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Morning round-up: Tuesday 12 January

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

12 January 2016 08:10

David Bowie used to be a paralegal based near Lincoln’s Inn

British music legend sadly passed away yesterday after 18-month battle with cancer

11 January 2016 17:28

Daily Mail hate against lawyers reaches unprecedented levels

National newspaper enraged by solicitors “hounding” of British troops

11 January 2016 15:11

Labour’s top lawyer quits citing ‘increasingly negative path’ under Jeremy Corbyn

Shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell has resigned -- Karl Turner replaces her

11 January 2016 13:02

Just 23% of new QCs are women — but Boris’ wife is one of them

Ethnic minorities also under-represented as -- surprise, surprise -- white men dominate silk appointments

11 January 2016 12:33

BPP law student charged with murder appears in court — but does not enter plea

GDL student's next hearing scheduled for March

11 January 2016 08:59

Morning round-up: Monday 11 January

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

11 January 2016 08:20

Magic circle firm Linklaters reveals what staff parties were like over 100 years ago

Historic image shows top City lawyers of the time enjoying a lavish dinner -- and there's not a woman in sight

8 January 2016 14:24

Number of students studying undergraduate law degrees has risen by 28% since 2007

LLBs are booming -- and increasingly dominated by women

8 January 2016 13:40

Social mobility charity’s ‘Model Law Commission’ gets students thinking about what being a lawyer actually means

Big Voice London aims to bring people who see the world differently into the profession

8 January 2016 12:14