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We aren’t quite up there with Kim Kardashian, says Lord Reed on Supreme Court’s social media status
Deputy president in pop culture reference

Freshfields rounds off magic circle spring retention season with 78% score
32 out of 41 qualifying trainees stay put

Tweeting Attorney General accuses Channel 4’s Jon Snow of talking ‘bollocks’ as Brexit pressure mounts
Hardly courtroom language

Profession gears up for next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2019
Extravaganza takes place at the City of London’s iconic Cheesegrater

A selection of Legal Cheek’s top 15 Instagram posts
30,000 followers and counting...

Peter Crisp to head up ULaw’s Hong Kong campus
Legal education heavyweight lands new gig

LinkedIn row: Former magic circle lawyer slams barrister’s TV entertainment show
Sham Uddin's videos show he has 'no regard or respect' for his own legal career, says ex-Allen & Overy solicitor Melanie Daniels

The Secret Barrister once used the words ‘squirrel sex’ to justify a poor exam result during a pupillage interview
Anonymous super-blogger drops biggest hint to true identity so far

I hated studying law at uni, Court of Appeal judge reveals in rare judicial podcast
Lady Justice Davies also admits to suffering from 'imposter syndrome' in convo with fellow female judge
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Women barristers overlooked in favour of men, Supreme Court president says
International Women's Day: Female advocates complain to Lady Hale that males still scoop the big cases

Influential entrepreneurs to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
All-female line-up released on International Women’s Day

Linklaters keeps 41 out of 51 qualifying trainee solicitors
City's top TC provider posts spring score of 80%

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

SRA loses another policy chief as solicitor super-exam looms
Richard Collins heads for the exit not long after predecessor

The best law firms for peer support — 2019 edition
Winner to be announced at the Legal Cheek Awards on 21 March, alongside a host of other categories

International human rights lawyer faces jail after spitting at flight attendant during drunken racist rant
Simone Burns flew into a rage after being refused booze, court hears

Freshfields’ pro bono team helps secure victory in Supreme Court asylum torture case
Sri Lankan appellant wins case against Home Office

UCL law professor: Lawyers who draft dodgy non-disclosure clauses could be perverting the course of justice
Government announces measures to prevent victims being silenced by using NDAs

Junior lawyers question legal watchdog’s ‘refusal criteria’ following SQE approval
Super-exam was given go-ahead by LSB despite calls to delay