Tag: News

Instagram’s legal team seems to have been trolled

Lawyers at social network reported to have sent cease and desist letter to slutsofinstagram.com — and then discovered the site wasn’t what they thought it was

Sep 29 2014 10:51am

Research: lawyers viewed as warmly as sex workers‏

A mind boggling Venn diagram shows that the legal profession and the oldest profession are despised equally

Sep 29 2014 9:34am

Doughty Street barrister marries celeb to create global ‘Alamooney’ brand

Best of the legal profession reaction as Amal Alamuddin and George Clooney pool their powers

Sep 29 2014 8:55am

Morning round-up: Monday 29 September

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Sep 29 2014 7:59am

Return of the Loadsamoney lawyers as magic circle partners enjoy extremely fine wines

Break out the red braces, start waving fistfuls of fifty pound notes and bray like something normally housed in a stables -- according to Freshfields, the good times are back

Sep 26 2014 9:58am

‘Why I’m handing out CVs underground’: jobless law grad who’s targeting Chancery Lane commuters speaks

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: UWE law graduate Bilal Rauf tells Legal Cheek about his maverick strategy to land a training contract

Sep 26 2014 9:02am

Morning round-up: Friday 26 September

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Sep 26 2014 8:01am

Should the legal apprenticeship age limit be scrapped?

Current rules discriminate against legal profession vocational course graduates; while the prospect of the non-university, loafing-on-sofa route to qualification looms

Sep 25 2014 2:19pm

Former wannabe barrister and bliss guru smashes into paralegal market

The man who made a mint from ghost-writing student essays and then provided good vibration lifestyle advice is now knocking out cut-price legal advice

Sep 25 2014 12:27pm

Morning round-up: Thursday 25 September

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Sep 25 2014 8:02am

Learn Welsh — regulator demands of newly-qualified solicitors

Don’t panic England -- the latest suggested edict from the Solicitors Regulation Authority will apply only to those poor buggers actually practising in the Principality

Sep 24 2014 12:23pm

Finally the US legal profession has embraced wigs!

American lawyer turns up for his disciplinary hearing dressed as Thomas Jefferson, complete with 18th Century wig

Sep 24 2014 9:07am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 24 September

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Sep 24 2014 8:17am

6 LinkedIn Pippa Tips for junior lawyers

Now for some glaringly obvious advice

Sep 23 2014 9:29am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 23 September

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Sep 23 2014 8:08am

Law suit threat hangs over student unions banning pro-lifers at freshers fairs

Leading Catholic barrister warns universities they are responsible for student groups that breach discrimination and human rights legislation

Sep 22 2014 11:30am

The Ministry of Justice has done one of the worst tweets ever seen on Twitter

"This might be funny if these were not the people running our justice system"

Sep 22 2014 9:05am

Morning round-up: Monday 22 September

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Sep 22 2014 7:51am

Court slaps lawyer for pretending to be chummy with the stars

A Hollywood lawyer is in hot water with local legal authorities and a California court after claiming that she’s just a little bit too Hollywood

Sep 19 2014 11:55am