Author: Thomas Connelly
BPTC newbies embark on first test: collecting their books
Wheelie-suitcase wielding bar students descend on law schools -- but how will the 2015-16 band of wannabe barristers use their textbooks?
Magic circle lawyers trained in pro bono housing law — as busiest London housing court faces closure
More mixed-up thinking from Lord Chancellor Gove
Morning round-up: Friday 11 September
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lawyer issues unborn daughter with notice to quit wife’s tummy
Overdue daughter is born three hours after legal papers are issued
BPP dean embraces thug life
Straight outta law school
2,000 law students urge judges to get to the point
Dispatches from legal Facebook-land
Three City firms reveal solid if not spectacular retention rates as one trainee quits law to work with lions
Norton Rose Fulbright, Bird & Bird and Eversheds announce how many of their young are staying
Mayer Brown ups intake on earn-while-you-learn training contract alternative
"High calibre of applicants" suggests new school-leaver scheme could rival traditional route
Law school wars: Nabarro first to pick a side after Kaplan’s courses sink
City firm Nabarro makes the first move, selecting BPP as GDL and LPC provider in wake of Kaplan's withdrawal from market next year
CMS slashes trainee headcount by nearly 35%
Twelve newly qualified lawyers have opted to leave the large corporate outfit
Mixed autumn retention results announced by three City firms
Qualifying trainees at square mile trio Travers Smith, Simmons & Simmons and Fieldfisher experience contrasting fortunes
Law student finds ‘time capsule’ note from 1980s hidden in library book
Scrap of paper dating back to 1986 invites people to write the date and what they are doing
UWE and ULaw students overturn 95% of Department of Work and Pensions ‘fit for work’ decisions — hauling in £1million
Law students 1 - 0 Iain Duncan Smith
A&O and Links reveal disappointing junior lawyer autumn retention figures
Several newly-qualified lawyers wave good-bye to magic circle player, despite one having showered juniors with cash only a few weeks ago
Law graduate flogs degree online in bid to clear university debts
Enterprising American attempts to cash in by flogging degree
Irwin Mitchell bucks trend by boosting trainee intake
Alternative business structure law firm ramps up recruitment by 37.5% while City players cut numbers
Porn star flashes breasts at judge during video-link hearing
Criminal court judge left stunned as erotic actress-turned-escort enters her assets into evidence during court session
Solicitors Regulation Authority says sorry to Lord Harley for ‘causing distress’
"Harry Potter" lawyer receives written apology over lost file fiasco, but independent complaints body clears regulator of discrimination
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The best from below the line
BLP retains 71% of its trainees while Clifford Chance keeps 96%
Contrasting retention fortunes between mid-tier and aristocrats
Mayer Brown reveals 55% autumn newly qualified lawyer retention rate
Global giant will keep six of its 11 September qualifying cohort, with a further lawyer remaining on temporary contract