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Amal Clooney’s human rights campaign trail snuffed by paps who just wanted to see what she was wearing
Could Amal follow in the footsteps of Cherie Blair and quit chambers?
Prisoners achieve better grades than Durham students on pioneering law course
Students at university favoured by top City law firms outperformed by incarcerated course mates
Stop chasing the pot of gold: there’s no future for wannabe criminal lawyers
You’ll earn more money working down the pub
New solicitor super-exam could be rolled into undergraduate law degrees to save students £15k
Proposed replacement for the LPC to be incorporated into LLB
Morning round-up: Monday 25 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Happy birthday Lord Denning!
Law student favourite would be 117 today
UWE and ULaw students build on last year’s success to overturn 96% of DWP’s ‘fit for work’ decisions
Law students 2 – 0 Iain Duncan Smith
Another ABS fails: AA joins Co-op, Parabis, Slater & Gordon and Stobart Barristers on the list of legal innovator disappointments
Big names were meant to be the future of law
Hogan Lovells keeps 27 out of 29 qualifying trainees
Strong retention season continues
London’s megafirms train up youngsters in EU law as they boost Brexit teams
Teams of solicitors being assembled all over the City to advise on EU treaty renegotiation
Morning round-up: Friday 22 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Hull Uni law grad handed restraining order for hate campaign against lecturer who he blamed for training contract failure
Luke Harker's lawyer dream is surely now over
Psychoactive Substances Bill could become the worst piece of law in Britain
The notoriously awful Dangerous Dogs Act may soon have a rival
Bar Nursery North: Second crèche opens up for barristers’ babies in bid to boost gender diversity
Leeds childcare scheme follows success of legal London venture
I went to watch the civil partnerships case at the High Court and even the judge didn’t understand it
And the court was freezing
Morning round-up: Thursday 21 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Herbert Smith Freehills continues impressive retention showing to keep 94% of its qualifying trainees
Elite firm retains 33 of its 35 spring 2016 qualifiers
Drink driving solicitors should be struck off/slapped on wrist/bought a drink, discovers SRA in Facebook video experiment
Solicitors Regulation Authority goes social meeja-ing
Research shows that top City law firms hardly recruit any trainees from their paralegals
But lots of pretty good other firms do
Selfie taking solicitor is the best thing on Instagram right now
Law firm marketing departments taken note, this is how you should use social media
London College of Fashion unveils first of its kind law course
University of the Arts moves into legal education