Author: Jonathan Ames

Bar students are getting even worse at ethics, official report shows

If four-year trend continues, more than half of those on the BPTC are likely to fail ethics module at first go next year

Aug 18 2015 9:02am

Tribunal slaps young solicitor, 30, for faking orthopaedic expert reports

Junior is hit with an indefinite suspension and a £10,000 costs order into the bargain

Aug 17 2015 1:58pm

Comments of the week

The best from below the line

Aug 14 2015 3:56pm

Sullivan & Cromwell shoots to top of UK pay league with record £101,500 newly-qualified solicitor salary

Exclusive: London office of New York firm is now highest paying in City

Aug 14 2015 10:21am

The 6 most ridiculous legal stories of the silly season so far

The best law-related summer frippery

Aug 14 2015 9:46am

17 barristers at one chambers probed over claims of poor behaviour towards pupils

Bar Standards Board refuses to provide details, but says single case has distorted internal conduct figures

Aug 13 2015 1:59pm

Former refugee with first class law degree bids to crowdfund BPTC

Plucky east Londoner needs £12,000 to do bar course

Aug 12 2015 9:31am

Diva of Divorce up against most-followed lawyer on Instagram in battle for ‘Legal Personality of the Year’ crown

It’s solicitor v barrister in fight for coveted Law Society gong

Aug 11 2015 9:48am

Modern lawyers are far too specialised, says Supreme Court judge

First Jonathan Sumption QC laid into law degrees, now he’s criticising qualified lawyers for being narrow minded

Aug 10 2015 2:30pm

Comments of the week

The best from below the line

Aug 7 2015 3:47pm

Killjoy bar leaders aim to phase out dining requirement for qualification as a barrister

Age-old tradition of drunken bread roll fights looks set to be pensioned off as it's not sufficiently educational

Aug 7 2015 9:28am

Number of bad-boy barristers drops as disbarments tumbled last year

Regulator’s annual figures show complaints rise, but 31% fewer lawyers were given red cards

Aug 6 2015 4:06pm

Blogger is first Open University student to bag Harvard Law School scholarship

From the heights of Legal Cheek to slumming it in the Ivy League

Aug 6 2015 11:28am

Trendy London law firm does its bit to tackle erectile dysfunction

Diversity recruitment agency announcement suggests Olswang has got into the good wood game

Aug 6 2015 9:32am

Ministry of Justice slaps penniless tramps with whopping court charges to bolster coffers

The desperate monetisation of Britain’s criminal justice system

Aug 5 2015 5:20pm

Shearman & Sterling’s London office switches Kaplan for Uni of Law in LPC deal

Contract kicks off this September in a post-sale boost for university

Aug 5 2015 2:23pm

Crime legal aid firms are forced to offer cheap ‘McJustice’ to clients, says strike leader

Head of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association also has a pop at legal education establishment

Aug 5 2015 9:27am

University of Law launches money back guarantee for out-of-work LPC students

ULaw offering 50% rebate of fees for those unable to secure job in "legal or commerce"

Aug 4 2015 11:03am

Andy Burnham bids to battle Corbyn by being friend to legal aid lawyers

Leadership election manifesto of former health secretary calls for a review of recent cuts

Aug 4 2015 9:33am

Two universities bin law conversion course as market tightens

Keele and Hertfordshire law schools announced today that it’s all over for their Graduate Diploma in Law courses

Aug 3 2015 4:25pm

UCL legal academic discovers corporate lawyers are missing the ethics gene

UCL law school boffin produces an image of what good legal values should look like

Aug 3 2015 11:48am