Category: News
Morning Round-Up: Monday 11 June
Barrister admits leaving over 120 “creepy” and “sexually intimidating” messages on younger colleague’s phone –...
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....
‘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...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 8 June
Wannabe barrister denies conspiracy to supply £224,000 of cocaine – Northampton Chronicle & Echo Barrister...
BPP Law School CEO Says Avoid Criminal Bar; Bar Council Chief Voices ‘Great Concern’ At Number Of Barrister Wannabes – Yet Still Students Keep Flocking To The BPTC
On Sunday BPP Law School chief executive Peter Crisp became the latest – and most...
Solicitors’ Profession Could Face a ‘Lost Generation Of Talent’
Three weeks on from the scrapping of the trainee minimum wage and the decision looks...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 7 June
Most students at law school have ‘no hope of a job’ – Evening Standard Should...
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...
Top QC In W*nker Hand Gesture Shame
Barrister delivers annoying speech. Rival barrister rolls his eyes, turns to his junior and conspiratorially...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 6 June
City lawyer ‘lost her £200,000 job after exposing corruption’ – The Telegraph Breivik murder trial...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 1 June
Legal ‘hell’ over stunts staged by explorer Fiennes – Yorkshire Post So Butler-Sloss, our women...
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...
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...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 31 May
Christopher Grierson: Reaction Ex-Hogan Lovells partner jailed for three years over £1.27m fraud – The...
Interview Essentials: ‘It’s OK, Nobody Else Knows What the F*ck Commercial Awareness Is Either’
The other night I went out for a curry with a bunch of associate solicitors...
What Effect Will The Eurozone Crisis Have On Wannabe Lawyers?
Yesterday, I attended a conference organised by the European Commission in Brussels. It was called,...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 30 May
Millionaire parked his Range Rover outside solicitor’s office with posters claiming he ‘charged £4,000 for...
‘Train To Be a Lawyer In Just One Year’: Too Good To Be True?
In February, I mentioned an advert for the London College of Law (not to be...