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• Bar Professional Training Course applications rise as pupillages fall

  Jan 25 2012 Applications for the Bar Professional Training Course in the UK have risen to over 3000, despite the number of pupillary places falling to just 446 first six... more

• Chaos at India's Supreme Court Bar Association: AoRs and Non AoRs clash

  Apr 23 2010 Chaos and mayhem reigned at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) when Senior Counsel Ram Jethmalani was first declared as the President of SCBA and later had to... more

• Malaysia Bar Council blocks foreign law firms

  Jan 19 2010 In 2009 the Malaysian Government announced that foreign law firms would be allowed to set up offices in the country, provided they only advise on Islamic finance... more

• New group: Foreign law firms in India

  Jul 18 2009 After a Bombay High Court ruling in 1995, foreign law firms were barred from practicing in India. Under the newly enacted Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008,... more

• Indian Bar Council lifts web ad restrictions

  Aug 01 2008 The Bar Council of India has lifted restrictions on law firm websites, allowing Indian lawyers to launch their own websites giving basic information about themselves... more

• Law firms continue to cluster near Silicon Valley

  May 16 2008 During the dot-com boom, large national law firms started setting up shop in Palo Alto. But even after the boom went bust, the firms continued to flock there,... more

• China's Merger Proposal Draws Fire

  Apr 21 2008 On Sunday, the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law fired off a litany of complaints to China's State Council Legislative Affairs Office, which is... more

• A 'Balanced Life' Is Increasingly Rare for Lawyers, Concludes N.Y. Bar Report

  Apr 09 2008 Committee chair says biggest surprise was how many firms allow flexible schedules, at least on paper. But they don't get used. more

• Denmark ushers in radical Bar reforms

  Feb 26 2008 The Danish Bar and Law Society has changed a swathe of regulations, including making it easier and clearer for individuals to lodge a complaint about a lawyer, as part... more

• Lawyers rally against Benazir Bhutto murder

  Jan 02 2008 About 1,200 lawyers offered funeral prayer in absentia of PPP's deceased chairperson Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto at PMG's Chowk here on Wednesday. Lahore Bar Association... more

• IBA's 'Islamic Finance in the Middle East' conference to address Islamic banking regulatory challenges

  Jan 02 2008 Al Tamimi & Company Advocates and Legal Consultants, one of the leading law firms in the Arabian Gulf region, today announced that it will co-chair the upcoming... more

• Tidal Wave of Lawyers Nears, Bar Applications Forewarn

  Dec 04 2007 Even with 91,000 practicing attorneys in the five boroughs last year, a new wave of lawyers is hitting the city, as a record number of law school students are taking... more

• Bar Council of India resolution opposes entry of foreign firms

  Nov 20 2007 Even as the Union ministry of law and justice is working towards allowing foreign law firms to practice in the country, the Bar Council of India (BCI), along with... more

• Major US law schools revamp curricula

  Nov 12 2007 Many law schools around the country have recently decided to change their academic curricula. Some have changed first-year requirements, added interdisciplinary... more

• The Factors That Limit Minority Lawyers' Success in Premier Firms

  Sep 09 2007 For more than 35 years, presumably intelligent jurists, in the highest courts in the land, have turned their otherwise sharp minds into blunt instruments when it comes... more