Category: News
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK As the Christmas party season gets underway, Alex Aldridge is expecting great things...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I just love saying ‘going forward’!’
Dear Auntie Em, I consider myself a well spoken individual, who uses the English language...
‘MY WIFE, SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ME…’
Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews regrets her night out with a senior male colleague Wednesday morning....
OCCUPY THE LAW SOCIETY! (in a nice way)
Follow @pondcat Other than a short-lived campaign to occupy the Inns of Court, there are...
WHY THE OBSESSION WITH A-LEVELS?
Follow @cathrynkoz Cathryn Kozlowski focused on getting top music qualifications rather than top A-levels, but...
#TweetsOfTheWeek
Follow @LegalCheek Legal Cheek is watching you… Smugly delivered tired gag of the week @ZASaunders...
LEGAL AWARDS CEREMONIES: THE HORROR
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK The ‘British Legal Awards’, the grandly titled money making scam awards ceremony for...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: “Pupillage is giving me nightmares”
Dear Auntie Em, I’m plagued by this terrible recurring dream I’ve been having since I...
PRO BONO WEEK: OUT WITH A WHIMPER
Follow @AlasdairIS But despite the complaints from lawyers and disinterest from the press, the fact...
MILLIONAIRE LAWYERS SHOULD FUND PUPILLAGES
Follow @OccupyTheInns Unless the legal profession acts, an occupation of the Inns of Court could...
‘READY FOR THAT DRINK, DEBS?’
Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews on the perils of blurring the line between work and, er,...
£65K FOR A PUPILLAGE?!
Follow @FellowsAdam Adam Fellows considers the discrepancies between pupil earnings, and asks whether the Bar...
GOOD LAW SCHOOLS HAVE PROPER DISABILITY POLICIES
Follow @legalaware But disabled students also have a part to play in improving institutions’ behaviour,...
GOING FORWARD, I’LL ALWAYS BE A MORON
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Legal Cheek launches anti-‘going forward’ offensive “Going forward, I give up,” wrote Financial...
#TweetsOfTheWeek
Follow @LegalCheek Legal Cheek is watching you… Twitter tale from the Bar of the week...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: I want to jack in law to become an artist
Dear Auntie Em, Last week I went to an art exhibition sponsored by my [large...
THE MAN BEHIND THE LAW REPORTS
Follow @DanHLawReporter Barrister-turned-law reporter Daniel Hoadley explains what it’s like to document court cases, and...
PUPILLAGE: ‘A REASONABLE EXPECTATION’
Follow @OccupyTheInns OccupyTheInns hits back at the criticism last week’s post received, and puts forward...
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...