Author: Alex Aldridge
Sussex Uni law grad raises ten grand towards Oxford masters through crowdfunding
Now this is how you crowdfund
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Lawyers slog it out in ping pong head-to-head
Lord Harley of Counsel issues ‘interim statement’ as his extraordinary LinkedIn profile captivates Britain’s lawyers
Lord of LinkedIn saga gets a new chapter
How a jobless LPC graduate ended up turning down top firms’ training contract offers
Sam Clague couldn’t get a TC, so he started a paralegal recruitment business — and law firms quickly became interested in his entrepreneurial spirit
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Inns of Court clamp down on skateboarding barristers
University of Law to bring in aptitude test for its BPTC
Test will be introduced next year, along with minimum 2:1 entry requirement
9 reasons why ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’ has the best LinkedIn CV of any lawyer ever
There may be confusion about the right of solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker to call himself ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’. But the man is the undisputed Lord of LinkedIn
Solicitor-advocate who judge slammed for dressing ‘like something out of Harry Potter’ expresses shock at ‘unwarranted attack’
Speaking exclusively to Legal Cheek, Alan Blacker — who also goes by the title Lord Harley — hits back at Crown Court judge who questioned his appearance, title and qualifications
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What a bank holiday means to pupil barristers
This one goes out to the paralegals in the regions
A musical interlude
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Drying some washing outside the Pakistan Supreme Court
Interview: Ian Ashley-Smith on how he became a judge without getting a degree
There are ways to make it to the top in law without a glittering academic record -- or indeed hardly any academic record at all
Trainee solicitor rubbishes Mail Online’s claim that she has quit law to become a professional Kate Middleton lookalike
Mayo Wynne Baxter trainee Christina Spencer is mystified at newspaper's suggestion that she has quit her legal career
It turns out that Britain’s top comedians are desperate to be barristers
Edinburgh Festival show in which comedians go head-to-head in boozy moots has run extended amid stars’ desperation to have a go
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£1.05 for a mug of hot water at Guildford Crown Court?!
Wannabe lawyers face tough choices in the Clearing ‘transfer window’
Decisions could be swayed by trends in law firm graduate recruitment such as 'CV blind'
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What price justice?
Training contract assessment centre case study: 8 tips for winning at the City law end game
Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge gets the lowdown from Norton Rose Fulbright on what it takes to emerge victorious from a training contract assessment centre
That awkward moment when your celebrity client tweets his horror at the copyright infringement letter you sent on his behalf
London IP law firm Carpmaels & Ransford maintains dignified silence after TV adventurer Bear Grylls lifts legal threat against start-up knife company 'Bear Blades'
Durham tops ‘Most Impressive Law School Buildings in the World’ list
English universities take first and second spot in (slightly random) list of visually splendid law schools, with five more institutions from our green and pleasant land featuring elsewhere in the top 50.
Revealed: the really badly written and fake-sounding LPC scam emails that have spurred SRA warning
Legal Cheek has obtained copies of the LPC funding scam emails that have prompted the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to issue a warning to wannabe lawyers