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Student pulls out of GDL for a bid at the catwalk

Times are tough for law students – which is possibly why one has said sod it, I’ll splurge my student loan on cosmetic surgery

19 June 2014 09:10

Morning round-up: Thursday 19 June

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

19 June 2014 08:11

Legal pic of the day

Clearly, not everyone has had enough of the irritating global meme sensation 'Doge'.

18 June 2014 15:57

Report highlights hard times at the bar over conditions and pay

Longer hours, an increasing chance of being bullied and falling incomes -- that is the grim picture of modern life at the bar, as painted by the profession’s own leadership.

18 June 2014 13:11

Law Society rife with bullying and discrimination, but at least it’s got ‘values’

Solicitors’ representation body in desperate bid to steady ship as search to replace chief executive drowns in jargon and rivalries

18 June 2014 11:49

Morning round-up: Wednesday 18 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts. Social media mass surveillance is...

18 June 2014 08:00

QC bids to be the bar’s Barbara Cartland

Housing law specialist creates bodice-ripping alter ego with steamy tales of the Inns of Court

17 June 2014 15:19

Legal pic of the day

They see him here; they see him there ...

17 June 2014 14:08

Chambers bowls dress-code googly at aspiring pupils

A prospective barrister is traumatised by the requirement to arrive at a formal interview in “informal” clobber

17 June 2014 12:02

In-house lawyers have been re-branded ‘legal ninjas’

Silicon Valley software company Palantir doesn't have in-house lawyers, it has "legal ninjas" -- and it wants to find one in London, where the term will surely never catch on.

17 June 2014 09:05