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Royal Charter Spurs Awed CILEX Lawyers To Remove Shoes: EXCLUSIVE PICS

The Royal Charter conferred recently upon law’s plucky underdogs, legal executives, carries great power, elevating...

Mar 28 2012 12:26pm

The Times Mistakenly Features Barrister In Story – And 2 Days Later Still Hasn’t Removed Her Name

On Monday, Lucy Reed, a barrister at St John’s Chambers in Bristol, was surprised to...

Mar 28 2012 8:33am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 28 March

Solicitor told of plan to leave partner before being killed, court hears – Wales Online...

Mar 28 2012 7:49am

The Worst Training Contract Pitch Ever?

“It took me five years to finish that law degree, thanks to rugby,” British Lions...

Mar 27 2012 12:54pm

Killing Time In Pre-Pupillage Purgatory

Pupillage-less prospective barrister Jack Smith is wary of forking out yet more cash on a...

Mar 27 2012 9:58am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 27 March

Legal directory games – The BabyBarista Blog Pretend barrister David Evans jailed for 18 months...

Mar 27 2012 7:58am

William Hague’s Ex-Advisor Christopher Myers Bags DLA Piper Training Contract

Christopher Myers, who in 2010 was forced to resign as special advisor to married foreign...

Mar 26 2012 7:59am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 26 March

Oxford law graduate cleared of role in London riot – The Guardian Married corporate lawyer’s...

Mar 26 2012 7:32am

Are Top Legal Tweeters Socially Disruptive Narcissists?

It was with grave concern for Preiskel & Co’s David Allen Green – Britain’s only lawyer...

Mar 23 2012 10:44am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 23 March

Ex-Herbert Smith lawyer Margaret Mountford completes her PhD – The Mirror Aberdeen law student aims...

Mar 23 2012 8:42am

City Lawyer In Dog Murder Stalking Riddle

Baffled police are attempting to figure out why Graeme Francis, a solicitor at Keystone Law,...

Mar 22 2012 3:53pm

Trainee Solicitors Could Earn Just £5,408 a Year If Minimum Wage Scrapped

Trainee solicitors could be re-classified as apprentices – and see their salaries tumble to just...

Mar 22 2012 12:57pm

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 22 March

Law firm fires 14 for wearing matching orange shirts to work – Daily Mail Lady...

Mar 22 2012 8:53am

Racist Tweet Law Student Avoids Jail – But Career Prospects Damaged

Newcastle University law student Joshua Cryer has been sentenced to a two-year community order for...

Mar 21 2012 1:48pm

‘I’m Worried Having a Blog Could Repel Chambers’

King’s College law student Yi Bin Woh reckons Lord Neuberger’s recent warning to judges about...

Mar 21 2012 10:34am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 21 March

Mills & Reeve advises on ‘law school of the future’ – Business Weekly Freelance law...

Mar 21 2012 8:54am

‘He Told Me He Was a Human Rights Lawyer…’

Legal Cheek’s new online dating correspondent InkSplinter on the evening she found out that pensions...

Mar 20 2012 1:55pm

Superbrands Top 500: A Worrying Signal For The Human Race

If I were to tell you that I like pizza slightly more than Cornwall, but...

Mar 20 2012 10:06am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 20 March

Solicitor calls for Facebook to be banned after murder threat – Driffield Times & Post...

Mar 20 2012 8:48am

How To Get An Inns Of Court Scholarship

BPTC student Jack Smith, who’s in receipt of a full scholarship from Lincoln’s Inn, explains...

Mar 19 2012 1:43pm

Lord Neuberger Slams Judges For Appearing on MasterChef

Never upstage the boss. And that rule applies double when your boss is Master of...

Mar 19 2012 11:23am