Author: Legal Cheek

A Corporate Lawyer’s Guide To Leaving The Office

Brilliant stuff from former Skadden associate Rob Pollak. There’s more from Pollak on his blog,...

Jan 21 2013 9:57am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 21 January

Threat to the courts system as barristers google jurors then alter speeches to win sympathy...

Jan 21 2013 9:18am

Legal Cheek High Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. The Definitive Way To Decide Whether You Should Become A Barrister Or A Solicitor...

Jan 19 2013 11:21am

PODCAST: How To Schmooze Your Way To Partnership Riches

When pushed to get out and flaunt their wares, many lawyers tend to think (but...

Jan 18 2013 4:02pm

Top Barristers’ Chambers in National Newspaper ‘Pupilage’ Spelling Howler

An ad in yesterday’s law section of The Times contained a rather embarrassing spelling mistake…

Jan 18 2013 10:01am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 18 January

A lawyer’s amazingly detailed analysis of Bilbo’s contract in The Hobbit [Wired] Former Leeds University...

Jan 18 2013 9:18am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Thom Yorke threatens to “sue the living shit” out of David Cameron if the prime...

Jan 17 2013 6:22pm

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 17 January

In defence of the existing law on social media [UK Criminal Law Blog] High street...

Jan 17 2013 9:17am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Residents’ legal action over chicken factory smell [Northampton Chronicle & Echo] ‘Why did the US...

Jan 16 2013 6:22pm

Court Reporter Suppresses Giggles As She Describes Martial Arts Shopping Trolley Fight That Led To Cowboy Hat Urination Incident

Irish court correspondent Ursula McCarthy has somehow managed to (just about) keep it together as...

Jan 16 2013 3:35pm

JOB ALERT: Commercially-Minded Third Six Pupils

From Baby Barristers: a leading barristers’ chambers seeks third six pupils who have completed pupillage...

Jan 16 2013 1:45pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 16 January

When I get that feeling, I want sexual billing [Above the Law] Judges’ respect for...

Jan 16 2013 9:20am

End Of The Day Round-Up

BT to offer legal services to businesses after new ‘BT Law’ trade mark is registered...

Jan 15 2013 6:30pm

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 15 January

Lindsay Lohan ‘owes fired lawyer Shawn Holley $300k in legal fees’… amid reports she wants...

Jan 15 2013 9:09am

End Of The Day Round-Up

The new Titan prison idea could be a bit of a rightwing smokescreen, designed to...

Jan 14 2013 6:34pm

Photo Of Man In Front Of Till Sparks Reddit Law Grad Barbs

“First job outa law school,” wrote a Reddit user the other day, hyperlinking his words...

Jan 14 2013 10:34am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 14 January

Allen & Overy chief backs apprenticeships  “so long as standards are upheld” [The Independent] Drop...

Jan 14 2013 9:22am

Legal Cheek High Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. ‘I Look Forward To Meeting You On 31 Sept As Well’: Cambridge Law Student...

Jan 12 2013 5:16pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Law student pleads guilty to exotic bird’s beheading death at Vegas casino [Mail Online] “No...

Jan 11 2013 6:32pm

Podcast: How Far Should Bar Hopefuls Follow Their Dreams?

Incredibly, Yusuf Solley landed the first pupillage he applied for – with the Government Legal...

Jan 11 2013 4:03pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 11 January

Law’s Mystic Meg: no future for high street firms, but window of opportunity for mid-sized...

Jan 11 2013 9:35am