Category: News

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

Lord Neuberger’s Judicial Assistant Lifts The Lid On Supreme Court Life

Amid the glow of the UK Supreme Court’s psychedelic carpets (the work of Sgt Pepper’s...

Jan 30 2013 1:17pm

What Supreme Court Justices Read In Their Spare Time…

Encouraging to see Private Eye making an appearance in the UK Supreme Court Justices’ library....

Jan 30 2013 10:04am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Baroness Scotland QC told by school careers adviser that best she could hope for was...

Jan 23 2013 6:10pm

Law Society President: Women Lawyers Who Work Flexibly At City Firms Are ‘Put Onto The Slow Stream’

Law Society president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff raised eyebrows in the City last week when she suggested...

Jan 23 2013 4:28pm

Women Lawyers Earn £50K Less Than Their Male Counterparts

The average female lawyer is paid £51,396 less per year than the average male lawyer,...

Jan 23 2013 1:54pm

Court Of Appeal Dismisses Latest Case Of Litigant-In-Person Bar Graduate

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a libel case brought by a pupillage-less Bar graduate...

Jan 23 2013 11:03am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 23 January

Lindsay Lohan’s new lawyer is sponsored by ‘foodie socialite’ to allow him to represent her...

Jan 23 2013 9:24am