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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

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 13 March

When you teach a lawyer to fish – Bitter Lawyer Law firms ‘swarming’ to social...

Mar 13 2012 8:59am

An LLM Can ‘Count Against’ Training Contract Hunters

LLMs are intellectually tough, time-consuming and not all law firms like them, warns LegalAware Students...

Mar 12 2012 1:31pm

The Perils Of Interviewing Lawyers

Lawyers’ aversion to risk makes them awful to interview. Attempt to challenge this rule of...

Mar 12 2012 9:48am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 12 March

‘Idiot’ thief steals judge’s nameplate… and then poses with it on Facebook – Daily Mail...

Mar 12 2012 8:33am

EXCLUSIVE: Freshfields Celebrates International Women’s Day With Cake-Baking Competition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which has one of the lowest percentages of female partners (12%) of...

Mar 9 2012 1:28pm