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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...

Jun 21 2012 1:01pm

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...

Jun 21 2012 10:30am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 21 June

Lawyer pleads guilty to prostitution – Above the Law Julian Assange asylum move is ‘a...

Jun 21 2012 8:33am

‘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...

Jun 20 2012 1:27pm

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...

Jun 20 2012 9:39am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 20 June

Clifford Chance lawyer selected as Olympic torchbearer – Docklands & East London Advertiser What has...

Jun 20 2012 8:29am

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...

Jun 19 2012 2:17pm

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...

Jun 19 2012 9:10am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 19 June

Tory MP Nadine Dorries pays her BPP Law School student daughter (pictured) up to £39k...

Jun 19 2012 8:04am

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...

Jun 18 2012 12:36pm

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...

Jun 18 2012 9:31am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 18 June

Uni student’s role in phone scam leaves law career in tatters – The Sentinel Out-of-touch...

Jun 18 2012 8:07am

PODCAST: Be Yourself, Not Some ‘Made In Chelsea’ Clone

With Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge on yet another foreign jolly, Bircham Dyson Bell lawyer...

Jun 15 2012 2:34pm

City Lawyer Offers ‘Free Accommodation To An Attractive Female In Exchange For Intimacy’

There was an interesting ad placed on the London section of Craigslist, the classified ads...

Jun 15 2012 8:40am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 15 June

Met pays lawyer £210k for libel claim – The Independent From biglaw to boutique: you...

Jun 15 2012 7:01am

In-House Solicitor Makes Euro 2012 Debut

Sometimes the only way lawyers can sate their thirst for applying rules is by taking...

Jun 14 2012 8:59am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 14 June

Crisis deepens over legal team detained in Libya – The Guardian What laptop to get,...

Jun 14 2012 7:24am

City Lawyer Makes Wired Magazine’s List Of UK’s Top 100 ‘Digital Power-Brokers’

Of concern for lawyers, perhaps, is an attitude among some of the new generation of...

Jun 13 2012 2:06pm

Conflict Of Interest? Leveson Silk Robert Jay QC Is Ed Miliband’s Wife’s Head Of Chambers

As you may or may not know, Ed Miliband’s wife, Justine Thornton, is a barrister...

Jun 13 2012 8:00am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 13 June

Made In Chelsea star Kimberley thought to have been axed from show for calling in...

Jun 13 2012 6:50am