

Will juggling tiaras and trusts help bag that elusive training contract?

Jun 29 2016 9:01am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 29 June

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Jun 29 2016 7:56am

Chasing Shadows

Meet the two lawyer newbies promoted to positions in the shadow cabinet that Corbyn/McDonnell are too busy to occupy

Jun 28 2016 2:40pm

Lord Neuberger’s top tips on how to be rude to judges, and get away with it

Lessons in subtle rudeness from the Supreme Court bigshot

Jun 28 2016 1:15pm

University of Liverpool EU law lecturer’s incredible out-of-office email response in wake of Brexit abuse

Exclusive: Professor Michael Dougan went viral earlier this month after a video backing Remain campaign amassed almost seven million views

Jun 28 2016 10:02am