Author: Alex Aldridge

The barrister custom of refusing to shake hands is still a thing

It can make social interactions rather awkward

Nov 16 2016 1:51pm

City law diversity scheme brings teachers on board in bid to get closer to students

Work experience initiative PRIME -- which is backed by 80 top firms -- wants more ongoing contact with alumni

Nov 15 2016 10:28am

Addleshaw Goddard in talks to takeover HBJ Gateley

Combined firm could offer 40 training contracts

Nov 14 2016 8:40am

Is it ‘judgment’ or ‘judgement’?

Row breaks out as two former Lord Chancellors keep the ‘e’

Nov 11 2016 12:11pm

The law firms with the most approachable partners in Britain

They won't quite drop everything just to see you smile, but they're certainly very nice

Nov 8 2016 8:58am

How lawyers forced Theresa May to back the judiciary

Legal profession takes centre stage in constitutional crisis as Liz Truss left exposed

Nov 7 2016 7:34am

Cleary Gottlieb silent over claims it bills clients for students’ work

Blogosphere report says London office of US firm is charging out its vac schemers

Oct 21 2016 2:34pm

Cash-strapped young barristers feeling more ‘lost’ and ‘depressed’ than ever

Uncertainty not helped by coming online justice revolution

Oct 17 2016 10:33am

The law firms that give trainees and junior lawyers the best quality of work

It’s not all photocopying and filing

Oct 13 2016 11:29pm

Revealed: Top law firms average arrive and leave the office times

The ones who work late often get in quite late

Oct 10 2016 9:28am

Revealed: the best law firms to train with in Britain

The results from the Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey are in

Oct 7 2016 9:11am

The quest to recruit more graduates like me

New PRIME chair reached top of Hogan Lovells the hard way

Oct 6 2016 1:29pm

Revealed: Nearly 60% of rookie barristers did their undergraduate degree at Oxbridge

The 2016-17 Chambers Most List – released today – makes for sobering reading for wannabe lawyers at lesser unis

Sep 28 2016 11:38am

Kim Kardashian reveals law school hopes

News comes after reports she asked Amal Clooney for a mini-pupillage at Doughty Street Chambers

Sep 22 2016 6:12pm

The Russell Group bubble looks like it might burst

Status-obsessed legal profession may tire of brand that has lost its sheen

Sep 12 2016 10:28am