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End of the day round-up

Barrister: “I can categorically confirm that Chris Grayling has never done a mini-pupillage with me”...

Sep 23 2013 4:48pm

Tooks Chambers to be dissolved

After months of rumours about its imminent demise, and a host of high profile departures,...

Sep 23 2013 1:11pm

There is a real lawyer called Saul Goodman!

Saul Goodman, the famously dodgy criminal lawyer in hit TV series Breaking Bad, has a...

Sep 23 2013 12:20pm

Did justice secretary Chris Grayling do a mini-pupillage this summer?

A barrister has made public an email exchange with Chris Grayling in which the justice...

Sep 23 2013 8:40am

Morning round-up: Monday 23 September

Judge jails man for seven days for taking picture in court on his phone [Yorkshire...

Sep 23 2013 8:02am

‘If you forget that everything can be taken away from you at a moment’s notice, you’ll be in trouble’

In a line of work that’s not exactly secure, it’s helpful to gain early experience...

Sep 20 2013 11:03am

‘If you forget that everything can be taken away from you at a moment’s notice, you’ll be in trouble’

In a line of work that’s not exactly secure, it’s helpful to gain early experience...

Sep 20 2013 11:03am

The charmingly contrarian world of Grayling’s lone solicitor supporter

Yesterday Yorkshire-based high street solicitor John Wilson wrote a piece for The Times in which...

Sep 20 2013 9:38am

Morning round-up: Friday 20 September

Sorry the hardest word as Bar Council apologises for getting its sums wrong [Legal Business]...

Sep 20 2013 8:27am

Law student alienates coursemates with bizarre mass email berating them for eating in lectures — coursemates leak email…

A Canadian law student has got off to a bad start to the academic year...

Sep 19 2013 1:19pm

Does the way that lawyers are encouraged to think and work make them vulnerable to depression?

A high stress job combined with a temperamental inclination to analyse and pick apart can...

Sep 19 2013 9:17am

Morning round-up: Thursday 19 September

Swedish court rules it is legal to masturbate in public (if it’s not directed at...

Sep 19 2013 7:57am

End of the day round-up

Leveson has been “disastrous” says Guardian legal chief [Press Gazette] Linkedin challenges US government over...

Sep 18 2013 4:07pm

Lawyer bills 29 hours in one day

A US lawyer is facing disciplinary proceedings after billing for a 29-hour day. According to...

Sep 18 2013 11:18am

Pupillage-less BPTC grad among the ‘25 most influential Londoners aged under 25′

There’s no doubt that Gabrielle Turnquest‘s achievement in becoming the youngest person to be called...

Sep 18 2013 9:16am

Dispatches from the GDL frontline: ‘It’s a weird atmosphere because half the people have training contracts and half don’t’

The idyllic life of the undergraduate came crashing to a halt this week for thousands...

Sep 17 2013 2:07pm

The 10 best law student meltdowns on Vine

While lawyers have been slow to embrace iPhone app Vine, law students have seized upon...

Sep 17 2013 9:33am

Exeter University confirms that it was one of its professors who had his law lecture remixed

As universities return for autumn, beware, lecturers, of the smartphone-wielding student with video-editing skills. And,...

Sep 16 2013 11:17am

Starting pupillage: ‘So much to learn but hopefully a chance to teach a little too’

Two years after being called to the Bar, OccupyTheInns prepares to become a fully-fledged barrister...

Sep 16 2013 9:34am

Morning round-up: Monday 16 September

Judges must quit £3,000-a-night luxury lodgings and stay at B&Bs, as ministers seek to slash...

Sep 16 2013 7:47am

Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories

1. Video: Clifford Chance trainee in ‘f*cking people over for money’ YouTube boast 2. Solicitor,...

Sep 14 2013 10:31am