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Morning round-up: Thursday 5 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Newcastle University law student makes baked appeal for training contract
Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer
Fraud squad swooped on Chambers Solicitors in July and arrested two; meanwhile, New York-based former Tory MP reveals she’s had a Gorgeous George letter
Fears of trainee recruitment free-for-all as solicitor watchdog threatens to bin code of practice
Exclusive: Law firms could be allowed to offer training contracts to students before they start uni
George Galloway’s high street firm faces rough ride as media law big guns back twitterati in libel row
Bradford-based Chambers Solicitors has picked quite a fight as regulator is put on alert
Research: Canapes and booze more important than service standards for choosing corporate law firms
Get the high-class nibbles and pricey champagne in
Morning round-up: Wednesday 4 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
"Solicitors couldn't give a XXXX for anyone else"
Newly-qualified solicitor retention at Hogan Lovells takes a hit amid practice area logjam
Anglo-US firm blames lack of openings in popular practice areas as only 66% of rookie lawyers stay on
Wragge & Co’s idea of ‘fun and games’ leaves a lot to be desired
The good folk over at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co's recruitment department are a laugh a minute
The horror, the horror, cries City solicitor leader at prospect of fresh training review
Uber-regulator takes heavy incoming fire after proposing yet another round of legal education navel gazing for later this year
Bundle rage: Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers as ‘delinquents’
To roars of support on Twitter, St John's Chambers barrister Lucy Reed slams family division chief's court document rant
Disabled student takes on law school over dodgy swipe-card access to library
GDL student's persistence sees City University comply with disability legislation
Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Dog 1 - Wig 0
Law Society purges former chief executive from history books — or at least walls
Specially commissioned painting of hard man ex-boss Des Hudson is quietly removed from pride of place on Chancery Lane walls
There was a poetry slam between two barristers on Twitter yesterday
11KBW's Sean Jones QC and direct access barrister Alistair Mitchell in #lawyerlovepoetry head-to-head
UCL prof named ‘Law Teacher of the Year’
Jane Holder beats off competition from, among others, universities of Leeds and Bangor to scoop random popular award
Morning round-up: Monday 2 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
The moment that Saul Goodman reveals where his name came from
It's all good, man
Legal pic of the day
You only live once