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Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance – 2019 edition
The outfits bucking the 'all work no play' trend

Introduce quotas to boost women partner numbers, says ex-magic circle lawyer
Dana Denis-Smith argues 'self-regulation doesn’t work'

Sheffield Hallam University launches student-staffed law firm
SHU Law will offer aspiring lawyers real-life work experience during their LLBs

Leicester Uni property professor pranks solicitor by pretending to be confused law student
He live-tweeted the amusing encounter

Lord Chief Justice: ‘Call out’ sexism on the bench
As another barrister goes public with negative experience

Lawyer stages fake drink drive trial to propose to girlfriend
Stunned bride-to-be's family and friends acted as the jury

Ex-Linklaters director to stay silent over magic circle firm’s alleged ‘struggle with women in the workplace’
Agrees to destroy 'confidential documents'

London law firm announces cannabis department open for business
Growth industry?

‘Skype a Supreme Court justice’ scheme gets go-ahead following successful pilot
Thirty-minute sessions start this month
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

#MeToo pioneer Charlotte Proudman reveals she received bottom spanking note on ‘judicial headed note paper’
It came shortly after the barrister went public with City solicitor's 'sexist' LinkedIn message

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

‘Vulnerable’ junior lawyers need greater protection from ‘toxic and uncaring’ law firms
JLD pens open letter to regulator in wake of controversial whistleblower decision

Brexit-backing former Brighton Uni fashion student raises £77,000 in fight against ‘top lawyers in the land’
Darren Grimes, 25, is appealing fine for breaking electoral law in EU referendum

The law firm canteens dishing up the most delectable cuisines – 2019 edition
A rundown of the corporate outfits leaving rookies hungry for more

‘Don’t act like you’re on a stag-do’ or ‘make repetitive jokes about breasts or skirts’, junior barrister tells male colleagues
Joanna Hardy offers nine practical pointers to improving retention of women at the criminal bar

Pupil barrister has wig tin confiscated by court security – Twitter reacts
'What level of tinpot jobsworthery brings this about?'

Lady Arden: I was told I couldn’t be a barrister because solicitors would never instruct a woman
Supreme Court justice reflects on legal career in new interview

New figures reveal huge provider variation in LPC pass rates
Solicitor exam success rates range from 100% to 37% at different institutions