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EXCLUSIVE: College Of Law To Change Its Name To The ‘University Of Law’ – And Become A Proper University
The College of Law is to re-brand as the University of Law after being granted...
Standards Slipping At The Bar…
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Morning Round-Up: Thursday 22 November
Judges’ lunchtime drinking at the Old Bailey [The Guardian] Lady Wheatcroft: “In particular the thing...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Boris: “If you want to take him to cleaners, take him to cleaners in London”...
Will It Soon Cost Nothing To Become a Lawyer?
Thanks to the trebling of undergraduate fees, the cost of legal education has reached new...
Judge Gives Verbose Lawyer a Lesson In Editing
A US judge’s stinging criticism of a lawyer’s ability to write concisely has been doing...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 21 November
Society of Black Lawyers to hold police talks ahead of complaint over Tottenham ‘Yid’ chants...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Full CPS charging statement for Andy Coulson, Rebecca Brooks and Clive Goodman [CPS Blog] Pyramid...
Why Law Students’ Cluelessness About The Legal Market Could Consign Them To Paralegal Purgatory
The other day I had a coffee with the guy who many of the top...
Lawyer’s Porn Star Past Returns To Haunt Him
A US lawyer has admitted that he starred in porn films in the 1970s then...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 20 November
Clarke’s secret courts belong in a repressive regime and undemocratic society warn lawyers [Mail Online]...
End Of The Day Round-Up
‘You’ve missed your vocation as a lawyer’: Factory cleaner praised by coroner for taking on...
EXCLUSIVE: Cottaging At The College Of Law – Bloomsbury Branch Joins Inner Temple As Cruising Hotspot
On World Toilet Day – which we urge lawyers to engage generously with – we...
Lawyer Beats Astronaut In Survey Of Childhood Dream Jobs
A LinkedIn survey has found that law is the sixth most common dream job, making...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 19 November
Judicial review ‘industry’ to be cut as right to challenge public bodies’ decisions curtailed, says...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Barrister Who Named Lord McAlpine On His Blog Removes Post And Braces Himself For...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Full text: Home truths about judicial diversity – Lord Sumption [Supremecourt.gov.uk] Absence of a Welsh...
‘We Must End Oxbridge’s Stranglehold On The Bar And Look Instead To The Russell Group’
OccupyTheInns argues that the recent increase of Oxbridge representation among pupil barristers is bad news...
JOB ALERT: Immigration Paralegal
From Baby Barristers: a well-regarded London law firm seeks a law graduate to join its...
At The Criminal Bar You ‘Learn To Deal With Misogyny, Inequality And A Progressive Lack Of Quality’
Ed note: This is the fourth in a series of posts where leading members of...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 16 November
The future: applying for training contracts and pupillages via Facebook? [Forbes] Lord Neuberger’s speech on...