Category: News
The charmingly contrarian world of Grayling’s lone solicitor supporter
Yesterday Yorkshire-based high street solicitor John Wilson wrote a piece for The Times in which...
Morning round-up: Friday 20 September
Sorry the hardest word as Bar Council apologises for getting its sums wrong [Legal Business]...
Law student alienates coursemates with bizarre mass email berating them for eating in lectures — coursemates leak email…
A Canadian law student has got off to a bad start to the academic year...
Does the way that lawyers are encouraged to think and work make them vulnerable to depression?
A high stress job combined with a temperamental inclination to analyse and pick apart can...
Morning round-up: Thursday 19 September
Swedish court rules it is legal to masturbate in public (if it’s not directed at...
End of the day round-up
Leveson has been “disastrous” says Guardian legal chief [Press Gazette] Linkedin challenges US government over...
Lawyer bills 29 hours in one day
A US lawyer is facing disciplinary proceedings after billing for a 29-hour day. According to...
Pupillage-less BPTC grad among the ‘25 most influential Londoners aged under 25′
There’s no doubt that Gabrielle Turnquest‘s achievement in becoming the youngest person to be called...
The 10 best law student meltdowns on Vine
While lawyers have been slow to embrace iPhone app Vine, law students have seized upon...
Exeter University confirms that it was one of its professors who had his law lecture remixed
As universities return for autumn, beware, lecturers, of the smartphone-wielding student with video-editing skills. And,...
Starting pupillage: ‘So much to learn but hopefully a chance to teach a little too’
Two years after being called to the Bar, OccupyTheInns prepares to become a fully-fledged barrister...
Morning round-up: Monday 16 September
Judges must quit £3,000-a-night luxury lodgings and stay at B&Bs, as ministers seek to slash...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Video: Clifford Chance trainee in ‘f*cking people over for money’ YouTube boast 2. Solicitor,...
‘No I don’t want to take that file home this weekend, why don’t you do it Mr Head of Department?’
UCL legal academic Richard Moorhead wonders if his rocky spell in private practice would have...
Video: Clifford Chance trainee in ‘f*cking people over for money’ YouTube boast
A Clifford Chance trainee is in serious trouble after he was filmed boasting about his...
What lawyers can learn from legal dramas
As the return of hit BBC barrister series Silk nears, WaitroseLaw considers the practical lessons...
Event: If I knew then what I know now — at the Google Campus
On the evening of Thursday 10th October six authors of posts in Legal Cheek‘s ‘If...
10 things to do before starting law school that are mostly enjoyable
Columnist and academic Professor Gary Slapper recommends ten ways for law students to grasp the bigger picture before they become mired in the detail of study
Don’t you step into my courtroom wearing blue suede trainers, judge tells lawyer
Recently we reported on the judge who sent a defendant to the cells for wearing...
Incorrect tweet forces BPP to reveal how many of its grads bagged training contracts
Lawyer2B has a piece today detailing the employment rates of the biggest Legal Practice Course...
Why do you need a degree to do the Graduate Diploma in Law?
In Saturday’s The Times, Giles Coren argued that formal education is pretty much worthless —...