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Morning Round-Up: Thursday 29 November

The future of the legal profession in England and Wales: depressing or inspiring? [Standpoint] Transfer...

Nov 29 2012 9:24am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Are magistrates and juries using Google to help them reach their verdicts? [The Telegraph] SNR...

Nov 28 2012 7:23pm

Why You Shouldn’t Post The Viral Mumbo Jumbo Legal Message On Your Facebook Wall

Earlier in the day we posted a note on our Facebook page about the pseudo-legal...

Nov 28 2012 5:22pm

JOB ALERT: Russian-Speaking Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a leading London-based international law firm seeks a paralegal who speaks fluent...

Nov 28 2012 4:18pm

Bringing Facebook-Style Hackathons To The Law

Legal Cheek’s tech correspondent i@n davison shares his diary from one of the all-night hackathons...

Nov 28 2012 10:37am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 28 November

Can you get around Facebook’s terms of service by posting some legal-sounding mumbo-jumbo on your...

Nov 28 2012 9:37am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Wannabe lawyers face new embarrassing Twitter archive threat [Mail Online] ‘If I could turn back...

Nov 27 2012 6:45pm

‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ Issues Challenge Based On The Life Of SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC

Viewers of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night heard Hugo...

Nov 27 2012 1:55pm

London-Based US Lawyer Embarks On Second Round Of Brit-Bashing In His Hilarious Blog

I may have gone a little too far last month when I urged criminals to...

Nov 27 2012 10:18am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 27 November

Milking: an udderly bizarre student trend [The Guardian] Leveson Inquiry will be shelved or re-assigned...

Nov 27 2012 9:25am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Gateley to axe 19 fee-earner positions from English offices [The Lawyer] Naked man who climbed...

Nov 26 2012 6:44pm

Terrible Job Application Website Pupillage Portal To Close – And Be Replaced By ‘Pupillage Gateway’

Error-prone pupillage application website Pupillage Portal is to be put out of its misery –...

Nov 26 2012 3:24pm

Survey Slams ‘Dry’ And ‘Staid’ UK Law Firm Websites

Most of the top 30 UK law firms have “mediocre” websites that are defined by...

Nov 26 2012 3:07pm

Barrister Who Accused Lord McAlpine Of Being a Paedophile Issues Grovelling Apology – As Peer’s Legal Team Confirms It’s Investigating Him

Earlier this month we revealed that one of the bloggers who wrongly named Lord McAlpine...

Nov 26 2012 11:28am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 26 November

“The newspapers will print nothing but Leveson Leveson Leveson this week” [Adam Wagner via Twitter]...

Nov 26 2012 9:07am

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

1. EXCLUSIVE: Cottaging At The College Of Law – Bloomsbury Branch Joins Inner Temple As...

Nov 24 2012 2:59pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Part of Whitehall shut due to naked man on statue [BBC News – photo via @johnestevens]...

Nov 23 2012 6:54pm

‘As Just A Normal Bloke I Couldn’t Imagine Myself Being Able To Make It Into This Exclusive Club’

Ed note: This is the fifth in a series of posts where leading members of...

Nov 23 2012 11:56am

‘Solicitor Saturday’: Law Firm Releases Surreal Personal Injury-Themed Sky Sports Spoof

For those unfamiliar with the show, Sky Sports’ ‘Soccer Saturday’ sees washed-up ex-footballers offer excitable...

Nov 23 2012 11:09am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 23 November

German lawyer claims 38DD girlfriend tried to smother him to death with her breasts [Mail...

Nov 23 2012 9:37am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Hit by cottaging revelations on Monday, becomes a university on Thursday: What a week for...

Nov 22 2012 7:51pm