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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

Morning Round-Up: Monday 19 March

Family forced out of dream home after solicitors run off with their £400K life savings...

Mar 19 2012 11:17am

REVEALED: £30K Buys a TC, £9K a Paralegal Post

Earlier this month, Jonathan Fagan, managing director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment, received an email from...

Mar 16 2012 12:38pm

Bar Social Mobility Scheme Strikes Blow For The 99%

Inner Temple’s work experience initiative is infused with the spirit of the Occupy movement, writes...

Mar 16 2012 10:29am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 16 March

The International Criminal Court is, by any objective measurement, racist. So why do liberals love...

Mar 16 2012 8:28am

Times Law 100: It’s Oxbridge-Educated White Men And Shami Chakrabarti, Again!

Another year, another list of the UK’s top 100 lawyers by The Times. And once...

Mar 15 2012 1:32pm

PRO BONO FAIL: Law Firms Outnumber Cases As Law Soc’s Riot Help Scheme Flops

EXCLUSIVE: It wasn’t just kids in Tottenham and Hackney who got carried away during last...

Mar 15 2012 10:21am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 15 March

Swansea solicitor has fraud convictions quashed – BBC Law student fined over illegal supply of workers –...

Mar 15 2012 8:50am

Got a 2:2? Want To Be a Barrister? Well, You’ve Got a Chance

While researching my article about sitting the Kaplan BPTC aptitude test for the Guardian this...

Mar 14 2012 1:53pm

The GDL: Too Much Whine, Not Enough Time

Wannabe lawyers need to be more Margaret Thatcher and less Nick Clegg if they are...

Mar 14 2012 10:58am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 14 March

Sorry m’lud, we’ve lost the handcuff keys – Oxford Mail Want to be a barrister?...

Mar 14 2012 8:47am

Legal Profession Is ‘Bedazzled By The Legend Of London’

In reality, the capital’s lawyers are no better than their regional counterparts, says The Law...

Mar 13 2012 12:53pm

David ‘Scrap The QC System’ Wolfe QC Is STILL Fuming

Rule one of PR: you can’t shut the stable door after the horse has bolted....

Mar 13 2012 10:54am