Category: News
How far would you go for silence in the library?
Court hears how law student lay in street with a noose around his neck in protest at noise in library, having also threatened hunger strike and suicide.
The emerging etiquette of the training contract video interview
How best to present yourself to potential employers through a laptop camera.
Morning round-up: Friday 25 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Embracing the stereotype that lawyers are shark-like.
‘I worry I’m wasting my hero’s heart at law school’
Heroic law student reveals inner struggle to PostSecret.
12 alternative approaches to law revision
Because it can help to mix things up...
Morning round-up: Thursday 24 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Lawyer-hating pig protester of the week.
Fancy a chat with Robbie Savage?
Leeds law firm Blacks hires Match of the Day pundit Robbie Savage and publishes "direct line" to ex-Premiership star on its website.
DWF launches video interview — doubling number of wannabe trainees it considers
Exclusive: DWF becomes the first big UK law firm to incorporate video into its training contract interview process.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 23 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
"I'll just rest my eyes for a brief moment..."
The 8 best law firm names in England
Amazingly, these law firms are all real.
Take a deep breath and do some colouring in
An oldie but a goodie to exacerbate ease the pain of returning to work from the Easter bank holiday — or, in the case of revision-swamped law students, not having a bank holiday at all.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 22 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Aggressive and intoxicated octopus (missing some tentacles) spotted in Croydon County Court's robing room.
‘They call me Gerrie Nel and I am mad as hell’: Now Pistorius prosecutor gets his own rap
Following the hip hop creations spawned in tribute to Oscar Pistorius' defence lawyer, Barry Roux, a track has been recorded in honour of tough-talking Gerrie Nel, the prosecutor in the case.
Google autocomplete reveals people’s true feelings about lawyers
Hot arrogant scum: The British public's view of solicitors, barristers and law students is rather confused.
Morning round-up: Thursday 17 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Mr Compensator!
A law-themed drinking game called ‘Hammertime’ has been created
Could "Hammertime", which was first popularised among Australian law students, go global this summer?