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Name that UK Supreme Court Justice
The 12 UK Supreme Court judges may not rack up Justin Bieber levels of views...
‘If I knew then what I know now… I’d be on my hands and knees begging my younger self not to become a criminal barrister’
The criminal Bar no longer offers a path to a nice middle class lifestyle, but...
The most warped employment tribunal arguments used by claimants to (generally unsuccessfully) hang onto their jobs
A recent tribunal which saw a teacher compare Jews to Star Trek’s Vulcans — and...
Client-focused lawyer abandons submerged Ferrari to get to hearing on time
Earlier this week photos of a Ferrari submerged in a flooded Toronto underpass went viral...
‘We don’t even want to know your grades’: Is this the future of hiring pupil barristers?
Exclusive: Outer Temple Chambers has launched a new approach to graduate recruitment, which it is...
Top lawyers’ faces on other top lawyers
We tried to come up with a good reason for doing this, but there isn’t...
Barbara Hewson’s defence of notorious age of consent article on Channel 4 news last night unlikely to win her pals
Human rights barrister Barbara Hewson’s decision to write an article for Spiked magazine arguing, amongst...
Charmaines and Kylies in law: a full statistical breakdown
On Friday we reported that reality TV star Katie Hopkins had used the legal profession...
Spotted in the Temple: the filming of Silk series 3 — and Rupert Penry-Jones isn’t happy
The good news for actor Rupert Penry-Jones, who plays barrister Clive Reader in hit BBC...
‘Would I really be happy being told what to do by a 25 year-old?’
After quitting his job as an art history lecturer to retrain as a lawyer ten...
Are there really no lawyers called Charmaine or Kylie?
Ex-Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins reckons that the legal profession is an area of life that...
Law Society ditches ‘legal executive of the year’ prize as new path emerges to rival training contract
For the first time since 2008 there will be no ‘legal executive of the year’...
John McCririck’s use of anti-discrimination legislation heralds the end of irony
Legal Cheek’s new columnist WaitroseLaw is dismayed by John McCririck’s use of a forthcoming employment...
Witness testifies via Skype in live televised trial: what could possibly go wrong?
When, yesterday, the prosecuting lawyer in the high profile Zimmerman trial called witness Scott Pleasants...
Why voicemail is an imperfect medium for threatening to kill one’s former colleagues
A junior lawyer who lost his job at top US firm Bryan Cave is facing...
The Guardian’s advice to this wannabe lawyer is really bad
The ‘work’ section of Saturday’s The Guardian featured a plea for help from a wannabe...
Unfunded pupillages are back
For ten years now, it has been compulsory for chambers to pay their pupils. But...
Has Sainsbury’s launched a legal services arm?
‘Sainsbury’s Legal’ doesn’t, of course, exist (yet), which makes this bail condition — which appeared...
Lawyers who submitted responses to legal aid consultation receive email telling them it was ‘deleted without being read’
Ever since it was confirmed that the Ministry of Justice had had 13,000 responses to...
Save UK Justice petition gets its 100,000th signature – pressure on government goes up a notch
A major House of Commons debate on the government’s proposals to reform legal aid is...
Don’t choose a career because it ‘sounds cool’ — but do cool things after you’ve chosen it
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...