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‘I will no longer support your Chambers’: Top judge’s incredible letter to elite set Blackstone emerges in bias row
The full letter by Mr Justice Peter Smith revealed, as he is barred from hearing Blackstone barristers' cases
Morning round-up: Tuesday 17 May
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Junior barrister who supplied drugs that killed teenage boyfriend accepts his legal career is over
Last week Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron was sentenced to 140 hours of unpaid work and an 18-month supervision order
Revealed: Britain’s most influential law student, as voted for by you
Hundreds of Legal Cheek readers cast their vote, but who’s nabbed the crown?
Law groups unify to create mental health taskforce
The move comes as research earlier this year revealed more than a third of calls to charity helpline were from stressed-out junior lawyers
The life of a law student as seen through Snapchat: Exam season special
Factortame pain and judgments with pictures in
Capital’s lawyers limber up for London Legal Walk
All the legal celebs will be there
Morning round-up: Monday 16 May
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Liverpool anger as Hillsborough QC is nominated for ‘Barrister of the Year’
John Beggs QC targeted in local press and on social media
Eurovision advice bureau: How the globe’s greatest song contest can help you cope with law revision stress
Complete with photos of air hostesses and Latvian pirates
Cambridge academic rounds on Charlotte Proudman for writing same article ‘over and over again’
Lawyers aren’t very happy with latest piece from the LinkedIn row barrister
BPP Law School loses BPTC ethics exam papers during marking process
Exclusive: Wannabe barristers at London's Holborn branch could have to re-do the exam in August
£1m funding boost opens up Sutton Trust social mobility programme to 14 and 15 year-olds
Nearly 2000 youngsters to benefit from Pathways to Law over next four years, but no corresponding hike in number of undergrad mentors
Morning round-up: Friday 13 May
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Would you be sent home from a law firm for refusing to wear high heels?
Female lawyers’ need to look the part -- a pressure that won’t go away
Vladimir Putin is poster boy for satirical anti-UK Snoopers’ Charter campaign
Russian President is joined by political leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing to endorse controversial bill
Interview: Queen Mary students put ‘revenge porn law’ on the map
Is this new practice area about to emerge?
The 20 most influential aspiring lawyers in Britain
Legal Cheek reveals the biggest names on campus law faculties
BPTC satisfaction survey results: student happiness surprisingly unrelated to chances of pupillage success
Bar course experience better in the regions -- even if life afterwards often isn't
Morning round-up: Thursday 12 May
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Legal Cheek spat hits the nationals as criminal barrister responds to Oxford law student who called out his ‘Twitter hate campaign’
Criminal barrister v Delicate Oxford flower: Round Two