Tag: Solicitors

Law student does moot dressed in Lord Harley-style ribbons

Lord Harley of Counsel may have just become a meme

Oct 13 2014 11:41am

Legal pic of the day

A lawyer stand-up comedy night: what could possibly go wrong?

Oct 10 2014 11:25am

Another firm closes doors to wannabe trainees who haven’t done its vac scheme

In a tough graduate job market, Mishcon de Reya has calculated that it can afford to make all new recruits do a placement at the firm

Oct 10 2014 10:03am

The language of the legal directory: decoded — 2014 edition

Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500

Oct 10 2014 8:53am

Legal pic of the day

San Marino midfielder Michele Cervellini, who will face England tonight at Wembley in a Euro 2016 qualifier, is a lawyer

Oct 9 2014 4:55pm

Come ride in my lime green Lamborghini, says law firm boss

Solicitors' firm chief exec loves his car so much that he wants to share it

Oct 9 2014 9:12am

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

Oct 8 2014 12:39pm

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

Oct 8 2014 9:19am

Lawyers work most hours and are more loyal than anyone else

Members of the legal profession are wonderful employees

Oct 7 2014 3:11pm

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

Oct 7 2014 12:55pm

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

Oct 7 2014 9:18am

‘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

Oct 6 2014 9:12am

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

Oct 3 2014 9:31am

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

Oct 2 2014 12:34pm

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

Oct 2 2014 9:26am

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

Oct 1 2014 12:47pm

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...

Sep 30 2014 1:30pm

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