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Solicitor-advocate uses client’s Christmas jumper as advocacy tactic
"You can't send anyone to prison wearing that"
Morning round-up: Christmas Eve
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Amalarella: A legal profession Christmas pantomime
Amal Clooney joins Lady Hale, Charlotte Proudman, Lord Harley, Judge Rinder and other top lawyers in Katie King's festive marvel
Christmas carol gets the lawyer treatment — and it’s soul-destroying
If the Grinch got hold of a hymn, this is what it would look like
Morning round-up: Wednesday 23 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
KPMG legal team reveals it’s offering training contracts amid soaring growth
Big Four giant is tight-lipped on details
Lord Harley ‘takes legal action’ against the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for refusing to hear his case in the North
Another twist in long-running saga of controversial solicitor-advocate
Clifford Chance future trainee uproar as firm cancels funding for Professional Skills Course
Policy switch has left students struggling to make ends meet
Morning round-up: Tuesday 22 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Top lawyers’ horror at prospect of putting a dead man on trial
Lord Janner "trial of facts" would be a modern legal first
Huge row breaks out over whether Oxford law student who wants Cecil Rhodes statue removed should have taken Rhodes scholarship cash
Bust-up provides light relief from the BCL
ULaw students hit by legal database fail
As if Christmas exams weren’t stressful enough
It’s all over for the pupillage-less BPTC graduates who started their own chambers
Farewell, "Boutique Barristers"
Morning round-up: Monday 21 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Chelsea employ clever legal tactics in Eva Carneiro constructive dismissal case
Club's failure to file defence is a shrewd move
Crime doesn’t pay: Students who opt for bar glamour careers will always earn way less than kids who choose safe corporate route
Thinking of a career at the criminal bar? You could be over £40,000 better off working in Aldi
Someone has created a spoof LinkedIn account for the ‘UK’s top barrister’
It is even less humble than Michael Wolkind QC's actual website
Law student-led Oxford University a cappella group goes viral with classic Xmas cover
Unbelievably high-achieving wannabe solicitor racks up another top extra-curricular achievement for his CV
Morning round-up: Friday 18 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lord Chancellor’s wife backs separate bedrooms because ‘over-familiarity is the enemy of intimacy’
Michael Gove's sex life hits the news
‘Stop and search’ survives human rights challenge following row on a London bus
Supreme Court backs existing criminal law