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Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 7 March
Strauss-Kahn hotel maid lawyer set to join Cambridge protest – Cambridge News Crooked solicitor smuggled...
Lunch with Legal Cheek: Mark Stephens
You can change the world through law, star media lawyer Mark Stephens tells Emily Jupp,...
The Sun Launches X-Factor-Style Law School and Training Contract Competition
In a move that some may view as a sign of the legal profession going...
Pupillage In The Provinces? Thanks, But No Thanks
London-based pupillage hunter OccupyTheInns thinks taking a position in the regions could be a bad...
Michael Mansfield QC: ‘The Johnny Depp Of The Legal World’
“Radical; vegetarian; socialist. These three words are rarely used in conjunction with lawyers, but these...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 23 February
Should animals be afforded the same legal rights as humans? – Daily Mail St Paul’s...
Are City Law Firms Dominated by Posh Lad Culture?
Some firms have a strong penchant for rugby types like ‘spit-roast’ email trainee Daniel England;...
Time For Barristers To Put Hands in Their Pockets
Pupillage should be the test for Bar wannabes, not interviews – and wealthy barristers should...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 9 February
Wigs off, jeans on at the Judicial College – The Guardian Dickens v Lawyers –...
A Letter To My 18 Year-Old Oxbridge-Hating Self
Sarah Gillbe, who skipped uni to work as a legal secretary before becoming a solicitor,...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 6 February
Why unpaid internships aren’t so bad – New York Times Polygamous family given go-ahead to...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Tattoos, Converting to Law in Your Late 20s & Office Politics
This week podcast hosts Alex Aldridge and Kevin Poulter are joined by Daniela Valdez, an...
At Least You’re Not an Italian Trainee Lawyer…
As English law students worry about the possible scrapping of the minimum trainee solicitor salary,...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Aldridge & Poulter Analyse Week’s Legal News
Journalist Alex Aldridge and solicitor Kevin Poulter discuss the week’s legal news over a bottle...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 13 January
Manchester barrister faces prison for £81K theft – BBC Zimbabwe judge slams biased prosecutors –...
Fraudulent City Lawyer With Fake CV Facing Jail
Ever lied on your CV? I know at least two lawyers at big City law...
‘If You Want to Be an Actor and Earn Some Money, Become a Barrister’
Recently the actor Philip Glenister (pictured below), of Life on Mars and Mad Dogs fame,...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 11 January
Divorce lawyers: the January winners – The Guardian Mum faces eviction from council flat as...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 10 January
Lawyer shoots himself at news briefing – Sky News Government’s ‘kamikaze’ legal aid cuts ‘will...
SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION
Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with a colleague; do mix your...
THE CHAMBERS CHRISTMAS DO
Follow @debbiematthews1 A traumatised Debbie Matthews recounts some of the incredible scenes she witnessed at...