Category: News
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 3 July
Serial burglar raids house of his barrister’s daughter by mistake – Evening Chronicle Wiltshire solicitor...
‘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...
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’...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 2 July
Retired judge among Britons facing extradition to Italy on ‘Mafia money laundering’ charges – The...
‘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...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 29 June
Earl of Cardigan accused of beating up 11 New Square Chambers clerk John Moore –...
Which Legal Tweeters Have Bought Their Twitter Followers?
Until I read recently that 92% of US politician Newt Gingrich’s Twitter followers had been...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 28 June
From beautician to barrister: DIY law woman gets a first – BBC Disgraced High Court...
Five Things We Learned From The Lawyer Awards
The food (pictured below) was cold, the award presentations seemed to go on forever and...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 27 June
Law student loses compensation claim because he registered it too late – Redditch Advertiser ‘What...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 26 June
Honeymoon widower brands lawyer liar – The Scotsman and The Telegraph Welsh legal system: consider...
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...
‘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...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 25 June
District judge reprimanded after ‘goosing’ woman court clerk and making lewd comments – Mail Online...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 22 June
Brad Pitt visits solicitor pal at high street law firm in Birmingham – The Sun...
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...
Don’t Fancy The BPTC? Well, You Could Try Nicknaming Yourself ‘Barrister’ Instead
My favourite character in the media storm that has embraced embattled Tory peer Baroness Warsi...