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Barrister used driving licence to eat pasta lunch after court security confiscated his fork
'What a forkin nuisance!'
Should I do an LLM and sit the SQE — or do the LPC while I still can?
I want to become a City lawyer
Baker McKenzie’s lawyers and trainees can now wear jeans
But global giant’s recently relaxed dress code policy does not extend to leggings, flip-flops or trainers
BBC to broadcast lectures on law and politics by Lord Sumption
Outspoken Supreme Court justice will be the 2019 Reith Lecturer
Linklaters bumps junior lawyer base rate pay to £83,000
Magic circle titan's rookies also handed rises
Tory conference: Attorney General steals limelight from Theresa May’s speech
Geoffrey Cox's warm-up act references his legal negotiating skills
Lawyer bloggers given access to family courts in bid to combat ‘racy’ press coverage
Pilot scheme will run until June next year
Law student dresses up as Spider-Man to accept his degree
Grad says superhero stunt was to show that not all aspiring lawyers are ‘square’
Weil Gotshal boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £120,000
As it ups LPC maintenance grant by 25%
Super-exam cost revealed before Christmas, says SRA
As Kaplan's SQE director defends multiple choice format
The Supreme Court created an Instagram story of its two new justices being sworn in
Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin officially join the top bench
The 2019 Firms Most List goes live
Expanded lists now feature 90 firms -- each with a Legal Cheek View and Insider Scorecard ranking
TLT partner handed two-year driving ban after getting behind the wheel following ‘boozy’ client lunch
Paul Crighton was more than three times the drink-drive limit
The Kavanaugh saga: ‘Why the US system of appointing Supreme Court justices sucks’
Could it happen here in the UK?
Complaints about barristers jump by 30%
But number of disbarments is down, according to new report
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Phone-hacking lawyer Mark Lewis to face disciplinary tribunal over ‘offensive’ social media posts
The allegations are as of yet unproven
Barrister draws criticism on Twitter over claims white people can identify as black
That escalated quickly