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The Bar Council is giving junior barristers thousands of pounds to go to international conferences — apply here!

Up to £2,500 per barrister available to fund flights, hotels and other costs arising from participation in conferences abroad

3 February 2015 11:45

‘Unexploited’ legal market gives lawyers chance to escape grind and become tech entrepreneurs

Corporate lawyer founder of Silicon Roundabout legal start-up on how he secured £260K investment -- and why he sees market primed with opportunity for solicitors and barristers

3 February 2015 10:13

Grayling Magna Carta party latest — win raffle to open a bridge

Highlight of Ministry of Justice’s controversial Global Law Summit to be a bottleneck of traffic in east London

3 February 2015 09:01

Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 February

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

3 February 2015 08:07

Legal pic of the day

Popcorn: also works well in law lectures

2 February 2015 15:17

Bar is ‘fantastic’ for working parents says Ed Miliband’s wife — but her chambers has just 17% women QCs

Justine Thornton's ringing endorsement of "family-friendly" bar not backed up by stats

2 February 2015 14:15

Herbert Smith Freehills and Reed Smith both post retention rates of over 90%

International City giants will hang on to 93% and 91% of their trainees

2 February 2015 10:21

Guilty until proven innocent? Ministry of Justice mistakenly reverses the burden of proof

Top legal tweeters Mukul Chawla QC and David Allen Green call out MoJ

2 February 2015 08:26

Morning round-up: Monday 2 February

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts High court judge Sir Nicholas...

2 February 2015 07:46

Legal pic of the day

Fear in a handful of dust …

30 January 2015 16:40