Category: News

Another Facebook ‘Reverse Auction’ For An LPC Place Ends Instantly – With Minimal Savings For Winning Bidder

The National College of Legal Training (NCLT)’s first Facebook ‘reverse auction’, which took place last...

Jun 12 2012 10:10am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 12 June

Athlete seeks legal advice following Olympic omission – BBC Chinese law firms snub politician’s wife...

Jun 12 2012 8:45am

Law Among The Jobs Most Likely To Lead To Weight Gain, Says New Survey

The sea of pot-bellies and teams of medics waiting nervously on stand-by at last month’s...

Jun 11 2012 1:34pm

Male Colleagues Nicknamed Me ‘Tiny Tits’, Says Ex-Clifford Chance Intern Who ‘Trained As a Lawyer In London’

Officially, City law firms are beacons of post-sexism enlightenment. In private, though, you hear all...

Jun 11 2012 9:14am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 11 June

Barrister admits leaving over 120 “creepy” and “sexually intimidating” messages on younger colleague’s phone –...

Jun 11 2012 8:34am

How To Go From Corporate Law Into Human Rights Academia

Most people don’t stay at the law firms they join as trainees all that long....

Jun 8 2012 3:08pm

‘He Daubed The Word “Bitch” On Wall In My Garden, Which Doesn’t Seem Like Something The DPP Would Do’

The words of a former girlfriend of Paul Bint, the conman famous for posing as...

Jun 8 2012 12:08pm

Bar Council Chair’s Pupillage ‘Great Concern’ Sparks Evening Standard Letter Page Response Flurry

Yesterday’s Evening Standard featured several letters – including, naturally, a missal dispatched from Legal Cheek...

Jun 8 2012 10:31am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 8 June

Wannabe barrister denies conspiracy to supply £224,000 of cocaine – Northampton Chronicle & Echo Barrister...

Jun 8 2012 8:44am

Solicitors’ Profession Could Face a ‘Lost Generation Of Talent’

Three weeks on from the scrapping of the trainee minimum wage and the decision looks...

Jun 7 2012 10:05am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 7 June

Most students at law school have ‘no hope of a job’ – Evening Standard Should...

Jun 7 2012 8:16am

Kate Middleton’s In-House Lawyer Ex-Boyfriend To Marry Marquess’ Daughter

When St Andrews University law student Rupert Finch pulled a hot first year called Kate...

Jun 6 2012 2:48pm

Top QC In W*nker Hand Gesture Shame

Barrister delivers annoying speech. Rival barrister rolls his eyes, turns to his junior and conspiratorially...

Jun 6 2012 9:37am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 6 June

City lawyer ‘lost her £200,000 job after exposing corruption’ – The Telegraph Breivik murder trial...

Jun 6 2012 8:27am

Isn’t It About Time That a Valid Constitutional Purpose Was Served By Our Queen?

She is the single biggest drain on the benefits system. Her grandchildren throw weddings that...

Jun 1 2012 9:52am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 1 June

Legal ‘hell’ over stunts staged by explorer Fiennes – Yorkshire Post So Butler-Sloss, our women...

Jun 1 2012 8:32am

Drug Arrest Of Pupil Henry Mostyn Is ‘Fuss About Nothing’

I have followed the saga about Henry Mostyn, the pupil found with a small amount...

May 31 2012 12:15pm

Danger! High Voltage: The College Of Law Ad Causing Chaos On The Tube

I spotted this ad for the College of Law on the Tube at King’s Cross...

May 31 2012 9:35am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 31 May

Christopher Grierson: Reaction Ex-Hogan Lovells partner jailed for three years over £1.27m fraud – The...

May 31 2012 8:37am