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Boat race protester Trenton Oldfield saved by non-Oxbridge lawyer [The Independent] 1,000 crime solicitors to...

Dec 9 2013 4:35pm

Kingston Crown Court unveils a lunch deal of such complexity that even lawyers can’t understand it

Can anyone decipher the meaning of Kingston Crown Court’s incredibly complicated lunch deal?

Dec 9 2013 1:07pm

Is this the most whirlwind pupillage application schedule ever?

Several pupillage hopefuls have alerted us to the incredibly fast pupillage application schedule being operated...

Dec 9 2013 9:37am

The number of students enrolling on the LPC is down 8.4% this year — with the course on average only 44% full

Amid continued concerns about the numbers of training contracts available, fewer students are doing the...

Dec 9 2013 9:02am

Morning round-up: Monday 9 December

Law student spots cockroach in Subway while eating sandwich [Manchester Evening News] Don’t have children...

Dec 9 2013 7:44am

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

1. Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party 2. The QC...

Dec 8 2013 10:08am

The end of the day round-up

Christian woman loses legal challenge over right not to work on Sundays [The Independent] Women...

Dec 5 2013 4:12pm

‘I was offered pupillage at the second chambers I applied to’

Unlike his friend, who crashed his hired Jaguar into the chambers where he was interviewing,...

Dec 5 2013 1:15pm

The story of a law lecture: in 15 (possibly ill-judged) smartphone photos

The law students of England and Wales have tweeted some amazing pictures of what they...

Dec 5 2013 8:58am

Morning round-up: Thursday 5 December

Booker, Hemming and the “forced caesarian” case: a masterclass in Flat Earth news [Head of...

Dec 5 2013 7:55am

The end of the day round-up

Solicitor who attacked her own parents could face jail after fleecing Law Society out of...

Dec 4 2013 4:23pm

Podcast: How barristers can make an impact on social mobility

We gathered together Young Barristers’ Committee chair Hannah Kinch, Citizenship Foundation programme manager Paul Bower...

Dec 4 2013 1:01pm

Chair of Young Barristers’ Committee says she’d still advise students without wealthy parents to go to the criminal Bar

EXCLUSIVE: Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council chair Hannah Kinch has made a robust...

Dec 4 2013 9:53am

Just when you thought national newspaper picture editors couldn’t select a more inappropriate law photo…

They’ve all been at it lately. Last month the Guardian committed the relatively minor offence...

Dec 4 2013 8:59am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 4 December

Attorney General to publish guidance on Twitter to help prevent social media users from committing...

Dec 4 2013 7:57am

The end of the day round-up

Why the “forced caesarean” story was wrong [BuzzFeed] Full judgment in the “forced caesarean” case...

Dec 3 2013 4:21pm

Training contract offers: how they once looked

Over the weekend BKRW Solicitors’ Oliver Kirk tweeted this picture of his training contract offer...

Dec 3 2013 8:49am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 December

The Cycling Solicitor: Case dropped against London cyclist who crossed red light for safety [The...

Dec 3 2013 8:06am

The end of the day round-up

Peaches Geldof and Ian Watkins: is social media the end of contempt of court? [New...

Dec 2 2013 4:05pm

Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party

Subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) from this note sent over the weekend are...

Dec 2 2013 11:56am

The QC who has been hauling in more Twitter followers than the Pope and Stephen Fry

Just five days after Gary Bell QC joined Twitter last month and he had amassed...

Dec 2 2013 8:59am