Tag: News
‘Who Breaks A Barrister Upon The Wheel Of An Eddie Stobart Lorry?
As I prepare to commence pupillage at a leading criminal law set in September, the government’s...
‘Churn That Bill Baby!’ Embarrassment As DLA Piper Billing Emails Emerge
There is embarrassment for DLA Piper this morning after emails emerged in a US court...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 26 March
‘Yet another “human Rights” barrister. The harm such people have done is incalcuable [sic]’ [The...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Solicitor ditches the law to launch Cocoretto Chocolates business [The Journal] Secret courts are already...
Quote Of The Day
“Having your boobs out a little bit isn’t fake but it’s a little bit flirtatious...
Trouble In The University Of Law’s Facebook Paradise
Very occasionally, amid the extremely polite chatter of the University of Law’s official Facebook page,...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Footballer tired of jokers telling him not to spend as much time on the bench...
Caveat-Laden Pledge Of The Week
Clients of Welsh law firm Tudor Williams & Co shouldn’t get carried away…
‘Thinking Is A Skill Which Came To Me Very Much After I Graduated’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
‘I Opened My EU Law Paper And I Cried. I Actually Cried’: Exam Preparation Tips Gleaned From Bitter Experience
Bristol University lecturer Steven Vaughan has drawn on his own past failures to compile this...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Supreme Court justices go into secret closed session for the first ever time in their...
Video: Lindsay Lohan Isn’t Very Nice To Her Lawyer At All
“Why did you even say that?” whispers troubled star Lindsay Lohan accusingly to her lawyer,...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 21 March
Ex- Greenwoods solicitor Rukmini Iyer appears on Masterchef [BBC iPlayer] Female lawyers speak out in...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Company director Bart Simpson appears before judge named Mr Burns [Metro] Porn star Luka Magnotta...
Law Firm Life: The Truth In A Pie Chart
From Rob Pollak, the brilliant former Skadden associate behind ‘Lawyers, can you go home?’, comes another...
Bar Student Outrage As Mock Paper Questions Feature In BPTC Ethics Exam
Exclusive: 24 hours after BPTC students completed Monday’s centrally set ethics exam, a mock paper...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 20 March
American-style televised courts move a step closer: Channel 4 to show a British murder trial...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Katie Holmes fuels rumours she’s about to become a lawyer: “Well, my brother and father...
Is law really ‘very well suited to flexible working’?
Earlier this month Law Society chief Lucy Scott-Moncrieff caused some raised eyebrows when she claimed...
The mismatch between Bar graduates and pupillages is about to get a whole lot worse…
One thing no one has mentioned in relation to the very serious travails of the...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 19 March
Zimbabwe police ignore order to free top lawyer [Huffington Post] CLA condems the arrest of...