Author: Alex Aldridge
LPC applications fall by 10% despite 8% rise in training contracts
Decline in LPC applications suggests that students don't believe recent increase in training contract numbers will be sustained.
‘Right to be forgotten’ ruling sees article about ‘foul-mouthed’ ex-Law Society president removed from Google
Articles in The Independent, The Telegraph and The Guardian about Robert Sayer disappear from search engine after implementation of controversial ruling.
Pupil master cracks Jimmy Savile ‘mitigating circumstances’ gag on student advice forum — nobody laughs
TheStudentRoom message board removes barrister's ill-judged quip...after we got a screenshot.
Massive 38 per cent fall in tenancies isn’t as bad as had been feared
Three months after releasing incorrect tenancy statistic, the Bar Council and Bar Standards Board produce correct figure.
We need to talk about paralegals
The children of the financial crisis could pose a danger to law firms if their ambitions aren't accommodated.
The best photos from London Legal Pride
Saturday's gay pride celebration saw a record 30,000 revellers march through central London. Among them was a large contingent from the legal profession.
Which last 16 World Cup team is your law firm?
Brazil 2014 legal geekery: striking parallels revealed.
Wannabe solicitor with murder conviction is allowed to do the LPC
High Court clears way for Selwyn Strachan — who was released from prison in Grenada in 2009 after Amnesty International slammed his "fatally flawed" trial — to become a solicitor.
Legal pic of the day
*Guffaws*
Legal pic of the day
Just about every law student has been there -- just think introduction to land law.
Workload and client expectations are by far the biggest causes of stress for lawyers
60% of stressed-out solicitors say volume of work is the problem; 42% cite client expectations.
4 things you absolutely must do during a vac scheme
A student, a trainee and a graduate recruiter share their experiences of vac schemes at Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown and Norton Rose Fulbright to help wannabe lawyers about to start summer placements at City law firms.
In-house lawyers have been re-branded ‘legal ninjas’
Silicon Valley software company Palantir doesn't have in-house lawyers, it has "legal ninjas" -- and it wants to find one in London, where the term will surely never catch on.
Legal pic of the day
Nabarro lawyers take a no-nonsense approach to their trainees.
Doughty Street barrister’s wedding to George Clooney could be off, claims US gossip rag
In latest instalment of wall-to-wall Amal Alamuddin coverage, “sources” tell National Enquirer that barrister’s forthcoming nuptials to Hollywood actor may not happen.
Lawyers celebrate anniversary of Magna Carta with a #Jelfie
What better way to mark the anniversary of the ancient charter of the liberties of England — which turned 799 yesterday — than with a "jelfie" (justice selfie)?
Under-publicised scheme which pays almost a third of wannabe lawyers’ university fees quietly opens
City law firm's bursary for state school students who are the first generation in their family to go to uni pays £2,500 a year -- and application requires only a 750-word essay.
Doughty Street human rights barrister tweets tips from pupillage interview frontline
Charity campaign manager-turned-human rights lawyer Steve Broach — who was called to the Bar in 2008 — shares wisdom gleaned from this year’s pupil selection process at glamour set Doughty Street.
QC who is shortlisted for ‘Barrister of the year’ is on awards judging panel
Landmark Chambers’ Nathalie Lieven QC is up for an award in the same awards ceremony she is judging. But The Lawyer magazine denies there is a conflict of interest.
Clifford Chance ‘motivational postcards’ offend firm’s lawyers (and everyone else)
Suggestion that solicitors at magic circle giant are a “select group that is superior” to others goes down badly.
Anger and confusion as Durham students are given the wrong land law exam
Of all subjects, it had to be land...