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Students Point Finger At ‘Stingy’ City Law Firms As Donation-Starved FRU Hikes Adviser Training Price By 23%

Law students signing up as Free Representation Unit (FRU) advisers have been surprised to find...

Jan 17 2013 1:16pm

Will The Next Generation Of Apprentice Lawyers Become Solicitors Or Legal Executives?

Over Christmas, the announcement by minister for skills Matthew Hancock that school-leavers students will soon...

Jan 17 2013 10:51am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 17 January

In defence of the existing law on social media [UK Criminal Law Blog] High street...

Jan 17 2013 9:17am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Residents’ legal action over chicken factory smell [Northampton Chronicle & Echo] ‘Why did the US...

Jan 16 2013 6:22pm

Court Reporter Suppresses Giggles As She Describes Martial Arts Shopping Trolley Fight That Led To Cowboy Hat Urination Incident

Irish court correspondent Ursula McCarthy has somehow managed to (just about) keep it together as...

Jan 16 2013 3:35pm

JOB ALERT: Commercially-Minded Third Six Pupils

From Baby Barristers: a leading barristers’ chambers seeks third six pupils who have completed pupillage...

Jan 16 2013 1:45pm

Vac Scheme Application Forms: It’s All About The ‘Challenging Situation’ Question

Barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns shares his pupillage hunt wisdom with wannabe solicitors as they prepare to submit...

Jan 16 2013 11:18am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 16 January

When I get that feeling, I want sexual billing [Above the Law] Judges’ respect for...

Jan 16 2013 9:20am

End Of The Day Round-Up

BT to offer legal services to businesses after new ‘BT Law’ trade mark is registered...

Jan 15 2013 6:30pm

Practising Lawyer With Sideline As A Rapper Releases New Single – And It’s Just As Awful As His Previous Efforts

Mike Shipwash (aka ‘Lawyer Mike’) is an American sole practitioner specialising in personal injury law, who...

Jan 15 2013 3:13pm

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 15 January

Lindsay Lohan ‘owes fired lawyer Shawn Holley $300k in legal fees’… amid reports she wants...

Jan 15 2013 9:09am

End Of The Day Round-Up

The new Titan prison idea could be a bit of a rightwing smokescreen, designed to...

Jan 14 2013 6:34pm

The Definitive Way To Decide Whether You Should Become A Barrister Or A Solicitor

Last week Eddie Stobart Lorries’ newly-formed legal arm caused controversy by claiming that solicitors are...

Jan 14 2013 12:41pm

Photo Of Man In Front Of Till Sparks Reddit Law Grad Barbs

“First job outa law school,” wrote a Reddit user the other day, hyperlinking his words...

Jan 14 2013 10:34am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 14 January

Allen & Overy chief backs apprenticeships  “so long as standards are upheld” [The Independent] Drop...

Jan 14 2013 9:22am

Legal Cheek High Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. ‘I Look Forward To Meeting You On 31 Sept As Well’: Cambridge Law Student...

Jan 12 2013 5:16pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Law student pleads guilty to exotic bird’s beheading death at Vegas casino [Mail Online] “No...

Jan 11 2013 6:32pm

Podcast: How Far Should Bar Hopefuls Follow Their Dreams?

Incredibly, Yusuf Solley landed the first pupillage he applied for – with the Government Legal...

Jan 11 2013 4:03pm

‘It Has Taken Me Almost A Decade To Drop My Non-Public School Chippiness’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...

Jan 11 2013 11:14am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 11 January

Law’s Mystic Meg: no future for high street firms, but window of opportunity for mid-sized...

Jan 11 2013 9:35am

End Of The Day Round-Up

President of the Law Society: “If career progression was based on pure merit, some male...

Jan 10 2013 6:45pm