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Boston bolt-on: Hogan Lovells to swallow up US law firm Collora

Combination to go live on 1 September

Jun 16 2017 10:40am

Travers Smith launches mentor scheme to empower LGBT+ students

Corporate law firm tackles the big dilemma of coming out at work

Jun 16 2017 10:15am

I got in trouble for arguing with a pro-life campaigner at school, now I’m a barrister in the Northern Irish abortion law case

Supreme Court ruled in Jeremy Hunt's favour this week, now all eyes are on Strasbourg

Jun 16 2017 9:12am

Morning round-up: Friday 16 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 16 2017 7:43am

SRA moots paying student guinea pigs to sit pilot super-exam

Want to get paid to take the SQE?

Jun 15 2017 1:23pm

Law lectures will not survive much longer, says Oxford academic

Make way for the internet age of legal education

Jun 15 2017 9:04am

Morning round-up: Thursday 15 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 15 2017 7:42am

Oxford law grads pocket £20,000 a year more than Durham and Warwick peers

Earning power: Oxbridge dominant over Russell Group rivals, new stats show

Jun 14 2017 12:39pm

Northern Irish women NOT entitled to abortions on NHS, Supreme Court rules

Landmark case decided by majority of 3:2

Jun 14 2017 11:02am

How good was your GDL? Take the Legal Cheek 60 second survey

Rate your law conversion provider

Jun 14 2017 10:28am

Solicitor super-exam WILL change how big City law firms hire trainees, insists SRA boss

Comments come in response to suggestion by Hogan Lovells chief that scrapping LPC may not have major impact

Jun 14 2017 9:28am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 14 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 14 2017 7:33am

Solicitor super-exam: Students able to take LPC and GDL into the 2030s

Exclusive: Regulator backs ‘lengthy transition period’, as lawyers speculate advocacy’s place on SQE

Jun 13 2017 2:04pm

Reshuffle: Ex-City lawyer who claimed foodbank users have ‘cash flow problems’ returns to the MoJ

Dominic Raab MP made a Justice Minister, as fellow commercial solicitor made Work and Pensions Secretary

Jun 13 2017 11:51am

The standard of proof in solicitor AND barrister disciplinary hearings should be lowered, says SRA

Days after Leigh Day lawyers cleared on 19 misconduct charges

Jun 13 2017 11:00am

Open thread: What’s it like to be a barrister?

Share your experiences with the next generation of bar wannabes below the line

Jun 13 2017 9:55am

Police conducting drugs investigation search Herbert Smith Freehills’ Belfast office

Number of items taken from low cost support hub for further examination

Jun 13 2017 9:09am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 13 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 13 2017 7:40am