Category: News

Morning Round-Up: Friday 22 February

UK’s most senior female judge says UK is “out of step with rest of world”...

Feb 22 2013 9:09am

Courtroom Movie Mashup: Name That Film

How many of the films can you name in this freshly-posted law film medley from...

Feb 20 2013 4:07pm

Harlem Shake Reaches The Legal Profession – But Which British Lawyers Will Be First To Embrace Craze‏?

If you’re not familiar with the ‘Harlem Shake’, fear not: all you really need to...

Feb 20 2013 12:30pm

Bar Course Aptitude Test Will Cost More Than Double What Wannabe Barristers Had Been Told To Expect

Barrister hopefuls had been told that the new Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) would cost...

Feb 20 2013 9:08am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 20 February

US court delays execution of mentally disabled man Warren Hill [The Telegraph] Ten reasons why...

Feb 20 2013 8:46am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Britney Spears is dating a legal researcher called David [TMZ] Contrary to reports, the CPS...

Feb 19 2013 6:10pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Tired of being confused with the popular electronic goods retailer, LG changes its name back...

Feb 14 2013 6:38pm

Hot Law Students Fuel Valentine’s Spike In University ‘Spotted’ Facebook Posts

Recently a wave of university-wide “Spotted” pages have appeared on Facebook – enabling students to comment...

Feb 14 2013 2:12pm

Analysed: The Poor Posture And ‘Smug Smile’ Of Supreme Court President Lord Neuberger

Yesterday, hidden away at the bottom of Joshua Rozenberg’s article in The Guardian about judges’...

Feb 14 2013 10:12am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 14 February

Fear of more casualties in the legal sector [Manchester Evening News] How law nerds will...

Feb 14 2013 9:26am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Widening north-south divide applies to legal education too as Co-op Legal sends its trainees to...

Feb 13 2013 6:20pm

Is A 2:2 A Kiss Of Death For Wannabe Lawyers?

Anthony Lyons is a charming, intelligent part-time LPC student who works as a paralegal at...

Feb 13 2013 2:29pm

Has There Ever Been A More Unlikely Legal Conference Attendee Than Busta Rhymes?

News came through overnight on Twitter that rapper Busta Rhymes closed yesterday’s American Association For...

Feb 13 2013 12:09pm

Goodbye Solicitor And Barrister, Hello ‘Legal Process Analyst’ – Review: ‘Tomorrow’s Lawyers’ By Richard Susskind

As you’d expect, the inquiries Professor Richard Susskind encourages legal hopefuls to make in the ‘Questions...

Feb 13 2013 10:22am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 13 February

High Court Judge who jumped red light fined £5,000 for trying to “overwhelm” court with...

Feb 13 2013 9:23am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Baroness Hale and Lady Justice Hallett make ‘The Power List 2013’ [BBC Radio 4 Woman’s...

Feb 12 2013 6:18pm

‘There’s a rich vein of humour which runs through the profession’

Back when I chose to be a barrister I really didn’t know a great deal...

Feb 8 2013 9:00am

Is Legal Consultant-Speak Eating Itself?

“No-sourcing”, explains legal futurologist Professor Richard Susskind in his new book Tomorrow’s Lawyers,  is “the...

Feb 5 2013 10:42am

‘I Wish I’d Known That I’d Eventually Get A Training Contract’

In the latest instalment of the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...

Feb 1 2013 11:41am

‘You Wouldn’t Behave Like That In Court’: Barrister MP Told Off For Heckling Ed Miliband At PMQs

At yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, criminal barrister-turned-MP Michael Ellis heckled Ed Miliband so loudly that...

Jan 31 2013 10:05am