Category: News

Advocacy Standards: ‘The Unsatisfactory Must Go’ (But They Probably Won’t)

The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is ostensibly designed to ensure that criminal advocates...

Jul 3 2012 10:12am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 3 July

Serial burglar raids house of his barrister’s daughter by mistake – Evening Chronicle Wiltshire solicitor...

Jul 3 2012 8:25am

‘Do You Want To Be Kodak Or Instagram?’

Legal Cheek tech columnist i@n davison reviews Friday’s LawTechCampLondon. Do you want to be Kodak...

Jul 2 2012 1:41pm

Lawyers, Did You Ever Wish You Had Become Rappers? Well, It’s Not Too Late: You Could Still Do a Rap About Law

And as Eminem wannabe Michael Bossone proves in this video of his new single ‘Push’...

Jul 2 2012 9:40am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 2 July

Retired judge among Britons facing extradition to Italy on ‘Mafia money laundering’ charges – The...

Jul 2 2012 8:32am

‘Describe Your Parents Relationship’: Law Firm’s Interview Question To Training Contract Candidate

EXCLUSIVE: You hear all sorts of stories about partners asking outrageous, Borat-style questions during TC...

Jun 29 2012 10:07am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 29 June

Earl of Cardigan accused of beating up 11 New Square Chambers clerk John Moore –...

Jun 29 2012 8:37am

Which Legal Tweeters Have Bought Their Twitter Followers?

Until I read recently that 92% of US politician Newt Gingrich’s Twitter followers had been...

Jun 28 2012 2:04pm

From Halliwells To BLG To Clyde & Co To Buddhism In Two Years: A Trainee’s Journey In A Shaky Legal Market

Marc Piano says Halliwells’ collapse contributed to his decision to pursue some time out practising...

Jun 28 2012 10:23am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 28 June

From beautician to barrister: DIY law woman gets a first – BBC Disgraced High Court...

Jun 28 2012 8:03am

Five Things We Learned From The Lawyer Awards

The food (pictured below) was cold, the award presentations seemed to go on forever and...

Jun 27 2012 2:04pm

Restricting The BPTC To Students Who’ve Already Bagged a Pupillage Wouldn’t Breach Competition Law…

…but it would put pressure on chambers to fund the course – and could lead...

Jun 27 2012 10:15am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 27 June

Law student loses compensation claim because he registered it too late – Redditch Advertiser ‘What...

Jun 27 2012 8:47am

Chambers Failure To Provide Interview Feedback And Travel Costs Is ‘Unacceptable’

For most people, summer means festivals and perhaps a few weeks in Ibiza. Not so...

Jun 26 2012 2:21pm

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 26 June

Honeymoon widower brands lawyer liar – The Scotsman and The Telegraph Welsh legal system: consider...

Jun 26 2012 8:32am

Are Barristers The Doctors Of The Legal Profession, And Solicitors The Nurses?

Last week there was outrage on The Student Room when a poster likened barristers to...

Jun 25 2012 2:21pm

‘If The Firm Was a Person, How Would You Describe Them?

Now that he’s finished the GDL, David Woodall finally has some time to sample the...

Jun 25 2012 11:02am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 25 June

District judge reprimanded after ‘goosing’ woman court clerk and making lewd comments – Mail Online...

Jun 25 2012 8:31am

Charity That Campaigns For ‘Access To Justice For All’ Offers Internships Only To Those Who Can Afford To Work For Free

Wandering idly through Holborn the other day, I spotted this advert for the Environmental Law...

Jun 22 2012 10:19am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 22 June

Brad Pitt visits solicitor pal at high street law firm in Birmingham – The Sun...

Jun 22 2012 8:45am

Farewell Silk, Now Time To Come Up With a New Mythology For The Bar

The defining images in the second series of BBC legal drama Silk – which drew...

Jun 21 2012 1:01pm