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City firms silent on whether they will follow PwC in ignoring A-level results

Big Four accountancy firm shocks recruitment market and stuns Square Mile law firms with its bid to boost diversity

May 15 2015 9:08am

Morning round-up: Friday 15 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 15 2015 8:11am

Lawyer gets lawyered

Contract drafted by lawyer's child goes viral

May 14 2015 5:56pm

Lawyer rugby tackles client in court to foil escape bid

Wallabies call-up must be next for a man who practises in one of the most exotic and remote parts of the world

May 14 2015 3:25pm

‘Rappers may have it over judges,’ says Lord Neuberger after listening to Jay Z‏

Judicial bombshell -- Supreme Court supremo Lord Neuberger has been listening to Brooklyn's star hip-hop and gangsta geezer

May 14 2015 11:14am

Campaigners at war over Human Rights Act petition

Online bid to force a referendum has picked up nearly 200,000 signatures, but the experts reckon it’s counterproductive

May 14 2015 9:22am

Morning round-up: Thursday 14 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 14 2015 8:16am

5 ways to dodge work during your training contract — and still get retained

Pacing yourself is essential for a long and fruitful career: in a guest post an anonymous solicitor -- who writes the must-read Corporate Drone blog -- sets out the tricks

May 13 2015 2:41pm

Research: sleep-starved barristers are court zombies

The profession is stressed out and depressed, according to the Bar Council’s own survey, with a fifth saying they would never recommend it as a career

May 13 2015 12:10pm

Students back code for TC offers timetable — law firms don’t

Signs that City graduate recruitment departments are already moving towards a training contract free for all as the regulator ditches existing guidelines

May 13 2015 9:36am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 13 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 13 2015 8:15am

This is what one chambers’ haul of pupillage applications looks like

A 40-member set in the Temple is swamped with pleas from wannabe barristers -- and it won’t be the only one

May 12 2015 5:35pm

National law firm becomes first ever to flog shares on London stock exchange

Gateley confirms weekend rumours that it is about to set up its stall on the AIM market

May 12 2015 11:47am

Move over Justine — here comes Alice

As Mrs Miliband prepares to get back to chambers untroubled by the media glare, Chuka Umunna’s employment lawyer girlfriend braces herself for the roller coaster

May 12 2015 10:31am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 12 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 12 2015 8:16am

University of Law looks for edge over Russell Group in LLB market

Deal with careers advice and networking provider to be pitched at second and third year students

May 11 2015 4:36pm

Ex-Tory councillor makes late guilty pleas to fraud and pretending to be a barrister

Gray’s Inn student member awaits sentencing after Legal Cheek exposed Bar Council rules error

May 11 2015 3:11pm

City law firm partner at the heart of Westminster affair shocker

Bercow v Bercow was the unexpected result from last week’s general election as Stephenson Harwood man allegedly falls for charms of speaker’s wife

May 11 2015 1:31pm

There was a lawyer in a cage at Liverpool Street station

It’s amazing what you can stumble across in the rush hour at one of London’s busiest railway stations

May 11 2015 10:17am

Morning round-up: Monday 11 May

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

May 11 2015 8:06am