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Morning Round-Up: Friday 13 July
57.5% of Linklaters associates were privately educated, research reveals – Legal Week Solicitor flips plane...
A Neat Solution To The Legal Education And Training Puzzle
At the end of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) symposium yesterday, I got...
Bar Social Mobility Week: Northerners Need Not Apply
This week is Bar social mobility placement week, with 69 high-achieving students from low-performing state...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 12 July
‘Aspiring’ law student claims reputational damage from leaked lingerie photos – Above the Law Matthew...
‘If At First You Don’t Succeed, Just Give Up’
Accepting you’re not going to get a pupillage can take more courage than blindly persisting...
Plan B: If You Can’t Get a TC Or Pupillage, Become An Entrepreneur
The BBC’s Paul ‘I’ve-lived-in-London-for-20-years-but-still-speak-like-a-miner’ Mason is pessimistic about the future of conventional graduate jobs. “The...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 11 July
Why I don’t play games with law students – Bitter Lawyer Tom Cruise’s lawyers in...
‘Way Too Busy For Sex’ Mariella Frostrup Publicly Laments Solicitor Husband’s Bedroom Demands
Doubtless marriage to a celebrity has its charms. On hanging out with wife Mariella Frostrup’s...
GDL Route ‘Made Me a Damn Sight More Rounded Than If I Had Read An LLB’
OccupyTheInns backs Lord Sumption’s recent pro-GDL comments, and draws paralells between drug shame pupil Henry...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 10 July
Jailed corporate lawyer sues after being told he can’t order jigsaw puzzles because pieces could...
Having Your Training Contract Delayed By 12 Months Is An ‘Opportunity’, Claims Wragge & Co Managing Partner
On Saturday, I received this private message on Twitter.
EXCLUSIVE: Drug Possession Pupil Barrister Henry Mostyn Is Rejected For Tenancy
In May, 4 New Square chambers opted not to sack one its pupils, Henry Mostyn,...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 9 July
Three lawyers make Management Today’s ‘35 Women Under 35’ list – Management Today Serena Williams...
‘How Will I Ever Come Out In Front Of Partners Who Say: ‘I Can’t Watch One Foot In The Grave Because That Richard Wilson Is Gay’?’
The words of solicitor-advocate and Law Society council member Keith Etherington, as he recalls how...
Yet Another No Show: The ‘Personal Reasons Beyond Their Control’ Blighting Celeb Lawyers’ Lives
“Ooh, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC will be speaking,” I thought as I read the flyer...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 6 July
‘Slow-moving, celebrity-infatuated’ Lord Justice Leveson – The Guardian Slippery Uncle Sam spawned the vultures of...
Disillusioned Barrister Unveils Groundbreaking New Advocacy Regulation Regime
The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) doesn’t impress The Law Horse. So he is...
‘Employees Too Stressed To Eat Or Sleep’: Ex-Freshields Lawyer Goes Public On Life In The Magic Circle
The high wages paid by City law firms are a kind of “risk money” to...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 5 July
How Katie Holmes’ lawyer father helped ‘orchestrate split’ that blindsided Tom Cruise – People Can...
Does The Criminal Bar Really Still Look Down On The CPS?
Whenever I write about the criminal Bar these days, I find myself thinking of that...
Allen & Overy Solicitor Says It’s OK To Lie On Your CV
Allen & Overy solicitor Sheila Fahy has unwittingly provided wannabe magic circle lawyers with an...