Tag: News
‘I attached a picture of my snake instead of my certificates … and I still got the job at Clyde & Co’
How do you land a role at a top City firm? Send them a picture of your pet snake
5 out of 42 of Slaughter and May’s qualifying trainees leave firm
Retention rate at elite firm falls to lowest since 2013
The Durham Uni law student pulling in City firm-levels of cash in return for dating sugar daddies
Final year law student earns £1,500 for between two or three "dates" a month
Full letter: Lawyer for ‘Left Shark’ replica designer responds to Katy Perry’s cease & desist threat
What could pop star "possibly stand to gain from declaring war on an Internet meme"?
Video: ghost poleaxes woman in law firm reception
Take care the next time you're waiting for a lift at any law firm in the Chilean capital of Santiago
Freshfields to open Manchester office for ‘repetitive legal work’
Second member of the magic circle to try "northshoring", with junior lawyer positions likely to be up for grabs
Wannabe lawyer asks City law firms to ‘tell me what makes your firm unique in one tweet’
Nine firms ignore question, two reply
Barrister’s ‘gagging for it’ blog about rape goes viral for all the wrong reasons
Weekend newspapers tear into veteran criminal brief, who stands by shocking blog post
Katy Perry’s lawyers send cease & desist letter to ‘Left Shark’ replica designer
Global mega star wheels out international law firm to clamp down on internet knock-off Super Bowl sharks
Nazi bomb hoax barrister handed 12-month jail sentence
Michael Shrimpton’s professional fate in the hands of bar regulator as prison term comes in wake of child pornography conviction
Legal pic of the day
'English Law Day' in Seoul fails to wow Koreans
Lib-Dem justice minister bombarded with flack for pompous Magna Carta tweet
Social justice campaigners draw Simon Hughes’s attention to the fact that his government is devastating legal aid budget
City firm coaxes all staff to embrace pro bono ethic by asking for 25 hours a year
Transatlantic giant Hogan Lovells launches bid to spread charitable works across all levels of its business -- including trainees, and presumably dinner ladies too
‘Drunk’ City law firm graduate recruiter tells wannabe solicitor that 2:1 from Durham and AAB is not good enough to bag a training contract
Strange goings-on at Trowers & Hamlins
The Amal Effect: More wannabe human rights lawyers, but where are the jobs?
Soaring applications for human rights courses may not be good news
Morning round-up: Friday 6 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
The Mr Darcy of the bar is reported to have hooked up with a Hollywood star
Could Matrix Chambers' Ben Emmerson QC be the new Amal?
England to consider gender neutral titles for solicitors after Scottish legal profession brings in ‘Mx’ option
Land of kilts rule change could be followed south of the border
Morning round-up: Thursday 5 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Research: lawyers most sought after profession for affairs because they’re good liars and pay attention to detail
Solicitors and barristers in hot demand on infidelity dating websites
Student rage as hackers seize control of beloved law meme Facebook page
Hell hath no fury like a law student deprived of their memes