Tag: Blogs
Legal Executives’ ‘Psychology’ Is Holding Them Back
As ILEX is presented with a royal charter, it’s time for a change in mindset...
Legal Blogging’s Princess Diana Moment
The Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) striking off of legal blogging pioneer David Harris last week...
Bar Overplays The Independence Card
Gratuitous individuality threatens to hold chambers back at critical period for the legal market, writes...
At Least You’re Not an Italian Trainee Lawyer…
As English law students worry about the possible scrapping of the minimum trainee solicitor salary,...
Lawyers and Tattoos: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
When I saw a picture the other day of Mexican vampire woman Maria Jose Cristerna...
Farewell To The Arse
A couple of weeks ago the excellent law student information site LawCareers.Net described Legal Cheek’s...
Legal Am-Dram: Lawyers Retry Playwright Joe Orton
Legal Cheek associate editor Emily Jupp reviews Friday’s re-trial of 1960s playwright and library-book defacer...
If You Can’t Bag a Pupillage in England Can You Do it Abroad?
Unable to secure a pupillage in London, Shafik Cassim has had more luck in Mauritius This...
What Are Law Recruitment Fairs For?
The trauma of the City law milkround drove law graduate Jade Ferguson to explore other...
Alternative Careers: Working for a Legal Charity
LawWorks’ Alasdair Stewart on why there’s more to life than training contracts When I started...
The Avatars Finally Meet! Legal Cheek Reviews Last Night’s ‘Legal Tweet-Up’
“These breaded treats (pictured below) are absolutely world class – and I don’t use that...
Keeping Up With Law’s ‘Made in Chelsea’ Set
LPC student Cat Pond doesn’t fancy joining the Sloanes, but what are the alternatives for...
Do You Know the YouTube Law Student Cyclist?
Update 4pm: the law student cyclist is Danny Shine (thanks to @piombo). Yesterday, the Telegraph...
Don’t Suppose You Have Any Work Experience Opportunities? #GizAJob
Is it acceptable to ask for work experience through Twitter, asks GDL student David Woodall....
City Lawyer’s Dating Directness Pays Off – Despite Kidnap Ordeal
“Only go out with me because you want a baby and to settle down. I’m...
Why Law Graduates Can be Choosers
GDL graduate Cathryn Kozlowski on why she turned down a paralegal job With more and...
Glimpse a Star: Legal Cheek Facebook Competition
Legal Cheek netted its 1,000th Twitter follower yesterday – not bad for a blog that’s...
‘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,...
Legal Sector’s January Recovery Looks Brittle
Fundamentals behind recent improved trainee retention rates and pay rises are questionable, says Alex Aldridge...
File-Sharers Start Religion to Exploit Legal Loophole
Follow @DiaryofaGDL Huffington Post columnist David Woodall wonders what will happen if Kopimism catches on...
Julian Assange’s ex-Lawyer Re-Brands as Fitness Guru
Yesterday, it was with considerable surprise that I happened upon ‘Jogging with the FT: Mark...