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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...
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...
PODCAST: Be Yourself, Not Some ‘Made In Chelsea’ Clone
With Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge on yet another foreign jolly, Bircham Dyson Bell lawyer...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 15 June
Met pays lawyer £210k for libel claim – The Independent From biglaw to boutique: you...
In-House Solicitor Makes Euro 2012 Debut
Sometimes the only way lawyers can sate their thirst for applying rules is by taking...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 14 June
Crisis deepens over legal team detained in Libya – The Guardian What laptop to get,...
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...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 13 June
Made In Chelsea star Kimberley thought to have been axed from show for calling in...