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Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 27 June
Law student loses compensation claim because he registered it too late – Redditch Advertiser ‘What...
Chambers Failure To Provide Interview Feedback And Travel Costs Is ‘Unacceptable’
For most people, summer means festivals and perhaps a few weeks in Ibiza. Not so...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 26 June
Honeymoon widower brands lawyer liar – The Scotsman and The Telegraph Welsh legal system: consider...
Are Barristers The Doctors Of The Legal Profession, And Solicitors The Nurses?
Last week there was outrage on The Student Room when a poster likened barristers to...
‘If The Firm Was a Person, How Would You Describe Them?
Now that he’s finished the GDL, David Woodall finally has some time to sample the...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 25 June
District judge reprimanded after ‘goosing’ woman court clerk and making lewd comments – Mail Online...
PODCAST: Laying Down On a Bed Of Norton Roses
Success can turn on the smallest of things. Cambridge graduate Marta Sanchez (pictured left) completed...
Charity That Campaigns For ‘Access To Justice For All’ Offers Internships Only To Those Who Can Afford To Work For Free
Wandering idly through Holborn the other day, I spotted this advert for the Environmental Law...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 22 June
Brad Pitt visits solicitor pal at high street law firm in Birmingham – The Sun...
Farewell Silk, Now Time To Come Up With a New Mythology For The Bar
The defining images in the second series of BBC legal drama Silk – which drew...
Don’t Fancy The BPTC? Well, You Could Try Nicknaming Yourself ‘Barrister’ Instead
My favourite character in the media storm that has embraced embattled Tory peer Baroness Warsi...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 21 June
Lawyer pleads guilty to prostitution – Above the Law Julian Assange asylum move is ‘a...
‘I’m Worried I Might Lose The Lucrative Part-Time Office Manager Job That Has Kept Me Afloat Through Law School’
Dear Auntie Em, To date, I have just about made ends meet at law school...
Getting a Pupillage Contract At Slaughter & CILEX: Report Reveals That Young People Are Ill-Informed About Careers
Young people are overconfident slackers who don’t have a clue about the real world, new...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 20 June
Clifford Chance lawyer selected as Olympic torchbearer – Docklands & East London Advertiser What has...
Dear Lady Justice Hallett, Don’t Be Insecure, You Don’t Need Make-Up…
Judging by her blue eye makeup, I’d say that Lady Justice Hallett (pictured) is no...
Why Is There No Fusion Of Time Recording Software With Social Media?
Editorial note: this is the first of a regular series of posts by Legal Cheek’s...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 19 June
Tory MP Nadine Dorries pays her BPP Law School student daughter (pictured) up to £39k...
Aston Carter Claims BPP Law School Described Its Pay-To-Be-A-Paralegal Scheme As ‘Novel And Inspiring’
Last month, Legal Cheek exclusively revealed that Aston Carter Solicitors was asking law graduates to...
6 Lawyers Honoured In Queen’s Birthday List, But Recognition For Basket Maker And Pig Guru Takes Shine Off Accolades
Two judges, a QC and the head of the Crown Prosecution Service woke up over...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 18 June
Uni student’s role in phone scam leaves law career in tatters – The Sentinel Out-of-touch...