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Morning round-up: Friday 7 November

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

Nov 7 2014 7:53am

Legal pic of the day

Spot the difference

Nov 6 2014 4:21pm

The Apprentice Review: Ex-Slaughter and May man returns to scene of BCL triumph — no one cares

Family lawyer beats City lawyer in Oxford tour face-off -- but both march on to next round

Nov 6 2014 1:42pm

Now Scots aim for independence from God

Humanist group throws thousands at research into rooting out “special laws, practises or exemptions for religions or religious organisations” north of the boarder

Nov 6 2014 12:40pm

The top 10 law fair freebies of 2014

It has been a vintage year

Nov 6 2014 9:02am

Morning round-up: Thursday 6 November

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

Nov 6 2014 7:50am

Legal pic of the day

Now this is how you strike, lawyers

Nov 5 2014 4:13pm

Should English law school chiefs follow US example of being ‘roasted’?

Heads of ULaw and BPP could benefit from American tradition

Nov 5 2014 3:33pm

Royal Holloway to compete with UCL, LSE, Queen Mary and King’s as it launches latest University of London LLB

Rising student demand leads to creation of yet another law school

Nov 5 2014 1:05pm

Solicitor coughs up tens of thousands in internet dating blackmail honey trap

“No Strings Adult Fun” turns out to have lots of strings attached for lawyer

Nov 5 2014 9:18am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 5 November

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

Nov 5 2014 8:26am

Legal pic of the day

Tied up with ribbons

Nov 4 2014 4:23pm

Everyday sexism: court mode of address guide implies all male judiciary

A little too close to the truth for comfort

Nov 4 2014 1:47pm

Expert: Law Society claim that rising pro bono is filling the legal aid gap is ‘misleading’

Volunteering by lawyers to help individuals hit by cuts may actually be falling

Nov 4 2014 12:01pm

Diversity quotas: would they be legal, would they make a difference?

Breaking the dominance of the MAWM (middle-aged white man) is even harder than some campaigning groups realise, says Judge John Hack

Nov 4 2014 9:12am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 4 November

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

Nov 4 2014 8:12am

Legal pic of the day

Bar Council greets National Pro Bono Week with U2 quip

Nov 3 2014 4:35pm

The end of the training contract? Law school and firm combine to launch new ‘articled apprenticeship’ route

It means students working through their degree, but they could qualify as solicitors debt free

Nov 3 2014 2:40pm

The Citizenship Foundation is developing a very cool legal education app — and it needs law student and lawyer writers

Help charity create legal plotlines to engage young people with the law

Nov 3 2014 12:31pm

Inns scholarship money wasted on ‘expensive, unproductive’ BPTC, says former Lord Chief Justice

Entry to the bar could be on the verge of a historic overhaul

Nov 3 2014 10:05am