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Boyfriend Of Solicitor ‘Told Not To Have A Relationship Or Babies’ By Her Boss Goes On The Social Media Offensive

The boyfriend of solicitor Kate Baker has weighed into the row surrounding her sexual harassment,...

Jan 10 2013 12:06pm

‘Cocky’ Warwick Uni Law Student Fails In Bid To Become Countdown Supreme Champion – Then Jousts With Host

Yesterday Warwick Uni LLM student Mark Deeks narrowly lost his battle with a Cambridge maths...

Jan 10 2013 10:26am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 10 January

Delhi gang rape lawyer says ‘no respectable woman’ would be raped [Huffington Post UK] ‘An...

Jan 10 2013 9:17am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Female solicitor told not to have a relationship or babies by boss, tribunal hears [The...

Jan 9 2013 6:48pm

Solicitors Are Like GPs And Barristers Like Consultants, Says Eddie Stobart Lorries

Eddie Stobart Lorries’ move into offering legal services – via its newly-formed Stobart Barristers arm...

Jan 9 2013 12:17pm

Bar Council’s ‘Modern’ Replacement For Pupillage Portal Isn’t Looking So Modern…

When you set your standards as low as Pupillage Portal (the recently-retired pupillage application website),...

Jan 9 2013 10:49am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 9 January

Chris Grayling: Using same old probation services to cut reoffending is madness [The Telegraph] Foreign...

Jan 9 2013 9:28am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Lawyers heckle fellow lawyers who have offered to defend men in India gang rape case...

Jan 8 2013 6:29pm

How Bad Does Your Wide-Ranging Crime Spree Have To Be To Prevent You From Becoming A Solicitor?

Last week a Bradford solicitor was jailed for five years for paying off witnesses in...

Jan 8 2013 3:20pm

‘I Look Forward To Meeting You On 31 Sept As Well’: Cambridge Law Student Taunts ‘Sloppy’ Law Firm Grad Recruiters

As a strategy to land a job, Sebastian Salek’s decision to pen an article for...

Jan 8 2013 11:36am

Bad Legal Aid Omen Of The Week

Go to the Ministry of Justice website, scroll to the bottom – and in the ‘Topics’...

Jan 8 2013 10:34am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 8 January

Barristers ‘among the most dangerous drivers on the road’, study finds [Mail Online] Smug Clifford...

Jan 8 2013 9:46am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Indian bar must represent Delhi gang rape defendants, says Bar Council [The Lawyer] Revealed: Prince...

Jan 7 2013 6:26pm

Solicitors Regulation Authority Fuses Judaism And Islam To Create New Religion

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) latest diversity survey has an eye-catching new ‘Jewish Muslim’ option...

Jan 7 2013 4:55pm

REVEALED: The Original South Korean ‘Lawyers Gangnam Style’ Video

When Southampton University law student Tommy Chuang posted his brilliant ‘Lawyer Style’ video on YouTube...

Jan 7 2013 11:36am

Ex-Wannabe Lawyer Sells His Name On eBay In Bid To Pay Off Massive US Law School Debts

“If you want my first name to be ‘Bob’s Supermarket’ and my last name to...

Jan 7 2013 10:26am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 7 January

Linklaters associate who died during triathlon may have suffered the same condition as Bolton Wanderers’...

Jan 7 2013 9:11am

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

1. Has ‘Spit Roast Email’ Trainee Daniel England Been ‘Offered A Job’ As A Newly...

Jan 5 2013 1:14pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Cherie Booth’s consultancy among latest ABS approvals [Law Society Gazette] ‘Massively oversubscribed’: legal aid contracts...

Jan 4 2013 6:18pm

Leaked Email: Hogan Lovells Partner Orders Associates To Be At Their Desks By 9am – Even If They’ve Been Working Late

Corporate lawyers pride themselves on being able to swan into work late. The trade off,...

Jan 4 2013 11:46am

Shearman & Sterling: ‘We Never Offered Email Scandal Trainee An NQ Solicitor Job; He Resigned Over The Summer’

Yesterday we brought you news of the updated LinkedIn profile of Shearman & Sterling ‘spit...

Jan 4 2013 10:02am