Author: Alex Aldridge

The Times Mistakenly Features Barrister In Story – And 2 Days Later Still Hasn’t Removed Her Name

On Monday, Lucy Reed, a barrister at St John’s Chambers in Bristol, was surprised to...

Mar 28 2012 8:33am

The Worst Training Contract Pitch Ever?

“It took me five years to finish that law degree, thanks to rugby,” British Lions...

Mar 27 2012 12:54pm

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 27 March

Legal directory games – The BabyBarista Blog Pretend barrister David Evans jailed for 18 months...

Mar 27 2012 7:58am

William Hague’s Ex-Advisor Christopher Myers Bags DLA Piper Training Contract

Christopher Myers, who in 2010 was forced to resign as special advisor to married foreign...

Mar 26 2012 7:59am

Are Top Legal Tweeters Socially Disruptive Narcissists?

It was with grave concern for Preiskel & Co’s David Allen Green – Britain’s only lawyer...

Mar 23 2012 10:44am

City Lawyer In Dog Murder Stalking Riddle

Baffled police are attempting to figure out why Graeme Francis, a solicitor at Keystone Law,...

Mar 22 2012 3:53pm

Trainee Solicitors Could Earn Just £5,408 a Year If Minimum Wage Scrapped

Trainee solicitors could be re-classified as apprentices – and see their salaries tumble to just...

Mar 22 2012 12:57pm

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 22 March

Law firm fires 14 for wearing matching orange shirts to work – Daily Mail Lady...

Mar 22 2012 8:53am

Racist Tweet Law Student Avoids Jail – But Career Prospects Damaged

Newcastle University law student Joshua Cryer has been sentenced to a two-year community order for...

Mar 21 2012 1:48pm

Superbrands Top 500: A Worrying Signal For The Human Race

If I were to tell you that I like pizza slightly more than Cornwall, but...

Mar 20 2012 10:06am

Lord Neuberger Slams Judges For Appearing on MasterChef

Never upstage the boss. And that rule applies double when your boss is Master of...

Mar 19 2012 11:23am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 19 March

Family forced out of dream home after solicitors run off with their £400K life savings...

Mar 19 2012 11:17am

REVEALED: £30K Buys a TC, £9K a Paralegal Post

Earlier this month, Jonathan Fagan, managing director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment, received an email from...

Mar 16 2012 12:38pm

Times Law 100: It’s Oxbridge-Educated White Men And Shami Chakrabarti, Again!

Another year, another list of the UK’s top 100 lawyers by The Times. And once...

Mar 15 2012 1:32pm

PRO BONO FAIL: Law Firms Outnumber Cases As Law Soc’s Riot Help Scheme Flops

EXCLUSIVE: It wasn’t just kids in Tottenham and Hackney who got carried away during last...

Mar 15 2012 10:21am

Got a 2:2? Want To Be a Barrister? Well, You’ve Got a Chance

While researching my article about sitting the Kaplan BPTC aptitude test for the Guardian this...

Mar 14 2012 1:53pm

David ‘Scrap The QC System’ Wolfe QC Is STILL Fuming

Rule one of PR: you can’t shut the stable door after the horse has bolted....

Mar 13 2012 10:54am

The Perils Of Interviewing Lawyers

Lawyers’ aversion to risk makes them awful to interview. Attempt to challenge this rule of...

Mar 12 2012 9:48am

EXCLUSIVE: Freshfields Celebrates International Women’s Day With Cake-Baking Competition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which has one of the lowest percentages of female partners (12%) of...

Mar 9 2012 1:28pm

Law Student Changes Plea And Admits to Sending Stan Collymore Racist Tweets

Newcastle University law student Joshua Cryer (pictured) has confessed to sending “grossly offensive” tweets to...

Mar 9 2012 8:37am

‘Fun And Freewheeling Parties’: Law Firm’s New Grad Recruitment Strategy

Specialist litigation firm Quinn Emanuel, whose London office has been prominent on the wave of...

Mar 8 2012 10:15am