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Video of Allen & Overy partner reading hardcore porn out loud in Deidre Dare sexual harassment case placed on YouTube

A video of former Allen & Overy partner Tony Humphrey reading hard core porn out...

Aug 30 2013 8:57am

Dalston law firm’s website is so awful that it’s ironically extremely cool

If this man were to continue walking down the road in east London hipster enclave...

Aug 29 2013 12:33pm

On the menu: lawyers

Yesterday food blog Accidental Flatlander posted a photo that will chill the blood of solicitors...

Aug 29 2013 8:56am

‘F*ck you!’ — ‘that’s 300 days!’: Judge keeps upping insolent defendant’s contempt of court sentence as insults spew forth

A furious US judge increased a defendant’s contempt of court sentence seven times as she...

Aug 28 2013 2:04pm

The 10 best vac scheme selfies of the summer

Following the popularity of the ‘The 15 best mini-pupil selfies of the summer’, we returned...

Aug 28 2013 9:29am

Law firm pens are officially everywhere

Having spread from the corporate to the publicly-funded branch of the profession, now even the...

Aug 27 2013 1:20pm

UK legal education system given unlikely boost by Obama

The messy postgraduate route to qualifying as a lawyer in England and Wales comes in...

Aug 27 2013 8:55am

Podcast: What sexy law-related careers are there other than the Bar?

Like many young hopefuls, Thomas Connelly and Nathan Akhavan-Moossavi both found themselves drawn to the...

Aug 23 2013 9:06am

11 of the most amusing ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ posts

Since launching just three months ago, the Facebook page ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ has...

Aug 22 2013 9:03am

Which of these loathsome politicians, sponging royals and inconsequential celebs are honorary Inns of Court benchers?

Seven of these famous figures are Inns of Court benchers, the other seven aren’t. Can...

Aug 21 2013 10:34am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 August

Are Britain’s barristers living on borrowed time? [The Telegraph] Trainee barrister who obtained council flat...

Aug 21 2013 8:05am

The 15 best mini-pupil selfies of the summer

Trawlers of Instagram and Twitter will doubtless have noticed that the social media trend of...

Aug 20 2013 9:36am

Advice: ‘I met my conditions for Durham, but my grades are good enough for me to re-apply to Oxbridge’

Last week I received this email from an A-level student who is considering taking a...

Aug 19 2013 9:12am

Podcast: Could doing something outrageous help you get a training contract?

Cambridge law student Sebastian Salek (pictured above left with Legal Cheek‘s Tom Webb and Kevin...

Aug 16 2013 9:04am

The male barrister hottie list ‘subverted expectations’ — the female one ‘reinforces the most reactionary of ideas’

YourBarristerBoyfriend’s original list is well-written, hilarious and has pictures of good-looking shirtless barristers. Naturally, I...

Aug 15 2013 9:05am

10 of the most unhinged comments about lawyers to ever grace the Mail Online

What with Robert Colover‘s labelling of a paedophile’s victim as “predatory”, the emergence of Barbara...

Aug 14 2013 9:53am

A brief history of online overshare disasters

A spate of recent inter-lawyer Twitter bust-ups (see here, here and here) reminds WaitroseLaw of...

Aug 13 2013 9:22am

Why do rappers prefer Jewish lawyers over members of the legal profession of other faiths?

Comedy blog Slacktory has put together a compilation video of rappers reflecting proudly on their...

Aug 12 2013 9:04am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 12 August

Tennessee judge orders parents to change their son’s name from Messiah to Martin, because “only...

Aug 12 2013 8:20am

‘I spent my early years at the Bar worrying that my peers were smarter than me’

In this week’s ‘If I knew then what I know now’, Nigel Poole QC recalls...

Aug 9 2013 11:06am

Beware the Twitter wrath of the disgruntled mini-pupil

A mini-pupil has given a memorable demonstration of work experience disenchantment in the social media...

Aug 9 2013 9:51am