Author: Alex Aldridge
Tooks Chambers Barristers Start Company That Charges Bar Hopefuls £186 Each For Pupillage Application Advice From Michael Mansfield QC
When criminal barristers talk of having to diversify in order to survive, it’s generally assumed...
What Mid-Life Crisis? Skadden Partner Quits Law Because He Has ‘Been Blessed With The Incredible Good Fortune Of Being Married To TaQuita Thorns’
“I have decided to start a new phase of my life. I do not plan...
Bar Course Aptitude Test Will Cost More Than Double What Wannabe Barristers Had Been Told To Expect
Barrister hopefuls had been told that the new Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) would cost...
Analysed: The Poor Posture And ‘Smug Smile’ Of Supreme Court President Lord Neuberger
Yesterday, hidden away at the bottom of Joshua Rozenberg’s article in The Guardian about judges’...
Has There Ever Been A More Unlikely Legal Conference Attendee Than Busta Rhymes?
News came through overnight on Twitter that rapper Busta Rhymes closed yesterday’s American Association For...
Goodbye Solicitor And Barrister, Hello ‘Legal Process Analyst’ – Review: ‘Tomorrow’s Lawyers’ By Richard Susskind
As you’d expect, the inquiries Professor Richard Susskind encourages legal hopefuls to make in the ‘Questions...
‘You Wouldn’t Behave Like That In Court’: Barrister MP Told Off For Heckling Ed Miliband At PMQs
At yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, criminal barrister-turned-MP Michael Ellis heckled Ed Miliband so loudly that...
Lord Neuberger’s Judicial Assistant Lifts The Lid On Supreme Court Life
Amid the glow of the UK Supreme Court’s psychedelic carpets (the work of Sgt Pepper’s...
What Supreme Court Justices Read In Their Spare Time…
Encouraging to see Private Eye making an appearance in the UK Supreme Court Justices’ library....
Women Lawyers Earn £50K Less Than Their Male Counterparts
The average female lawyer is paid £51,396 less per year than the average male lawyer,...
Court Of Appeal Dismisses Latest Case Of Litigant-In-Person Bar Graduate
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a libel case brought by a pupillage-less Bar graduate...
Fired Allen & Overy Lawyer-Turned-Sex Novelist Tells Of New Life in 2 Room Cabin Rented By The Night On Her Credit Card
Pursuing your dreams can come at a price. Deidre Dare (real name: Deidre Clark) used...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Two lawyers admit posting rants under pseudonyms on newspaper website about active cases and sitting...
Students Point Finger At ‘Stingy’ City Law Firms As Donation-Starved FRU Hikes Adviser Training Price By 23%
Law students signing up as Free Representation Unit (FRU) advisers have been surprised to find...
Will The Next Generation Of Apprentice Lawyers Become Solicitors Or Legal Executives?
Over Christmas, the announcement by minister for skills Matthew Hancock that school-leavers students will soon...
Practising Lawyer With Sideline As A Rapper Releases New Single – And It’s Just As Awful As His Previous Efforts
Mike Shipwash (aka ‘Lawyer Mike’) is an American sole practitioner specialising in personal injury law, who...
The Definitive Way To Decide Whether You Should Become A Barrister Or A Solicitor
Last week Eddie Stobart Lorries’ newly-formed legal arm caused controversy by claiming that solicitors are...
Boyfriend Of Solicitor ‘Told Not To Have A Relationship Or Babies’ By Her Boss Goes On The Social Media Offensive
The boyfriend of solicitor Kate Baker has weighed into the row surrounding her sexual harassment,...
‘Cocky’ Warwick Uni Law Student Fails In Bid To Become Countdown Supreme Champion – Then Jousts With Host
Yesterday Warwick Uni LLM student Mark Deeks narrowly lost his battle with a Cambridge maths...
Solicitors Are Like GPs And Barristers Like Consultants, Says Eddie Stobart Lorries
Eddie Stobart Lorries’ move into offering legal services – via its newly-formed Stobart Barristers arm...
Bar Council’s ‘Modern’ Replacement For Pupillage Portal Isn’t Looking So Modern…
When you set your standards as low as Pupillage Portal (the recently-retired pupillage application website),...