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Morning round-up: Monday 21 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

21 March 2016 07:48

Top lawyers draw upon ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ to give students careers advice

It seems the inspirational drag queen has some tips for budding solicitors and barristers

18 March 2016 12:56

‘Law student’ who claimed to be at BPP pleads guilty to Christmas Eve murder

Carl Langdell said he was doing GDL at BPP, but law school denies all knowledge of him

18 March 2016 11:09

Freshfields posts 82% trainee retention rate rounding off mixed bag for magic circle

Elsewhere in the City, Reed Smith posts disappointing 58% result while Weil Gotshal & Manges scores perfect 100%

18 March 2016 10:51

First ever City law firm business school trains up 250 junior lawyers to advise start-ups

Programme is part of wider corporate law drive to up-skill trainees

18 March 2016 10:00

What’s next for the UK’s most followed law student?

Energy law dreams vie for attention with Instagram career

18 March 2016 09:22

Morning round-up: Friday 18 March

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

18 March 2016 08:26

How do you play a networking event?

The debatable usefulness of small talk over a glass of wine

17 March 2016 14:25

Exclusive legal profession poll: 75% want to stay in EU

Survey of 1,000 lawyers and law students shows massive opposition to Brexit

17 March 2016 12:14

Apprentices set to go head-to-head with first year law students for top solicitor jobs

LLBers, beware of hotshot school-leavers with much more experience than you

17 March 2016 09:26