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Ex-poly offers City partner-level wedge to fill junior lawyer slot

Recruitment website typo gets hearts racing, but actual salary is far more like what you’d expect

Nov 17 2014 12:07pm

Law has among the lowest proportion of privately educated students of any degree subject

9% of law degree students went to private schools -- compared to 29% of medics

Nov 17 2014 9:26am

Morning round-up: Monday 17 November

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Nov 17 2014 8:05am

Legal pic of the day

How many divorce paper wedding dresses could you make from a £1 million divorce?

Nov 14 2014 5:05pm

Why are barristers such awful dressers?

On reflection, the real story of the Bar Council conference was the smart casual on display

Nov 14 2014 9:09am

Morning round-up: Friday 14 November

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Nov 14 2014 8:08am

The Apprentice review: reinforcing lawyer stereotypes

Lord Sugar doesn't seem keen on the "typical safe lawyer" of popular legend

Nov 13 2014 5:12pm

Legal pic of the day

Chasing the work

Nov 13 2014 4:03pm

City firms sign up to 25-hours-a-year pro bono deal

Mix of US and English practices lead way -- but is there more to be done and what does pro bono mean for legal aid?

Nov 13 2014 12:30pm

Official stats: Great Recession has devastated applications to law schools

Over the last five years the number of students aiming for either the LPC or GDL has tumbled

Nov 13 2014 9:09am

Morning round-up: Thursday 13 November

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Nov 13 2014 8:04am

Legal pic of the day

Not so looky-likey

Nov 12 2014 3:59pm

14 things that mean something completely different if you’re a law student

The world seen through the eyes of the wannabe lawyer

Nov 12 2014 9:49am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 12 November

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Nov 12 2014 7:57am

Legal pic of the day

That's next year's marketing budget gone in one blast

Nov 11 2014 4:07pm

Crown Court solicitor-advocate tells barristers to stop being so smug

The leader of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association hits out at the patronising bar -- as well as the government for turning Magna Carta celebrations into a “legal business fair”

Nov 11 2014 2:10pm

Research: most students haven’t had useful careers advice

Parents are out-of-touch and career advisors still only sporadically consulted

Nov 11 2014 9:26am

Court hears how practising barrister claimed Nazis wanted to nuke Queen at 2012 Olympics

There's a surreal case going on at Southwark Crown Court this week

Nov 11 2014 8:54am