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College admissions scandal: Top US law firm partner placed on leave amid claims he paid £57,000 to boost daughter’s exam score

Gordon Caplan of Willkie Farr & Gallagher charged with fraud and suspended from prestigious firm

Mar 14 2019 12:16pm
Lawyer stages fake drink drive trial to propose to girlfriend

Stunned bride-to-be’s family and friends acted as the jury

Feb 19 2019 8:43am
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Court evacuated after lawyer turns up covered in bed bugs

‘I don’t even think he cared,’ says security guard

Feb 11 2019 10:28am
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US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lands cameo in Lego Movie 2

As morning talk show apologises for airing graphic suggesting she’d died

Jan 22 2019 10:38am
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Law student’s impromptu airport dance video racks up 8.7 million views

Her cat also makes an appearance

Jan 14 2019 11:00am
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Film review: RBG

An intimate portrait of the US’ answer to Lady Hale

Dec 28 2018 9:40am
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Judge orders deer poacher to watch Disney’s Bambi once a month

🦌 🦌 🦌

Dec 18 2018 12:29pm
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‘Can you increase the font size?’ Law student emails lecturer after spotting him drafting criminal exam from across the street

Worth a shot

Dec 13 2018 9:15am
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Sidley Austin lawyer’s widow reveals how work pressures pushed her husband to suicide in heartbreaking open letter

Gabe MacConaill committed suicide in the carpark of the firm’s Los Angeles office last month

Nov 13 2018 11:23am
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‘It’ll leave you dead inside!’ New pop song warns students not to become lawyers

Catchy careers advice courtesy of US musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Oct 26 2018 10:20am
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The Kavanaugh saga: ‘Why the US system of appointing Supreme Court justices sucks’

Could it happen here in the UK?

Oct 1 2018 12:02pm
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Law student receives absolutely brutal vac scheme rejection email

Was it justified?

Aug 30 2018 11:56am
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Magic circle duo join the MoneyLaw madness

Allen & Overy and Linklaters latest to pay US newly qualified lawyers eye-watering figure that works out just shy of £150k

Jun 29 2018 10:22am
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Ex-Cleary Gottlieb secretary amasses secret £6.6 million fortune after observing investments made by mega-rich lawyers

Her closest friends and family had no idea

May 9 2018 12:06pm
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Squire Patton Boggs and Trump’s personal lawyer part ways after FBI office raid

The President has described the search as an ‘attack on our country’

Apr 10 2018 1:59pm
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Lindsay Lohan is now the face of a lawyer search engine

No, seriously

Mar 22 2018 10:58am
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‘Assfisting’: Incredible lawyer’s letter typo surfaces online

Why proofreading is essential

Jan 12 2018 10:40am
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Trump’s judicial nominee withdraws after struggling to answer basic legal questions

It makes for painful viewing

Dec 19 2017 11:41am
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‘Hear ye, hear ye!’ Bud Light lawyers use town crier to deliver cease and desist letter to brewing rival

And he read from a calligraphy-covered scroll

Dec 6 2017 3:59pm
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Trump’s nominee for top judicial role has never heard a case before and was deemed ‘not qualified’ by the bar association

And he’s reportedly under fire for not disclosing wife’s White House role

Nov 14 2017 11:34am
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US law school enrolment is falling, but do we care?

Legal education consultant blames ‘cushy lifestyle’ of academics

Nov 8 2017 9:07am
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Judge orders man to write 144 compliments about ex-girlfriend

He violated a court order not to contact the woman

Nov 3 2017 2:53pm
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Husband of ex-Linklaters associate admits using confidential info from M&A deal his wife was working on to make £75,000 stock market profit

He says his wife had no idea

Oct 31 2017 4:21pm
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Suspect who asked for a ‘lawyer dog’ did not receive legal advice because request too ambiguous

Did he not mean ‘give me a lawyer, dog’?

Oct 31 2017 12:00pm
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