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Leaving Clifford Chance: A Mother’s Departure Email

The email reproduced below, by a female associate departing from Clifford Chance’s Washington DC office,...

Nov 9 2012 9:50am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 9 November

Star of lawyer documentary The Briefs Franklin Sinclair cheats death in ‘freak waves’ horror on...

Nov 9 2012 9:12am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Law produces the most psychopaths of any profession [Huffington Post] Bored lawyers break into a...

Nov 8 2012 6:48pm

Lawyer Jailed After Allegedly Drawing Penis Graffiti All Over The Walls Of His Former Law Firm

A disbarred personal injury lawyer, who has been charged with stealing clients’ money, has been...

Nov 8 2012 3:45pm

Junior Barrister Follows In Obama’s Footsteps By Becoming Top Ranked Post In Reddit’s ‘IAmA’ Section – But Who Is He?

Yesterday, an anonymous junior barrister (whose ID card is pictured below) found himself the talk...

Nov 8 2012 12:30pm

Is This The Least Professional ‘How To Become a Solicitor’ Video Ever Made?

In this clip placed on YouTube on Monday, which charts the required steps to becoming...

Nov 8 2012 10:36am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 8 November

Barrister celebrates 90th birthday in…court [Joshua Rozenberg via Twitter] UK’s relationship with the Council of...

Nov 8 2012 9:31am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Teen escapes jail after vile April Jones Facebook jibe [Worcester News] Justice Secretary Chris Grayling...

Nov 7 2012 6:28pm

The Cyberbullying Perils Of Having a Wikipedia Page When You’re a Law Student

Julian Dibbell is an author and writer for Wired, The New York Times and Village...

Nov 7 2012 3:21pm

JOB ALERT: Criminal Paralegal

Ed note: This is the first in a regular series of job alerts we’ll be...

Nov 7 2012 1:21pm

Interview: How To Become a Legal Commentator

Last Thursday, for the first time in ages, I bought a copy of The Times....

Nov 7 2012 11:20am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 7 November

Alternative careers: Obama wins battle of the law graduates – full transcript of his election...

Nov 7 2012 8:55am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Ched Evans appeals rape conviction [The Telegraph] Barrister: Cocaine smuggling plot allegations are revenge for...

Nov 6 2012 6:52pm

Secretaries Rage At Firm’s ‘Nazi’-Style Fingerprint Regime

Secretaries at the Canadian affiliate of UK giant DAC Beachcroft are fuming after the law...

Nov 6 2012 11:18am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 6 November

The presidential race: a heavily weighted coin flip [The Economist] Democrats, Republicans lawyer-up for US...

Nov 6 2012 9:26am

End Of The Day Round-Up

No. 10 said to be looking for a judge after Tom Watson alleges “concerted establishment...

Nov 5 2012 7:35pm

Bar Course Aptitude Test Delayed Yet Again

Legal Futures, 25 July 2012, on the introduction of the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT):...

Nov 5 2012 5:51pm

A City Lawyer Remembers It’s National Pro Bono Week…

There’s a list of the events taking place this week at ProBonoUK.

Nov 5 2012 2:55pm

Ex-Simmons Solicitor Who Blew £1m In Divorce Battle Against Fellow City Lawyer Pitches For Family Law Reform Role

Between them, former Simmons & Simmons associate Anna Kavanagh and her ex-husband, Holman Fenwick Willan...

Nov 5 2012 9:58am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 5 November

Taxi for the billable hour… [Clerkingwell] A solution to the prisoners’ votes problem [The Law...

Nov 5 2012 9:04am

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

1. Battle Of The Top QCs: Kirsty Brimelow And John Cooper In Massive Twitter Bust-Up...

Nov 3 2012 4:50pm