Author: Alex Aldridge
Caveat-Laden Pledge Of The Week
Clients of Welsh law firm Tudor Williams & Co shouldn’t get carried away…
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1KBW divorce barrister offers priest work experience
“I should very much like to be a barrister so I could say things like...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...