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120 detainees refuse food in protest

The regulator needs to update its approach

Everyone's talking about Max's Law

One LLB graduate reflects on the lessons his degree never taught him

A junior solicitor reflects on the sadism lurking within City law firms

An anonymous trainee legal exec thinks attitudes to the apprenticeship need to change

Yes I’m a City lawyer, but the gruelling hours just aren’t for me

An anonymous lawyer offers some myth-busting advice on what he wishes he’d known when trying to break into the profession

Why do grad recruiters still use the 85-year-old test?

Tips from someone who’s actually done it

Then you'll have hard-working trainees who aren’t used to receiving everything on a plate

Beating a mental health condition to become a barrister is possible

Nods to free speech, but has a detrimental impact on businesses

"Your differences can become your strength," says Hogan Lovells partner Tom Astle

Law can be tough, but it provides a better grounding than a job in a trendy start-up, argues an anonymous magic circle trainee solicitor

City Law School pro bono director Sarwan Singh on what he's learnt on his journey from law centres and local government to academia

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

Anonymous London solicitor Corporate Drone goes where the graduate recruitment brochures definitely do not

Our correspondent and his friends rank the law firm food they sampled during work experience and open days

As legal profession interest in The Apprentice evaporates, our blogger looks back on the last hurrah of ex-Slaughter and May man Felipe as he follows family solicitor Lauren to the exit

Last night's episode of BBC reality show was a celebration of corporate lawyers big picture vision