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To be yourself or to be someone else?
High profile Dechert partner Miriam Gonzalez urges wannabes to "fake it" to reach the top, contradicting age-old "just be yourself!" maxim. But then what?
Morning round-up: Thursday 29 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Discarded law books spotted this afternoon outside Boston Magistrates Court.
Nottingham University law student’s anti-Semitic Facebook post wows with both its nastiness and stupidity
Use of term “Jew kunts” and follow-up suggestion that “everything” is wrong with Jews will horrify law firms and chambers.
Stressed-out law student uses growing command of criminal law to issue Newcastle Uni library with legal threat
Tongue-in-cheek warning of legal action under the Theft Act 1968 spotted yesterday in Newcastle University's Robinson Library.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 28 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Making imaginative use of a pink ribbon.
Crown Court takes decorative flora to the legal limit
Sharp-eyed lawyers have spotted a decorative cannabis plant in the Bar mess area of Southwark Crown Court.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 27 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Alternative careers for law graduates: human cannonball.
‘Plagiarised’ law essay goes viral
White student writes of the injustice she faces as a black woman.
‘I was angry and embarrassed’: Bar wannabe whose application form blooper was tweeted by a barrister hits back
A prospective barrister explains how he felt when his mistake was highlighted first on Twitter and then on Legal Cheek.
10 outrageous slurs on Chris Grayling’s appearance made during Question Time
As Chris Grayling sailed through last night's Question Time without being asked a single question about legal aid, Twitter found itself captivated by the justice secretary's face.
The mysterious website offering wannabe solicitors application help in exchange for 3% of their training contract salary
Lack of phone number, company number or functioning social media links don't inspire confidence. Oh, and "EMPLOYABILITY" has borrowed the name of a non-profit that helps disabled students into careers.
Morning round-up: Friday 23 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Ever wondered what a Royal Pardon looks like?
Mixing love and legal education: what could possibly go wrong?
Combining your personal life with legal study seems to be all the rage in the US right now.
Revision hell captured through Snapchat
We asked our Snapchat followers how their law revision was going. This is how they responded...
Morning round-up: Thursday 22 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
OK, in an ideal world it would be spelt with an 'a', but hey...
The encouraging bit of the disappointing #OpCotton judgment
Today's ruling by the Court of Appeal at least offered a crumb of comfort to criminal lawyers. Although not everyone is buying it.