Tag: News

EXCLUSIVE: Cottaging At The College Of Law – Bloomsbury Branch Joins Inner Temple As Cruising Hotspot

On World Toilet Day – which we urge lawyers to engage generously with – we...

Nov 19 2012 2:10pm

Lawyer Beats Astronaut In Survey Of Childhood Dream Jobs

A LinkedIn survey has found that law is the sixth most common dream job, making...

Nov 19 2012 10:24am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 19 November

Judicial review ‘industry’ to be cut as right to challenge public bodies’ decisions curtailed, says...

Nov 19 2012 9:24am

Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. Barrister Who Named Lord McAlpine On His Blog Removes Post And Braces Himself For...

Nov 17 2012 1:37pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Full text: Home truths about judicial diversity – Lord Sumption [Supremecourt.gov.uk] Absence of a Welsh...

Nov 16 2012 6:52pm

‘We Must End Oxbridge’s Stranglehold On The Bar And Look Instead To The Russell Group’

OccupyTheInns argues that the recent increase of Oxbridge representation among pupil barristers is bad news...

Nov 16 2012 3:10pm

JOB ALERT: Immigration Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a well-regarded London law firm seeks a law graduate to join its...

Nov 16 2012 12:55pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 16 November

The future: applying for training contracts and pupillages via Facebook? [Forbes] Lord Neuberger’s speech on...

Nov 16 2012 9:37am

End Of The Day Round-Up

The danger lurking in laws to end cyberbullying [Legal Cheek’s associate editor Emily Jupp in...

Nov 15 2012 6:47pm

‘Women Look To Men For Crucial Decisions’: Top Junior Barrister Stars In Anti-Women Bishops Video

Albion Chambers family law barrister Daniel Leafe has appeared in a video alongside his wife,...

Nov 15 2012 9:50am

BROKEN: Legal Journo Tests Boundaries Of Meaning With ‘BREAKING’ News Merger Tweet

Yesterday at 5:17pm – a full three hours and 16 minutes after the announcement had been...

Nov 15 2012 9:13am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 15 November

Kings College London law students to share £20 million gift from Harvey Nichols owner [Evening...

Nov 15 2012 8:11am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Black lawyers condemn Clattenburg investigation [The Voice] Norton Rose and America’s Fulbright & Jaworski become...

Nov 14 2012 6:52pm

The London Legal World Is a Small One (Just Ask I’m a Celebrity’s Nads And Hugo)

Watching I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night, I was unexpectedly...

Nov 14 2012 3:15pm

The Bizarre Story Of The ‘Marauding Lawyers’

The Washington Post reports that Pakistani “police officials, judges, litigants and witnesses say they have...

Nov 14 2012 10:00am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 14 November

Baker & McKenzie, Hogan Lovells and Reed Smith among the “50 best law firms for...

Nov 14 2012 9:27am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Released: Bar Barometer, trends in the profile of the Bar [Bar Council] Internet access is...

Nov 13 2012 6:47pm

Seven Celebs Sired By a Solicitor (Or Other Type Of Lawyer)

To celebrate the visit to London last week of Kim Kardashian – the daughter of...

Nov 13 2012 2:21pm

US Supreme Court Justice Tells Sesame Street’s Abby That ‘Being a Princess Is Not a Career’

“Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career,” explains...

Nov 13 2012 10:01am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 13 November

‘Grayling tells chair of Criminal Bar Association (CBA) to “get back in your box” over...

Nov 13 2012 9:24am

End Of The Day Round-Up

Abu Qatada wins appeal against deportation [UK Human Rights Blog] Abu Qatada: what happens next?...

Nov 12 2012 6:24pm