Author: Judge John Hack

Big law firms should be honest with their junior lawyers about what life is like at a top-tier practice: the money is great but it's hard work

BPP is controversially to bring its BPTC to Brum, despite only nine pupillage places available in all the West Midlands as of yesterday

Associates at Weil Gotshal’s offices around the world are fuming at ham-fisted bid by the senior partnership to take the piss out of work-life balance issues

Restricting the gong is unfair and a block to diversity in the modern profession, says legal executives group

Power cut bring chaos to lawyer-land, but several brave souls manage to get down the pub

Justice Secretary gets slapped down again, this time over prisoner transfer reforms – but happy b-day, nonetheless, Chris

City firm hangs on to 12 of 15 freshly minted solicitors -- and places one in house

Just days after jacking in boy band -- and with no traditional qualifications -- Zayn Malik has bagged a place at a magic circle chambers

1KBW silk plonks the old horsehair on baby’s head in craven bid to win cute points from Twitterati

A senior Law Society figure claims unofficial bias in favour of elitism remains rife among City and large commercial firms

Nottingham left to lick its wounds as the country’s biggest law school is awarded alternative business structure status

Wannabe criminal barristers should “celebrate” yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling by spinning the classic Doors song and getting pissed to Jim Morrison’s prophetic lyrics

Court backs government plans for massive cuts in number of legal aid law firms, reigniting fears that law students wanting a career in crime will have to rob banks

Freshly-called lawyers could save a few quid by picking up second hand horsehair that a bogus witchdoctor is flogging after £1 million swindling spree

The story of the high-flying Dubai-based English solicitor, a Djibouti millionaire, a terror attack and some phone calls provides a salutary tale for law students

On the eve of judging the Bar’s annual mock trial competition the President of the Queen’s Bench Division speaks exclusively to Legal Cheek

Eclipse? What eclipse? That was the disappointed chorus from the heart of the legal profession planet; but Faroese lawyers were laughing

Irish high court stops short of striking off Dublin solicitor because he was depressed -- and paid the cash back

Modern cyber marketing is flashing, but it lacks the individualistic charm of the earlier generation

There’s a little secret about the magic circle firm’s law firm of the year boast. Read on …

London set leapfrogs rivals as it charges near to top of national league table in remuneration for baby barristers