Tag: Blogs

How Would Stephen Hawking Have Fared as a City Lawyer?

Follow @legalaware The professor’s arrival would have delighted a corporate law firm PR team, but...

Jan 9 2012 10:14am

Don’t Believe the Law School Scholarship Hype

Yesterday a press release from the College of Law appeared in my inbox, headed COLLEGE...

Jan 5 2012 11:04am

Accutrainee Chief Hits Back at Critics

Follow @Accutrainee Founder of new cut-price training contract scheme responds to recent criticism from Legal...

Jan 4 2012 2:40pm

Can Tension Between Legal Aid and Pro Bono Be Resolved?

Rather than criticise pro bono charities for “overselling” themselves, legal aid lawyers need to work...

Jan 3 2012 1:04pm

SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION

Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with a colleague; do mix your...

Dec 14 2011 1:21pm

THE CHAMBERS CHRISTMAS DO

Follow @debbiematthews1 A traumatised Debbie Matthews recounts some of the incredible scenes she witnessed at...

Dec 14 2011 10:12am

MORE TO LIFE THAN LAW

Follow @pondcat Law graduates’ transferable skills give them an advantage in the non-legal job market,...

Dec 13 2011 9:33am

TRAINING CONTRACTS NEVER GREW ON TREES

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Current tough job market made to sound even worse by frequent comparisons with...

Dec 12 2011 2:45pm

MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?

Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good...

Dec 12 2011 9:29am

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK As the Christmas party season gets underway, Alex Aldridge is expecting great things...

Dec 8 2011 2:30pm

‘MY WIFE, SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ME…’

Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews regrets her night out with a senior male colleague Wednesday morning....

Dec 7 2011 9:13am

OCCUPY THE LAW SOCIETY! (in a nice way)

Follow @pondcat Other than a short-lived campaign to occupy the Inns of Court, there are...

Dec 6 2011 3:22pm

WHY THE OBSESSION WITH A-LEVELS?

Follow @cathrynkoz Cathryn Kozlowski focused on getting top music qualifications rather than top A-levels, but...

Dec 6 2011 10:01am

LEGAL AWARDS CEREMONIES: THE HORROR

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK The ‘British Legal Awards’, the grandly titled money making scam awards ceremony for...

Dec 2 2011 10:04am

PRO BONO WEEK: OUT WITH A WHIMPER

Follow @AlasdairIS But despite the complaints from lawyers and disinterest from the press, the fact...

Dec 1 2011 11:05am

MILLIONAIRE LAWYERS SHOULD FUND PUPILLAGES

Follow @OccupyTheInns Unless the legal profession acts, an occupation of the Inns of Court could...

Nov 30 2011 3:06pm

‘READY FOR THAT DRINK, DEBS?’

Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews on the perils of blurring the line between work and, er,...

Nov 30 2011 10:25am

£65K FOR A PUPILLAGE?!

Follow @FellowsAdam Adam Fellows considers the discrepancies between pupil earnings, and asks whether the Bar...

Nov 29 2011 10:42am

GOOD LAW SCHOOLS HAVE PROPER DISABILITY POLICIES

Follow @legalaware But disabled students also have a part to play in improving institutions’ behaviour,...

Nov 28 2011 3:59pm

GOING FORWARD, I’LL ALWAYS BE A MORON

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Legal Cheek launches anti-‘going forward’ offensive “Going forward, I give up,” wrote Financial...

Nov 28 2011 9:37am

THE MAN BEHIND THE LAW REPORTS

Follow @DanHLawReporter Barrister-turned-law reporter Daniel Hoadley explains what it’s like to document court cases, and...

Nov 24 2011 11:01am