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Magna Carta: the rap battle

BBC children’s telly sketch team pump up the volume over ancient rights

6 March 2015 15:01

Trainee retention latest: Baker & McKenzie keeps 82% while Nabarro hits 100%

Two more corporate firms find homes for over 80% of their newly-qualifying young

6 March 2015 12:28

Hogan Lovells lawyer stars in House of Cards as a version of himself

Washington DC-based litigator was originally called in to advise on legal accuracy of scenes in third season

6 March 2015 10:47

The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped

If yet another review of legal education must be launched -- let’s hope regulators have the guts to propose something radical and meaningful

6 March 2015 09:08

Morning round-up: Friday 6 March

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

6 March 2015 08:25

Legal pic of the day

A shelfie

5 March 2015 18:11

Twitter account publishes full defamation letter issued by George Galloway’s law firm

Chambers Solicitors' drafting reaches a wider audience

5 March 2015 17:44

Throwback Thursday: Pre-Great Recession, City law firms were all about gymnastics

In a bid for trendiness, franchise giant Eversheds released this adrenaline-fuelled video advert -- three months before the 2008 crash

5 March 2015 14:16

Maxine Peake to play Martha Costello QC-style role in new animated short film

Star of legal drama Silk is back as you've never seen her before

5 March 2015 12:18

Ashurst racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 91%

And media niche firm Olswang hits 88%, but on much smaller trainee cohort

5 March 2015 10:28