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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?

May 29 2014 8:57am

Morning round-up: Thursday 29 May

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

May 29 2014 8:05am

Legal pic of the day

Discarded law books spotted this afternoon outside Boston Magistrates Court.

May 28 2014 4:13pm

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.

May 28 2014 12:47pm

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.

May 28 2014 9:28am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 28 May

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

May 28 2014 8:09am

Legal pic of the day

Making imaginative use of a pink ribbon.

May 27 2014 4:11pm

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.

May 27 2014 9:19am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 27 May

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

May 27 2014 7:50am

Legal pic of the day

Alternative careers for law graduates: human cannonball.

May 23 2014 4:57pm

‘Plagiarised’ law essay goes viral

White student writes of the injustice she faces as a black woman.

May 23 2014 11:54am

‘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.

May 23 2014 11:05am

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.

May 23 2014 9:55am

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.

May 23 2014 9:33am

Morning round-up: Friday 23 May

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

May 23 2014 8:07am

Legal pic of the day

Ever wondered what a Royal Pardon looks like?

May 22 2014 4:47pm

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.

May 22 2014 2:47pm

Revision hell captured through Snapchat

We asked our Snapchat followers how their law revision was going. This is how they responded...

May 22 2014 9:11am

Morning round-up: Thursday 22 May

The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.

May 22 2014 7:50am

Legal pic of the day

OK, in an ideal world it would be spelt with an 'a', but hey...

May 21 2014 2:36pm

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.

May 21 2014 1:24pm