Author: Alex Aldridge
Fashion Law: It’s Booming, Darling
Jobless LPC students and law graduates, have you considered fashion law? Suddenly, everyone seems to...
Does Chelsea’s City Lawyer Chairman Know What He’s Doing?
Meet Bruce Buck (pictured left), the Chelsea FC chairman, member of Roman Abramovich’s inner circle,...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 7 March
Strauss-Kahn hotel maid lawyer set to join Cambridge protest – Cambridge News Crooked solicitor smuggled...
The Sun Launches X-Factor-Style Law School and Training Contract Competition
In a move that some may view as a sign of the legal profession going...
The Next Alan Hansen? Judge Gives Sentencing a Match of The Day Flavour
A Manchester judge felt moved to criticise the recent behaviour of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 6 March
Repatriation row over lawyer’s body – Hamilton Advertiser Lawyer nets world marmalade award – Newmarket...
City Lawyers Go After David Wolfe QC
RollOnFriday’s story about newly appointed silk David Wolfe QC (pictured) signing a letter in 2003...
Law Student Branded ‘Slut’ By Talk Show Host Gets Obama Call
The following would never happen in Britain… On 23 February, Georgetown Law School student Sandra...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 5 March
‘This was a professional hit’: Michael Mansfield QC backs Jill Dando assassination claim – The...
BREAKING NEWS: Fire Alarm LPC Students WON’T Be Required To Re-Sit Exam
Good news for LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University whose business law and practice...
Legal Tweeters Shunned In The Independent’s Twitter 100
The legal profession is waking up this morning to the distressing news that not a...
Becoming a QC: Easy as £4,200 inc VAT
The congratulations email received by today’s new QCs comes with…a bill for £4,200 (inclusive of...
Michael Mansfield QC: ‘The Johnny Depp Of The Legal World’
“Radical; vegetarian; socialist. These three words are rarely used in conjunction with lawyers, but these...
Should Law Schools Refund Students if They Can’t Get a Job?
In a move that may interest jobless British law graduates and the bigwigs on the...
EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Providers’ Wildly Differing Exam Lengths Provoke Unfairness Accusations
BPTC students are up in arms about the wildly differing lengths of exam times between...
EXCLUSIVE: Fire Alarm Causes LPC Exam To Be Abandoned Mid-Way Through
LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University are in limbo after a fire alarm went...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 27 February
LawVest controversy as it emerges DLA boss has personal stake – The Lawyer The world’s...
Freshfields Trainees in Pretend Homelessness Adventure
Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has given its trainee solicitors a rare break from...
Lord Justice of Appeal Slams MasterChef Hopefuls
When BBC series MasterChef set its contestants the task of cooking a qualifying session dinner...
Ryanair Boss Boasts About His In-House Lawyers’ Low Pay
Ryanair’s commitment to cheapness extends to its in-house lawyers, it has emerged. In a spat...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 22 February
Jailed fake kidnap City lawyer released as ‘act of mercy’ – Daily Mail Law student...