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Timid approach from establishment representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners

Tory safe seat man in bid to refute allegations that his claim to have headed a magic circle department is a big fat exaggeration

Bar Standards Board defends its position as pupillage-less bar graduate is jailed for fraud after using “barrister” title

Slaughter and May pop star associate puts her firm in social media shadows with her latest catchy release

A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences

University of Adelaide today takes its specialist module to the launch pad warning of fears that it’s not that lonely in space after all

Light blues outstrip ancient rivals Oxford by £7,000, while LSE comes second and even the Scots get a look in

Lawyer and historian go hammer and tongs, while Twittersphere lambasts Law Society for dropping definite article clanger regarding the 800-year-old document

Controversial plea from the ex-chairwoman of Bar Standards Board is bound agitate current barrister and solicitor leaders

Latest UK death research shows the legal profession beats bankers and generals by being keenest to splurge its way into the afterlife

Katie Hopkins and newspaper editor in line of fire as Society of Black Lawyers makes incitement to racial hatred complaint to police

Latest figures show no loss of appetite for law as undergraduate subject — and women far outnumbering men on degree courses

Bar fashion wars — Doughty Street head takes on chambers colleague Amal Clooney

Welsh based firm opt for Fish and Chip based advert to haul in the clients

There’s good news and bad in the figures — retention is rising, but overall training contracts numbers are still shrinking