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The Judge Rules: The money’s good, so get it while it lasts
Junior City lawyers are bathing in big pay rises, but money isn’t everything -- just ask those in practice
A letter from Michael Gove: ‘Being Lord of The Chancellors is a really great job’
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, newly-appointed Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, writes exclusively for Legal Cheek (aided only slightly by Wigapedia)
Morning round-up: Friday 22 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Linklaters takes trainee pay honours for English firms — just days after Hogan Lovells shot to top spot
Magic circle firm also boosts cash for qualifying solicitors but this time falls short of transatlantic rivals and Slaughter and May
Law school exams are ‘literally worse than having my wisdom teeth extracted’
Many feel the pain, but one student’s angst over endless hours of revision and rewrites has ended up on the internet
Doughty Street barrister a pawn in Clooney prank on Pitt
Hollywood mega-star seems to think his human rights missus is a criminal law specialist, who will spring him from jail when he snaps his fingers
Vast majority of crime barristers back picket lines to oppose legal aid reforms
First challenge for newbie Justice Secretary Gove could be to dodge his way through striking lawyers looking to block “dual provider scheme”
Was Osama bin Laden doing law revision when raided by special forces?
US spooks reveal the al-Qaeda supremo was leafing through LSE-educated solicitor’s book in the hours before he met his end
Edward Snowden journo’s latest scoop is about GCHQ’s misuse of a gavel
The moment the campaign against inappropriate gavels hit the big league
Morning round-up: Thursday 21 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts