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Cambridge shocks students with X-rated criminal law exam paper
Law students at Cambridge University were surprised to find this rather graphic problem question in...
Quitting a big law firm to become an entrepreneur: the exhilaration and the fear
Last month Pete Dowds left DLA Piper’s London office for the final time. The three...
‘Journalists probably deal with more law than anyone else – including lawyers’
25 years ago I thought I had left the law behind, writes media law consultant...
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Why do wannabe barristers have to accept their BPTC place before they know if they’ve got an Inns scholarship?
The conventional wisdom is that students are unwise to do the Bar Professional Training Course...
10 of the best Lord Justice Ward lines
Last month, retiring Court of Appeal judge Sir Alan Ward used his penultimate judgment to...
Will lawyers fall for the government’s ‘wholesale privatisation of justice’ PR trick?
During the consultation over the scrapping of the trainee solicitor minimum salary last year, the...
Are the Inner Temple toilets still a leading cottaging hotspot?
Readers may recall the spot of bother Inner Temple had last year with cottagers, who...
Video: the Downfall of Chris Grayling
Justice secretary Chris Grayling has become the latest victim of the Downfall meme, in which...
Obscenity Lawyer: How to create a niche doing something you’re passionate about
As you’d expect, Myles Jackman – aka “Obscenity Lawyer” – has some great stories. My...