Category: News
BOOZERS: THEIR BRILLIANCE AND BAD BEHAVIOUR
Writing anonymously, a partner at a top London law firm reflects on the legal profession’s...
I DON’T WANNA BE IGNORED
Follow @DiaryofaGDL GDL student David Woodall isn’t convinced all work experience is worthwhile It dawns...
SOCIAL MOBILITY EFFORTS STILL IN A VACUUM
Follow @FellowsAdam The disconnect between the legal profession and school children is a hindrance to...
WHAT’S DRIVING YOU, LOVE OR FEAR?
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Don’t pursue a career on the basis of what will sound good at...
#TweetsOfTheWeek
Follow @LegalCheek Legal Cheek is watching you… Twitter put down of the week Rookie barrister...
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
Law graduate Flora Duguid isn’t ready to fly the white flag yet in her quest...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I’ve been having an affair with my boss’
Follow @emilyjupp Dear Auntie Em, I’ve been having an affair with my boss for the...
‘IT’S TIME TO OCCUPY THE INNS OF COURT’
Follow @OccupyTheInns Jobless law graduates should follow the St Paul’s protesters’ example, argues OccupyTheInns As...
THE OLD BOYS’ CLUB’S OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Follow @debbiematthews1 Women are rarely welcomed into judges’ chambers for cosy post-case chats, says Deborah...
TOP 5 iPHONE APPS FOR LAW STUDENTS
Follow @dietjustice Diet Justice reviews some of the best iPhone Apps for lawyers-to-be I now...
DO WE HAVE TO CALL IT ‘DIVERSITY’?
Follow @legalaware Ambiguous term is stunting debate, says LegalAware The word ‘diversity’ is an unhelpful...
LEGAL BODY IN FRESH ONLINE BLUNDER
Follow @pondcat First, the bar’s awful ‘Pupillage Portal’; now the solicitors’ regulator has run into...
IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THE BLOGGERS, JOIN THEM
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Continuing snobbery towards legal blogging betrays journalists’ fear that evolving medium could do...
#TweetsOfTheWeek
Follow @LegalCheek Legal Cheek is watching you… Social mobility champion of the week @TheInnerTemple, with...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I can’t get a training contract’
Follow @emilyjupp Dear Auntie Em, I finished my LPC this summer and I still don’t...
‘WE SHOULD GO FOR A DRINK…’
Follow @debbiematthews1 …No we shouldn’t, thinks Deborah Matthews, continuing her tales about predatory male lawyers...
‘YOU HAVE TO EAT DINNER TO QUALIFY AS A BARRISTER?!’
Follow @FellowsAdam Adam Fellows explains the eccentric world of the inns of court Despite the...
WHO SAID ARTS DEGREES WERE EASY?
Follow @LaurenceMills My Oxford history degree was no soft option, says City trainee-to-be Laurence Mills...
‘THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE WERE REFERRED TO AS THE OLD BAILEY’
Follow @thomashurst Corporate lawyer Thomas Hurst didn’t rate ITV’s new drama ‘The Jury’ much On...
IN-HOUSE LAWYER’S SHOWDOWN WITH MURDOCH
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Former News of the World legal chief can make in-house lawyers proud in...
#TweetsOfTheWeek
Follow @LegalCheek Legal Cheek is watching you… Poorly disguised Twitter boast of the week (brought...