Author: Alex Aldridge
Taxi for the bar – and the music industry?
The Stobart Group’s foray into law may just be the beginning of a campaign for...
Lawyer commissions R’n’B ballad in his honour – then plays it on loop on his website
Visitors to the website of US lawyer Carl B Grant are greeted by a tuneful...
Wannabe Lord Chief Justices must pen 2,000 word essay to land top judge gig
In a departure from the traditional “tap on the shoulder” method of recruitment, applicants for...
BSB powerless to intervene in Westminster School’s mini-pupillage auction
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said that there is nothing it can do to...
How to write a successful law blog – and land a job off the back of it
As Hardwicke Building found out last week, lawyers who enjoy writing in their free time...
When a covering letter crosses the line from charmingly quirky to wacky
In a tough graduate law job market, there’s an argument for injecting a little personality...
Argent Chambers barrister Jerry Hayes in BBC Question Time nightmare
Hopes were high when it was announced that criminal barrister and former Tory MP Jerry...
BSB: Ethics exam that contained mock paper questions is ‘not invalid’
Finally, a month and a half after the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics...
Judicial quote of the week: ‘Don’t be a blockhead’
As he sentenced the actor who voiced Charlie Brown in cartoon Peanuts (for threatening his...
Hardwicke Chambers ‘shocked by the views’ of barrister who called for age of consent to be lowered to 13
Yesterday, Spiked published a highly controversial article about Operation Yewtree by Hardwicke Chambers barrister Barbara...
Westminster School auctions a mini-pupillage – current bid £750
Struggling to secure work experience in the ultra-competitive environment of the Bar? Well, thanks to...
Too much education: why BPP is wrong to damn its graduates to perennial studentdom
A turning point in my life was when I ran out of excuses to do...
Guildhall Chambers becomes latest set to stop offering criminal pupillages
Bristol-based Guildhall Chambers has followed London set Charter Chambers in withdrawing its criminal pupillage for...
‘I’m the king of the world!’ DLA Piper hires entire cruise ship for partner meeting
As legal aid implodes and training contract numbers plummet to the lowest level since 1999,...
Pupillage application deadline extended (again) to Thursday 9 May
The Bar Council has extended the pupillage application deadline for a second time after disastrous...
The strange tale of the fake legal journalist
There’s an assumption that the journalists who churn out copy on behalf of corporate-owned legal...
The spelling and grammar shame of Apprentice contestant’s new legal brand
While Dynamo Legal founder Alex Mills has great eyebrows, the 22 year-old entrepreneur – who’s a...
TV Edwards lets paralegals go weeks after shelling out for their police station accreditation training
Exclusive: In the latest sign of how hard law firms are being hit by government...
Newspapers’ categorisation of lawyers: a cut-out-and-keep guide
When The Observer conferred silk upon ‘Loverson’ barrister David Sherborne (who’s not a QC) on...
Pupillage application system fail – yet again
Update: the Pupillage Gateway deadline has been extended, for a second time, to Thursday 9...
When tweeting from a law firm Twitter account, be sure not to wish ‘death to all police’
A Canadian criminal lawyer is at the heart of a media storm after several highly...