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Law student jailed after he attacked fellow undergraduate following row in lecture theatre [The Sentinel]...
Court Told Of Trainee’s Lap-Dance Club Nightmare
UPDATE: Friday 7 December 9am – Michael Peters found not guilty. The trial of a...
What Will Replace The Fading Dreams Of City Law Megabucks And Criminal Bar Glamour?
This is the central question that the panel will be discussing at Legal Cheek‘s Google...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 5 December
Free the Press, free the Judges [The Independent] Law firms: the priciest partnerships [The Economist]...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Judge Peter Bowers reprimanded over ‘burglary takes courage’ remarks [BBC News] Statement from the Office...
Times Law Cartoonist: ‘I Have To Pay To Read My Own Cartoons Behind The Paywall’
This is – as a UK-based foreign football manager might say – a difficult moment for...
Jobless Law Graduate’s Online Begging Campaign To Pay Off His Student Debts Ends In Disappointment
In October we reported on a US law graduate’s bid to pay off his massive...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 4 December
Google ‘should face libel laws over blogging site’ [Metro] Philadelphia judge ‘hangs himself after separating...
End Of The Day Round-Up
“Today’s score on Twitter: @Pontifex 1 – 2 Royal Family. The Vatican easily out-newsed on...
Dinah Rose QC: ‘Marrying A Male Barrister Is A Disaster’
“Marry a house-husband! A 1950s-style wife – someone to have dinner on the table!” Dinah...
Leveson And The Internet: Would Regulation Be A Good Thing For Legal Bloggers?
There was a brilliant cartoon in The Sun over the weekend making light of the...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 3 December
Mail finds new love for Human Rights Act [UK Human Rights Blog] as Shami Chakrabarti opposes...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ Issues Challenge Based On The Life...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Porn producers face legal action over Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation [Metro] Office of judicial...
‘So Why Be A Lawyer? There Are Many Bad Reasons…’
Ed note: This is the sixth in a series of posts where leading members of...
Law Student Assoc Slammed For Using ‘Disrespectful’ Image To Plug Benefits Of Networking Via Its Facebook Page
Take a school uniform-clad Hollywood star, superimpose over her the logo of your law students’...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 30 November
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers [The Spectator] I’m a barrister,...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Judge Michael Stokes QC wins The “Common Sense Award” [The Sun] Law student Countdown contestant...
Top Ten Funniest #Leveson Tweets
Amid the Twitter storm of earnest pontification which greeted the publication of Lord Justice Leveson’s...
BPP Law School Makes BPTC Student Resit Exams After Her Results Were Lost (And It Almost Remains A Secret)
BPP Law School generally does a good job of, er, ‘managing its reputation’. But even...
Newly-Merged SNR Denton, Salans and FMC Wants To Go By Its ‘Street Name’
Following on from the agreement of the partners at SNR Denton, Salans and FMC to...