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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
Court of Appeal refers ‘UK’s top barrister’ to regulator over his incredible website
Michael Wolkind QC's “inappropriate attempts at humour” during murder trial will also be scrutinised by Bar Standards Board
Jailed: Hull Uni law student who claimed indecent images of children were for LLM research
Aspiring lawyer handed 12-month jail term with judge claiming he had “lied his head off”
Morning round-up: Thursday 17 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Nottingham Uni law student reveals that she is the child who shouted nativity songs in viral YouTube hit
CMS Cameron McKenna brand ambassador quips that she has always "had an enthusiastic and individual approach"