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Legal Sector’s January Recovery Looks Brittle
Fundamentals behind recent improved trainee retention rates and pay rises are questionable, says Alex Aldridge...
File-Sharers Start Religion to Exploit Legal Loophole
Follow @DiaryofaGDL Huffington Post columnist David Woodall wonders what will happen if Kopimism catches on...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 10 January
Lawyer shoots himself at news briefing – Sky News Government’s ‘kamikaze’ legal aid cuts ‘will...
Julian Assange’s ex-Lawyer Re-Brands as Fitness Guru
Yesterday, it was with considerable surprise that I happened upon ‘Jogging with the FT: Mark...
Errors, Unhappy Staff & Mediocre Students: BPTC Monitoring Results
Legal Cheek brings you the parts of the Bar Standards Board report the providers won’t...
How Would Stephen Hawking Have Fared as a City Lawyer?
Follow @legalaware The professor’s arrival would have delighted a corporate law firm PR team, but...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 9 January
Liverpool lawyer named in US fraud class action – Liverpool Daily Post Legal Aid bill...
The Most Dysfunctional Law Firm Ever?
The recently released testimony of dodgy American lawyer Scott Rothstein – sentenced to 50 years...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Do the Inns of Court Need Modernising?
Why do the Inns of Court make public their combined £4.7m scholarship fund, but refuse...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 6 January
Authorities taking steps to evict regional Occupy protesters – BBC and Sheffield Star Maldives president...
Cash-Strapped Legal Aid Lawyers Top Up with Part-time Work
Solicitor takes on paper-round, as barrister’s fitness dominatrix sideline flourishes Recent cuts to legal aid...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I got drunk and told my colleagues I hate them’
Dear Auntie Em, At last month’s office Christmas party I got very drunk and told...
Don’t Believe the Law School Scholarship Hype
Yesterday a press release from the College of Law appeared in my inbox, headed COLLEGE...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 5 January
Judge ticks off lawyers after ‘blah, blah, blah’ court note – Metro Apple ‘threatens legal...
Judge Hears Cases in a Pub
A pub is being used as a makeshift courtroom due to a shortage of official...
Accutrainee Chief Hits Back at Critics
Follow @Accutrainee Founder of new cut-price training contract scheme responds to recent criticism from Legal...
The Big Fight: David Allen Green vs Charon QC
Legal Cheek reports as the blogging heavyweights go head-to-head in a spectacular Twitter bust-up Still...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Trials of The 1%’ To Begin As Occupy Allowed To Stay In Shoreditch Courthouse For 3 More Weeks
Occupy London protesters have been granted the right to continue squatting a disused Old Street...
Judge With The Wild Dogs and The Bad Attitude Retires
Judge and owner of fearsome alsatians Beatrice “fucking travesty” Bolton has retired before the disciplinary...
Can Tension Between Legal Aid and Pro Bono Be Resolved?
Rather than criticise pro bono charities for “overselling” themselves, legal aid lawyers need to work...
Occupy London Fight to Conduct “Trials of The 1%”
Occupy London’s fledgling Occupy Justice campaign will find out this morning whether it can continue...