Category: News
‘Inaccuracies About the Legal Profession Make Me Cross’: BBC Drama Silk Returns To Torment Lawyers
Silk returned for its second series last night, enraging the country’s more pedantic legal professionals...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 16 May
The law firms raking in the fees from News International inquiry – Evening Standard “Are...
Picture of Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Boss To Sell For £30K
Geoffrey Raymond, an artist who does annotated pictures of fallen Wall Street icons, has turned...
Law Firms Which Sponsored Award Ceremony In Double Award Win Shocker
“Every single night of every single year the Grosvenor House hotel in London is filled...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 15 May
Britain’s most televised barrister dons the disguise of Captain Slow – The Independent What to...
Could The Days of Lawyers Charging Clients For The Time They Spend Gossiping On Twitter Be Over?
During a brief spell working as a paralegal at Clyde & Co in 2006, I...
Law Society Cancels Conference Organised By Group That Says Being Gay Leads To ‘Disease’
Throughout last week there were murmurings of an embarrassment at the Law Society involving marriage...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 14 May
Matthew McConaughey desperate for Lincoln Lawyer follow-up – Female First Sex shame solicitor who flashed...
EXCLUSIVE: Desperate LPC Student Places ‘Come And Get Me’ Advert in Law Society Magazine
Training contract numbers may be on the increase again, but times are still hard for...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 11 May
‘Scottish madam’ Anna Gristina attempts to appoint Uri Geller’s son as lawyer – The Telegraph...
‘Rushing More Ethnic Minority Students Into Pupillage Could Cause Culture Clash’
OccupyTheInns cautions against a “knee-jerk” reaction to a study that found ethnic minority students are...
GDL HELL: ‘With The Job Market The Way It Is, Passing Is Simply Not Good Enough’
The pressure is on as GDL exams near, but the more David Woodall reads, the...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 10 May
Barrister gets judicial review over QC ‘discrimination’ – BBC Shaming the rogue lawyers: list of...
Lawyers’ Pinterest Boards: Top Five
Since I discovered the new social networking site Pinterest – which is best described as...
You’ve Either Got It Or You Haven’t: The ‘Personality X Factor’ That’s Needed To Land a Pupillage
Orwell prize short-listed blogger Amanda Bancroft, a former barrister, on what differentiates the wannabes from...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 9 May
Nicolas Sarkozy to return to his old job as a lawyer – Daily Express Legal...
SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC Makes Made in Chelsea Debut
There has been much excitement in the legal world about the fact that Made in...
Complain About The BSB At Your Peril, Bar Students – ‘Independent’ Complaints Body Is Chaired By BSB Member
A recent article, ‘EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Students Point Finger At Bar Standards Board Following ‘Disastrous’ And...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 8 May
Almost 50% of people rely on TV dramas for legal knowledge – Liverpool Daily Post...
Ex-Clifford Chance Solicitor Who Works Part-Time As Roy Hodgson Look-a-Like Backs New England Boss
The Sun took its legal coverage up a notch today when it featured solicitor Neil...
Berwin Leighton Paisner Trainee Posed as Evening Standard Journalist To Obtain Info In Olympics Dispute, Say Protesters
A trainee solicitor at Berwin Leighton Paisner has been reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority...