Author: Alex Aldridge
How Bad Does Your Wide-Ranging Crime Spree Have To Be To Prevent You From Becoming A Solicitor?
Last week a Bradford solicitor was jailed for five years for paying off witnesses in...
‘I Look Forward To Meeting You On 31 Sept As Well’: Cambridge Law Student Taunts ‘Sloppy’ Law Firm Grad Recruiters
As a strategy to land a job, Sebastian Salek’s decision to pen an article for...
Bad Legal Aid Omen Of The Week
Go to the Ministry of Justice website, scroll to the bottom – and in the ‘Topics’...
Solicitors Regulation Authority Fuses Judaism And Islam To Create New Religion
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) latest diversity survey has an eye-catching new ‘Jewish Muslim’ option...
Ex-Wannabe Lawyer Sells His Name On eBay In Bid To Pay Off Massive US Law School Debts
“If you want my first name to be ‘Bob’s Supermarket’ and my last name to...
Leaked Email: Hogan Lovells Partner Orders Associates To Be At Their Desks By 9am – Even If They’ve Been Working Late
Corporate lawyers pride themselves on being able to swan into work late. The trade off,...
Shearman & Sterling: ‘We Never Offered Email Scandal Trainee An NQ Solicitor Job; He Resigned Over The Summer’
Yesterday we brought you news of the updated LinkedIn profile of Shearman & Sterling ‘spit...
What Has Happened To The Legal Education And Training Review Final Report?
The final report of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) – potentially the biggest shake-up...
Five Legal Market Predictions For 2013
1. More firms to stop paying students’ law school fees Clarke Willmott’s November decision to...
DPP Slams Twitter Joke Trial QC For Making ‘Cheap Points’ And Failing To Grasp ‘Sophistication’ Of Social Media Issues
Having narrowly beaten Kirsty Brimelow in the last battle of the top QCs, Twitter Joke...
‘Beautician Barrister’ Ditches BPP Law School To Do Bar Professional Training Course At Rival
Back in 2009, Essex beautician Georgina Blackwell caused a media storm when, without any legal...
Solicitor Wows Polar Explorer With Hilarious Christmas Card
Ben Saunders, the third person in history to reach the North Pole alone and on...
BPP Sparks Fury As Its Official Twitter Account Ridicules David Beckham’s Reading Ability
Corporate Twitter accounts are often criticised for their blandness. But what happens when they go...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’… 2. Better Late Than Never: Lawyers – Gangnam Style...
Why Doing The Bar Professional Training Course And Not Becoming A Barrister Isn’t Necessarily A Bad Thing
Yesterday I met up with top legal blogger Charon QC, who is currently touring the...
Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’…
The website TopCriminalQC.co.uk seems like a spoof. But Michael Wolkind QC’s chambers, 2 Bedford Row,...
Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’…
The website TopCriminalQC.co.uk seems like a spoof. But Michael Wolkind QC’s chambers, 2 Bedford Row,...
Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Learn To ‘Pivot’
Initially, I wasn’t sure about applying this idea to the realm of legal careers –...
The 4 Bits Of The Bar Council Chair’s Inaugural Speech That Matter For Junior Barristers And Bar Wannabes
Last night’s speech by incoming Bar Council chair Maura McGowan QC was full of diplomatic...
Will The ‘New Twitter’ Take Off Among Lawyers?
Back in 2008-09, the legal tweeting community was widely looked down upon, its members derided...
Beware What You Say In the Presence Of Law Students…
At a seminar last week, one of the most senior judges in India courted controversy...