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Solicitor sentenced to community service after bombarding law student with ‘creepy’ messages
He reportedly threatened to block her from practising law

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Being a corporate lawyer is a ‘bulls**t job’, argues LSE professor
City law jobs are totally pointless

No-fault divorce gets the Supreme Court treatment
Lady Hale, who's hearing today's case, is a vocal supporter of divorce law reform

Morning round-up: Thursday 17 May
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

‘Time spent being innovative counts towards billable targets,’ Reed Smith tells lawyers
Following a successful pilot

Suspended chemsex barrister sells £4,000 ‘legal advice for life’ on Facebook
Exclusive: Henry Hendron prepares for bar return

Kirkland & Ellis boosts LPC grant to £10,000
Matching moves by the magic circle, Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells

DLA Piper to launch in Dublin as firm predicts influx of financial services work post-Brexit
Not the first outfit to rock up in Ireland since the referendum

Herbert Smith Freehills follows Linklaters in asking lawyers to disclose office romances
Staff asked to use ‘common sense’

Durham Law School teams up with BARBRI to offer New York and California bar course
Exclusive: New students to start in September

Anglia Ruskin law student handed suspended sentence after threatening fellow undergrad with kitchen knife in row over cooking pot
Pair separated by a student accommodation caretaker after fight broke out

Lawyer sues Oxford University over claims its dictionary mixed up land law definitions
Wants £20,500 in damages

In the Supreme Court today: Is denying straight couples a civil partnership unlawful?
Lady Hale to hear boyfriend and girlfriend's human rights challenge

‘How are you, really?’ City firms and chambers on board as leading wellbeing charity gears up for mental health week
Lawyers met last night to discuss pressures facing students and juniors
Women dominate BPTC enrolments, but more men score top marks
Even when they have the same undergraduate degree results

Tort lawyers won’t be required in 30 years, suggests top judge
Could Donoghue v Stevenson be ditched from law school syllabuses?

Lord Chancellor wants more top City lawyers to become judges
But they'll likely need to take a pay cut

Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report
As MPs vote against reversing legal aid changes

Ex-Cleary Gottlieb secretary amasses secret £6.6 million fortune after observing investments made by mega-rich lawyers
Her closest friends and family had no idea