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Is a 2:1 the new 2:2 for law students?

Miss out on Oxbridge and it's increasingly a first class degree or bust if you want to make it to the bar or the magic circle

18 April 2016 09:51

Career ‘tragedy’ for junior barrister as he’s jailed for conspiracy to supply cocaine

Rookie criminal lawyer sent to slammer for over three years

18 April 2016 09:11

Morning round-up: Monday 18 April

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

18 April 2016 07:55

Baker & McKenzie and Pinsent Masons reveal contrasting trainee retention rates

Bakers keeps most as Pinsents says farewell to half

15 April 2016 12:09

Aged 16 I took part in a mock trial for state school kids, now I’m a pupil barrister at a top commercial chambers

The Citizenship Foundation's Bar National Mock Trial Competition helped launch Sophia Hurst's career

15 April 2016 10:45

Morning round-up: Friday 15 April

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

15 April 2016 08:17

Depressed law student blew loan on replica football shirts and showered for up to six hours a day, but is now back on his feet

University provides “the perfect conditions for depression to thrive”, says Queen’s University Belfast second year

14 April 2016 14:04