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Junior barrister, 33, made a Crown Court judge
Anna Midgley is the youngest recorder in recent history
Nabarro improves on disappointing autumn retention result to reveal 89% spring figure
London firm confirms eight out of nine qualifying trainees will stay
Freshfields graduate recruitment website goes offline for ‘scheduled maintenance’ on firm’s TC application deadline day
Magic circle firm extends yesterday's deadline to 3pm today
Legal aid is a ‘basic human right’ not an ‘economic benefit’, says Jeremy Corbyn
Lawyers lap up Jezza
Morning round-up: Thursday 7 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Male criminal hacks make way for female commercial barristers as Bar Council unveils new chiefs
All change in bar top doggery for 2016
Iraq abuse inquiry firm comes out swinging against Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal referral
Leigh Day says challenges against MoD are an important check and balance
Law student launches his own ‘law practice’ — and charges himself out at £25 an hour
Entrepreneurial rookie bids to fill legal aid gap and earn cash
Morning round-up: Wednesday 6 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
People actually watch the UK Supreme Court TV channel
Neuberger, Hale, Sumption and the rest of the gang pull in the views
Slaughter and May keeps 38 out of 40 qualifying trainees in first retention announcement of 2016
Magic circler hangs on to 95% of its rookies
Floods force closure of three Magistrates Courts
Nature disrupts justice
Hogan Lovells promotes three former trainees to its five new London partner positions
There is hope for millennial lawyers yet
Morning round-up: Tuesday 5 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
The world is going crazy for the lawyers from Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’
Dean Strang and Jerry Buting are the legal profession's new poster boys (contains spoilers)
BPP GDL student to appear in court charged with murder
Carl Langdell, who launched his own law firm in August, suspected of killing teacher Katie Locke
Morning round-up: Monday 4 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
The 15 most popular Legal Cheek stories of 2015
A look back on the posts that hauled in the most hits
A lesson in commercial awareness from someone who never used to understand it
It’s not as hard as you think
Legal Cheek’s Leading Top Quiz of the Year
It has been one hell of a year, but how much of it do you remember?