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Morning round-up: Thursday 9 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Bar blasts solicitors for ‘dumbing down’ Crown Court advocacy — and calls for legal execs to be barred
Knife fight looms between three branches of the profession following release of inflammatory Bar Council report
Lawyer uses lego to reveal the artist inside
"There was nothing wrong with me being a lawyer, but I always knew there was another me, an Artist Me, lurking inside"
Could festival toilets law be the hot new practice area of 2015?
From Glasto to the Isle of Wight, banks of portaloos hide a potential minefield of accidents and personal injury litigation, says England’s newest lavatory law specialist
Exclusive: There really is a barrister called Zane Malik
One Direction April Fools’ joke comes true (sort of) as Legal Cheek unearths a young barrister in Lincoln’s Inn who could be the boy-bander of the law
Morning round-up: Wednesday 8 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Only 66% of qualifying lawyers to remain at King & Wood Mallesons
King & Wood Mallesons will keep just 12 out of 18 qualifying trainees
Research shows in-house lawyers pushed to the brink of illegality
Young lawyers might fancy the nine-to-five routine of corporate legal departments, but an ethical swamp awaits
These aren’t drafting tips … Prof sends students anal beads porn link in email fail
Philadelphia law school of many expensive names investigates how a link to Porn Hub was included in helpful guide to students
8 top English uni law faculties dropped from Singapore bar approved institution list
Cries of protectionism ring out as Russell Group stars are axed