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Bring on the revolution, cries former Appeal Court judge, imploring lawyers to ignore establishment and go on strike

Timid approach from establishment representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners

24 April 2015 16:17

City lawyer parliamentary candidate battles claims he over-egged experience at Clifford Chance

Tory safe seat man in bid to refute allegations that his claim to have headed a magic circle department is a big fat exaggeration

24 April 2015 15:01

Bogus ‘boutique barrister’ puts regulator in spotlight over non-practising status

Bar Standards Board defends its position as pupillage-less bar graduate is jailed for fraud after using "barrister" title

24 April 2015 12:35

Meet the solicitor-pop star more popular than her magic circle law firm

Slaughter and May pop star associate puts her firm in social media shadows with her latest catchy release

24 April 2015 11:02

The Judge rules: lawyer websites — little more than worthy vanity publishing

A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences

24 April 2015 09:59

Morning round-up: Friday 24 April

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

24 April 2015 08:08

Aussie law school boldly heads for space – but in wake of Sunderland trailblazers

University of Adelaide today takes its specialist module to the launch pad warning of fears that it’s not that lonely in space after all

23 April 2015 16:55

Cambridge law grads are the biggest earners in the legal profession

Light blues outstrip ancient rivals Oxford by £7,000, while LSE comes second and even the Scots get a look in

23 April 2015 15:37

Kennedy QC v Starkey in almighty Magna Carta bust up on this morning’s BBC radio

Lawyer and historian go hammer and tongs, while Twittersphere lambasts Law Society for dropping definite article clanger regarding the 800-year-old document

23 April 2015 12:25

5 bad things about being a City lawyer that nobody tells you about

Anonymous London solicitor Corporate Drone goes where the graduate recruitment brochures definitely do not

23 April 2015 09:26