Author: Judge John Hack
Former bar student blasts law schools for ‘profiteering’ from academically weak applicants
Providers are coining it from foreigners with woeful English language skills, while regulators stand by, argues star student
Two Linklaters partners fall on swords after Oktoberfest punch-up
Munich-based high-fliers resign after falling out over a female student at traditional German beer-based marathon
Gavels, gavels and more gavels — and a dodgy wig
Yet another entry for Legal Cheek’s soon to be bursting gavel hall of shame -- and this time from our favourite public service broadcaster
Shadow Solicitor-General dismisses suggestions he made a ‘Thornberry-style’ tweet to train driver
“Please stick to driving trains” comment comes just weeks after “white van man” Twitter storm
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A hanging matter
Barristers extol delights of down-market shopping for Christmas booze
Lawyer wine experts recommend two German pile ‘em high supermarkets for deals on fizz and other fine wines
Newbie Shadow Solicitor-General takes Twitter fire for getting cold feet over legal aid cuts opposition
When on the backbenches, barrister Karl Turner wouldn’t shut up about the disastrous demise of the system; now he’s a bit quieter
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Magic mushrooms
Law students bag first win for university pro bono projects as murder conviction is overturned
High judicial praise for Cardiff’s Innocence Project in a case that also sees a “hot” barrister in the limelight
US judge opens written ruling with a not-so-funny cartoon in possible bench first
Michigan courtroom is the scene of not quite unrivalled hilarity as Federal Court judge invokes bizarre drawing in insurance litigation trial
Law chiefs battle spooks over client privilege
Bar associations and law societies across the UK line up to wave two fingers at security services and rozzers over Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
Bristol chambers axes pupillage place for next year — after wannabes had applied
Queen Square set's application required a week’s worth of toil -- and then the pupillage was cancelled
Demands for universities to shop extremist students will be red-tape nightmare, say law school chiefs
Ministers are keen for vice-chancellors to monitor students for fundamentalist leanings -- but senior law academics have their doubts over practicalities
A handy five-point plan on how to pull law students
Student website reckons it’s sussed how to cajole knackered, stressed and career-obsessed wannabe lawyers into the sack
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Law school -- but not as we know it
Law student, 80, graduates from Liverpool Uni
80-year-old former copper picks up law master degree -- but he’s not the oldest ever
Legal apprenticeship schemes — cheap labour for law firms?
Some apprentices are paid less than half what their trainee counterparts earn -- raising suggestions that the role could revolutionise legal profession training
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Name games
Review: ‘The Dog’ — a lawyer howls for freedom in Dubai
A former London barrister has written a witty and entertaining tale of ex-pat life in the psychologically confusing emirate
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Kings of comedy
Joshua Rozenberg photobombs Andrew Mitchell at the RCJ following ‘Plebgate’ trial
Days after bagging yet another honorary doctorate, BBC Law in Action presenter is in the news again