Tag: News
The courtroom in a bus that hopefully won’t give Chris Grayling any big new ideas
A mobile courtroom in a bus has been launched in Pakistan in a bid to...
How to survive the first terrifying weeks as a newly qualified solicitor
You never forget your first. Your pulse rockets, your stomach turns over uncomfortably and your...
‘We have lollipops’: lawyer’s surreal response to cease & desist letter goes viral
Inspired, perhaps, by this wonderful recent response to a “ham-fisted” cease and desist letter, US...
BPP sends LPC transcripts and record cards to the wrong students
Exclusive: BPP Law School students are raging after a breakdown of their Legal Practice Course...
Podcast: Hard-working Generation Y puts Xers to shame — but will the graft pay off?
Once upon a time, when higher education was free and jobs plentiful, a generation of...
The perils of representing yourself in court as a barrister
Salford-based barrister Andrew Rosmarine has given a demonstration of how representing yourself in court can...
Crime against fashion: judge locks up man for wearing fleece and tracksuit bottoms
A Crown Court judge sent a criminal to the cells for nearly three hours because...
Video: Judge punches judge in Mexican courtroom brawl
A senior Mexican judge is facing possible impeachment after he attacked fellow judges during a...
‘Many, particularly in their early careers, seek to disguise themselves as lawyers’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
Video of Allen & Overy partner reading hardcore porn out loud in Deidre Dare sexual harassment case placed on YouTube
A video of former Allen & Overy partner Tony Humphrey reading hard core porn out...
Dalston law firm’s website is so awful that it’s ironically extremely cool
If this man were to continue walking down the road in east London hipster enclave...
On the menu: lawyers
Yesterday food blog Accidental Flatlander posted a photo that will chill the blood of solicitors...
‘F*ck you!’ — ‘that’s 300 days!’: Judge keeps upping insolent defendant’s contempt of court sentence as insults spew forth
A furious US judge increased a defendant’s contempt of court sentence seven times as she...
The 10 best vac scheme selfies of the summer
Following the popularity of the ‘The 15 best mini-pupil selfies of the summer’, we returned...
Law firm pens are officially everywhere
Having spread from the corporate to the publicly-funded branch of the profession, now even the...
UK legal education system given unlikely boost by Obama
The messy postgraduate route to qualifying as a lawyer in England and Wales comes in...
Podcast: What sexy law-related careers are there other than the Bar?
Like many young hopefuls, Thomas Connelly and Nathan Akhavan-Moossavi both found themselves drawn to the...
11 of the most amusing ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ posts
Since launching just three months ago, the Facebook page ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ has...
Which of these loathsome politicians, sponging royals and inconsequential celebs are honorary Inns of Court benchers?
Seven of these famous figures are Inns of Court benchers, the other seven aren’t. Can...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 August
Are Britain’s barristers living on borrowed time? [The Telegraph] Trainee barrister who obtained council flat...
The 15 best mini-pupil selfies of the summer
Trawlers of Instagram and Twitter will doubtless have noticed that the social media trend of...