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Essex Uni law grad first over line to qualify as solicitor through paralegal shortcut

30 year-old narrowly beats gaggle of paralegals to equivalent means qualification that bypasses training contract

16 April 2015 10:43

Clifford Chance cancels YouTube rant trainee’s Singapore secondment amid regulatory concerns

Fall-out from anti-West rant continues to cause magic circle firm difficulties

16 April 2015 09:27

Morning round-up: Thursday 16 April

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

16 April 2015 07:54

Ukip manifesto pledges to protect ‘British law’ (even though ‘British law’ isn’t a thing)

Nigel Farage's party seems unaware that England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own legal systems

15 April 2015 14:33

Law student hero of University Challenge has already bagged a pupillage

Cambridge Uni third year Ted Loveday secured £60,000 position with Maitland Chambers last month

15 April 2015 13:19

8 students who are winning at law revision

It almost looks fun ...

15 April 2015 10:18

Morning round-up: Wednesday 15 April

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

15 April 2015 08:03

Legal profession doesn’t rate Tory manifesto pledge to scrap Human Rights Act

Anger as Conservatives promise Bill of Rights and to reduce power of European Court of Human Rights -- oh, and hint at more legal aid cuts

14 April 2015 19:27

Yet another copyright infringement has surfaced on Twitter

Is Tesos Express the best example yet of cheeky local retailers tweaking the tails of national and multinational behemoths -- and will they get away with it?

14 April 2015 15:16

Social media goes wild for Cambridge law student who inspired University Challenge final win

Gonville & Caius College third year Ted Loveday hailed as a genius/heartthrob/all round great guy following virtuoso performance

14 April 2015 11:00