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Morning round-up: Thursday 26 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Social welfare training contract scheme to run every year
Charity’s Justice First Fellowship programme will create eight TCs annually
Legal pic of the day
Baking Bad
Latham & Watkins trounces magic circle with record-breaking earnings
New global top dog raked in nearly £2 billion last year, which buys a lot of hot dogs; while survey shows magic circle slipping in reputation stakes
Global Law Summit website hacked at start of discussion on internet privacy
Global law facepalm
GDL student lit bonfire on roof of flat then tried to put out flames with ‘bottles of urine’
Lawyer dream may be over as student pleads guilty to arson
Ex-senior partner of law summit sponsor Allen & Overy admits regret that ticket price ruled out students
Over 50s discuss the future of law without a young person in sight
Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Mini-macaron members of the bar
Norton Rose Fulbright keeps 21 out of 26 new qualifiers
Global giant retains 81% of its London trainees
Comedians stand up for legal aid at Not The Global Law Summit
Stars including Stewart Lee, Stephen K Amos and Sara Pascoe put on gig in protest against the cuts
11 law-related Instagram accounts that are worth a follow
As lawyers wake up to the mobile photo-sharing network, we bring you the best legally-themed accounts
Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Chris Grayling poses awkwardly with Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan and US attorney general Eric Holder in very random photo
The bar ‘will die out’ and solicitors be replaced by paralegals, predicts top criminal barrister at Global Law Summit
As protests rage in Westminster, Tony Cross QC forecasts the end of the legal profession as we know it
Slaughter and May is targeting Ivy League law students to fill London positions
Magic circle giant resurrects policy of attending top US recruitment fairs
The BPTC could be chopped up into lots of little courses
Bar regulator pledges to "build flexibility" into Bar Professional Training Course in bid to reduce cost
Judge refuses to let law student observe bail hearing because he was dressed too scruffily
Wannabe lawyer booted out of immigration hearing in London's Taylor House
London Fashion Week hits Middle Temple
But not an Ede & Ravenscroft in sight
Criminal bar chief vows to speak up for legal aid as Global Law Summit opens amid heavy security
Tony Cross QC hits back at critics who say he should boycott Chris Grayling's law schmooze-fest
Morning round-up: Monday 23 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts