Author: Alex Aldridge

Caveat-Laden Pledge Of The Week

Clients of Welsh law firm Tudor Williams & Co shouldn’t get carried away…

Mar 22 2013 2:17pm

Millionaire Clifford Chance Partner Slums It For The Night – And We’re Meant To Be Impressed?

The bad thing about being homeless, I’d assume, is that you have nowhere to live,...

Mar 21 2013 12:26pm

Video: Lindsay Lohan Isn’t Very Nice To Her Lawyer At All

“Why did you even say that?” whispers troubled star Lindsay Lohan accusingly to her lawyer,...

Mar 21 2013 9:29am

Stobart Group ‘says it has 70% of UK’s barristers on its books’

This morning someone sent us an article featuring the above extraordinary claim. Perhaps, given that...

Mar 20 2013 3:36pm

Law Firm Life: The Truth In A Pie Chart

From Rob Pollak, the brilliant former Skadden associate behind ‘Lawyers, can you go home?’, comes another...

Mar 20 2013 11:38am

Bar Student Outrage As Mock Paper Questions Feature In BPTC Ethics Exam

Exclusive: 24 hours after BPTC students completed Monday’s centrally set ethics exam, a mock paper...

Mar 20 2013 9:32am

The mismatch between Bar graduates and pupillages is about to get a whole lot worse…

One thing no one has mentioned in relation to the very serious travails of the...

Mar 19 2013 9:54am

EXCLUSIVE: Executive committee of the UK Law Students Association quits after huge bust-up with governors

There is chaos at the UK Law Students Association (UKLSA) – whose patrons are Lord...

Mar 18 2013 2:33pm

BPP hit by setback in bid to become a uni as union says move would put students ‘at risk’

Most law students claim to be indifferent to whether the places where they do their...

Mar 18 2013 12:56pm

1KBW divorce barrister offers priest work experience

“I should very much like to be a barrister so I could say things like...

Mar 18 2013 9:27am

Exclusive: Attorney General responds to Bar anger at his ‘foolish’ barristers comment

Legal Cheek‘s Kevin Poulter has just asked Attorney General Dominic Grieve what he meant by...

Mar 14 2013 12:54pm

The Deal is Done: University Of Law Takes Over Oxford Brookes LPC

Exclusive: The University of Law will provide a Legal Practice Course (LPC) at Oxford Brookes...

Mar 13 2013 2:47pm

There Has Always Been A Bar Aptitude Test – And Training To Be A Barrister Is Free For Those Who Pass It

Amid all the debate about rising Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) fees and the new...

Mar 13 2013 1:59pm

Is This The Start Of The Criminal Barrister Spring?

It began with this blog post on Sunday by Fountain Court’s Ian West, where he...

Mar 13 2013 9:13am

New Statesman Readers Slam ‘Insolent Bloody Human Rights Lawyers’ Following ‘Shyster’ Barrister’s Pro-Human Rights Blog

Yes, that’s New Statesman readers… 1 Crown Office Row barrister Adam Wagner, who also edits...

Mar 5 2013 1:36pm

Lord Neuberger Is Trending! UK’s Top Judge Ousts Justin Bieber As Twitter’s Hottest Topic After Voicing Legal Aid Concerns

It’s not often that you get a member of the legal profession outperforming Justin Bieber...

Mar 5 2013 10:21am

Tooksgate: Michael Mansfield Releases Statement Saying He ‘Would Not Knowingly Have Become Involved In An Event That Charged Students’

Michael Mansfield QC, the star speaker at the now notorious paid-for pupillage application advice event,...

Mar 1 2013 1:10pm

Hacking Trend Hits Law As North London Solicitors Firm Is ‘Attacked By Some Unknown Gunmen’

These days, everyone seems to be getting hacked. From Facebook to Burger King to Highgate...

Feb 28 2013 3:11pm

Cambridge Academic: Corporate Law Firms Need Less Top Graduates And More Loyal Grafters With Low Ambitions

At a time when the legal services market is “going through the most tremendous upheaval...

Feb 27 2013 3:45pm

Tooks QC Distances Himself From Colleagues’ ‘Ground Breaking’ How-To-Get-A-Pupillage Money Making Venture – But Mansfield Still Scheduled To Speak

On Friday we revealed that the directors of the company behind an event charging wannabe...

Feb 25 2013 4:11pm

North West Law Firm Records World’s First Solicitor Harlem Shake Video

Last week we detailed how several universities and law schools had recorded their own versions...

Feb 25 2013 10:54am