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Lawyer’s letter gets deserved response
From today’s The Sun… As spotted by @JamesManning4. The original The Sun Scientology flying saucers...
The most mixed metaphor used to insult lawyers ever?
Last week’s piece in the Daily Mail about the top earning legal aid lawyers –...
Exclusive footage of the legal aid solicitor who has quit law to become a busker
The news that a criminal defence solicitor had quit law to become a busker caused...
Freshfields: ‘no confidential material used’ by trainee who sold ‘inside tips’ to magic circle hopefuls
Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has concluded its investigation into the trainee behind controversial...
Why it’s not a good idea to slap your lawyer’s bum in court
American football star Chad Johnson looked set to receive a community service order for a...
‘Criminal barrister’ ranked 7th sexiest job ever by GQ Magazine
Finally some good news for criminal barristers: they have made GQ‘s ‘Ten Sexiest Jobs Ever’...
Potentially juicy magic circle constructive dismissal claim of the week
For those with an interest in the City branch of the legal profession, A Hussain...
The Freshfields trainee selling insider training contract interview tips for £150 a pop
Exclusive: NailThatTrainingContract.co.uk appeared online a few days ago. It offers “inside tips from a current...
‘I heard a voice whisper: “What a ghastly portrait of insufferable arrogance” – and I realised he meant me’
This is my 36th year at the Bar and things have changed a hell of...
Top QC laments daughter’s indifference to mini-pupillage offer
As spotted in the letters section of yesterday’s The Times.
9 reasons why Harry Mount’s hatchet job on the legal profession misses the mark
Today’s piece by ex-pupil barrister Harry Mount arguing in favour of the government’s legal aid...
Why there are literally no good reasons to become a ‘self-employed consultant solicitor’
Where do lawyers go when they lose their jobs? It’s a question on the minds...
Lawyers prove they can pull off a demo – as Britain discusses #PublicW*nkingOnYoutube
They got all dressed up, posed for clever pictures and were joined in such numbers...
As MoJ consultation on legal aid closes, the UK criminal justice system is placed on ebay
Bidding closes on 11 June, with the UK criminal justice system “available to the lowest...
The celebs supporting #SaveUKJustice
This morning Stephen Fry became the most high profile celebrity (he has nearly six million...
Video: The moment a drunk lawyer strips from waist down and lunges at police after apparently running away from a cab without paying
New York lawyer Stephanie Hendricks had quite an evening on Saturday. After a heavy drinking...
Cambridge shocks students with X-rated criminal law exam paper
Law students at Cambridge University were surprised to find this rather graphic problem question in...
Quitting a big law firm to become an entrepreneur: the exhilaration and the fear
Last month Pete Dowds left DLA Piper’s London office for the final time. The three...
‘Journalists probably deal with more law than anyone else – including lawyers’
25 years ago I thought I had left the law behind, writes media law consultant...
Just another day at the Chancery Lane Starbucks
Image by @LeonGlenister.
Why do wannabe barristers have to accept their BPTC place before they know if they’ve got an Inns scholarship?
The conventional wisdom is that students are unwise to do the Bar Professional Training Course...