Author: Judge John Hack

University of Law tight-lipped over BPTC launch for Leeds and Manchester

So-called northern powerhouse cities already have 285 bar courses on offer -- and only 26 pupillage places

Apr 29 2015 5:14pm

Clifford Chance outstrips rivals in bid to field most charity walkers

Law firms can’t resist competing with each other -- even over charity events, as a league table currently being updated on social media graphically illustrates

Apr 29 2015 1:20pm

Litigant-in-person files notice to ‘f*ck this court and everything it stands for’

This expletive-fuelled -- but strangely nearly cogent -- notice to a US federal court judge may be the rudest official legal document ever

Apr 29 2015 11:07am

Law firm charges wannabe solicitors thousands for homemade diploma and internship

Exclusive: The very expensive fortnight may leave students in more debt and still jobless

Apr 29 2015 9:35am

Star Wars fighters do battle above lawyer heads in Manchester

Office block lobby in building that houses three leading law firms has been turned into dreamland for the film’s addicts

Apr 28 2015 2:58pm

Twitter outpouring as R v Brown dissenting judge dies

Lord Mustill stood up for the right of consenting adults to get involved in a spot of painful S&M -- but he was on the losing side

Apr 28 2015 12:13pm

Pupillage places slip below the 400 mark for the first time

Training contracts tumbled yesterday, now it’s the turn of wannabe barristers to face bad news …

Apr 28 2015 9:57am

Election latest: some voters aren’t that sold on lawyer candidates

One Tory newbie barrister in standing in Hampshire, and our old friend the former telly producer turned Justice Secretary come in for flack

Apr 27 2015 3:18pm

Official figures: training contracts plummet by 12.5% over last decade

Tough conditions for wannabe solicitors continues -- as stats show London tightens grip on training contract market

Apr 27 2015 12:40pm

Exposed: another possible supermarket case of outrageous passing off

Will the intellectual property law teams at two supermarket giants leap into their panda cars to clamp down on these cheeky independents?

Apr 27 2015 10:30am

Bring on the revolution, cries former Appeal Court judge, imploring lawyers to ignore establishment and go on strike

Timid approach from establishment representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners

Apr 24 2015 4:17pm

City lawyer parliamentary candidate battles claims he over-egged experience at Clifford Chance

Tory safe seat man in bid to refute allegations that his claim to have headed a magic circle department is a big fat exaggeration

Apr 24 2015 3:01pm

Bogus ‘boutique barrister’ puts regulator in spotlight over non-practising status

Bar Standards Board defends its position as pupillage-less bar graduate is jailed for fraud after using "barrister" title

Apr 24 2015 12:35pm

The Judge rules: lawyer websites — little more than worthy vanity publishing

A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences

Apr 24 2015 9:59am

Aussie law school boldly heads for space – but in wake of Sunderland trailblazers

University of Adelaide today takes its specialist module to the launch pad warning of fears that it’s not that lonely in space after all

Apr 23 2015 4:55pm

Cambridge law grads are the biggest earners in the legal profession

Light blues outstrip ancient rivals Oxford by £7,000, while LSE comes second and even the Scots get a look in

Apr 23 2015 3:37pm

Kennedy QC v Starkey in almighty Magna Carta bust up on this morning’s BBC radio

Lawyer and historian go hammer and tongs, while Twittersphere lambasts Law Society for dropping definite article clanger regarding the 800-year-old document

Apr 23 2015 12:25pm

Former watchdog tells legal execs to battle traditional lawyers for top judicial posts

Controversial plea from the ex-chairwoman of Bar Standards Board is bound agitate current barrister and solicitor leaders

Apr 22 2015 2:50pm

Who insists on the poshest funerals? Yep, it’s the lawyers

Latest UK death research shows the legal profession beats bankers and generals by being keenest to splurge its way into the afterlife

Apr 22 2015 12:06pm

Top black lawyer charges columnist with racism over migrant ‘cockroach’ slur

Katie Hopkins and newspaper editor in line of fire as Society of Black Lawyers makes incitement to racial hatred complaint to police

Apr 21 2015 2:51pm

Law degree student numbers rocket by nearly 20% despite still hard job market

Latest figures show no loss of appetite for law as undergraduate subject -- and women far outnumbering men on degree courses

Apr 21 2015 1:23pm