Tag: News
Morning round-up: Thursday 9 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Twitter row rumbles over of meaning of ‘lawyer’
A leading media rent-a-quote merchant reckons as long as you can say the word, you can adopt the title
Research: Some City firms are not as white and male as you might think — but many still are
Exclusive Legal Cheek research reveals striking disconnect between representation of women at associate and partner levels alongside vastly different attitudes towards hiring ethnic minority lawyers
Morning round-up: Wednesday 8 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Lawyers work most hours and are more loyal than anyone else
Members of the legal profession are wonderful employees
Why it’s not a good idea for lawyers to peruse work documents over fast-food
That man looking over your shoulder could be a tabloid hack -- and, worse still, the legal document could be about him
There are two solicitors on The Apprentice 2014 — and one is ex-Slaughter and May
St Albans family lawyer Lauren Riley and ex-Slaughter and May and Latham Watkins associate Felipe Alviar-Baquero to battle it out before Sir Alan in this year's show
Morning round-up: Tuesday 7 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Lawyer + Hawk = The Law Hawk
Junior lawyer differentiates himself from rivals through really weird 'Texas Law Hawk' video and social media campaign
‘Glamorous solicitor’ to be a contestant on this year’s The Apprentice
Lawyer announces that she'll be appearing in hit BBC show with a swipe at fellow members of the legal profession
Morning round-up: Monday 6 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Addleshaw latest firm to release trainee retention figures — hitting 82%
National player retains marginally more autumn qualifiers than most rivals in further sign of tentative graduate recruitment market recovery
Morning round-up: Friday 3 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
The 9 best humble-brags from lawyers as latest Legal 500 directory hits streets
A sure as night follows day, solicitors, barristers and law firms greet the release of the latest league table with the odd dollop of false humility
Sir John Walsh of Branagh’s CV may be even more spectacular than Lord Harley of Counsel’s
Aussie barrister in challenge to Lancashire solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker (aka Lord Harley of Counsel) for crown of best CV on the internet
Morning round-up: Thursday 2 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Are Amal and George just as shameless as Kim and Kanye? Probably
Your Barrister Boyfriend co-creator Natalia Naish is faintly repulsed at the Amal Alammudin-George Clooney wedding
Small law firm somehow persuades very successful rapper to do voiceover on its advert
Rapper and No Limit Records boss Master P lends a hand to promote small US law firm with “UGHH” catchphrase
It looks like the drunken Kent Uni fresher who got stuck up a tree may have been a law student
Did booze-fuelled tree farce begin after unsuccessful attempt by student to use LLB credentials to gain access to Freshers Ball?
Morning round-up: Wednesday 1 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Keira Knightley clearly doesn’t realise how hard it is to get a training contract or pupillage
Actress says she'd advise her daughter to be a lawyer to avoid the "heartbreaking rejection" of life as an actor. Hmmm...