Author: Alex Aldridge

City University students vote to ban tabloids on campus in show of solidarity with Brexit judges

We’re guessing the GDL, LPC, BPTC and LLB cohorts weren’t big readers, but still…

Nov 18 2016 4:15pm

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