Tag: Solicitors
Judge Dread’s coming to town
A chap standing for the bench in the home of country music bears some striking resemblances to the man with the Lawgiver pistol and purveyor of summary executions
Law firm’s weird blog post about Luis Suarez bite annoys everyone
Attempt to write something memorable backfires spectacularly.
LPC applications fall by 10% despite 8% rise in training contracts
Decline in LPC applications suggests that students don't believe recent increase in training contract numbers will be sustained.
11 tweets from the #hipsterlaw hashtag that are probably too hilariously ironic for most lawyers to understand
A hashtag spawned by Sean Jones QC took off this morning.
No computers, smoking in the office and a comment about a female trainee’s ‘backside’: this video of Slaughter and May from 1981 is incredible
Someone has put a video on YouTube that was filmed inside top City law firm Slaughter and May in 1981.
‘Right to be forgotten’ ruling sees article about ‘foul-mouthed’ ex-Law Society president removed from Google
Articles in The Independent, The Telegraph and The Guardian about Robert Sayer disappear from search engine after implementation of controversial ruling.
7 spectacular legal typos
When jargon goes very wrong indeed...
Is that a former Blue Peter presenter banging on about the Human Rights Act?
Sadly, no -- it’s an MP instead. But a recent City of London event on whether the law should be scrapped still generates volatile and at times polarised debate.
Vardag cuts romantic pre-nup on eve of legal profession wedding of the century
It was traumatic and shoes were hurled from windows, but eventually the country’s “top” divorce lawyer was able to sign her own fail-safe document
We need to talk about paralegals
The children of the financial crisis could pose a danger to law firms if their ambitions aren't accommodated.
The best photos from London Legal Pride
Saturday's gay pride celebration saw a record 30,000 revellers march through central London. Among them was a large contingent from the legal profession.
Which last 16 World Cup team is your law firm?
Brazil 2014 legal geekery: striking parallels revealed.
Law graduate launches bid to crowdfund her LPC in return for Twitter follows and signed photos
London-based wannabe solicitor seeks to raise £15,000.
Hashtag hilarity: #FakeWongaLawFirms
Following Wonga's creation of fake law firms Chainey, D'Amato & Shannon and Barker & Lowe, Twitter users have been having some fun with the #FakeWongaLawFirms hashtag. Here are a selection.
Wannabe solicitor with murder conviction is allowed to do the LPC
High Court clears way for Selwyn Strachan — who was released from prison in Grenada in 2009 after Amnesty International slammed his "fatally flawed" trial — to become a solicitor.
Wonga fake law firms — where did they get those names?
Parody accounts already alive on Twitter as pay-day lender coughs up millions in compensation
Solicitor under fire for calling Alex Salmond an ‘ars*hole’
War of words rages north of the border — and perks up independence debate — following inflammatory tweet
Phone hacking lawyer’s Twitter gets hacked — and he becomes most followed member of UK legal profession
Tens of thousands of fake followers descend on Mark Lewis after — irony of ironies — his Twitter account is hacked.
8 reasons that lawyers are like condoms
"It's the fruity ones which are the most fun? No, wait..."
Workload and client expectations are by far the biggest causes of stress for lawyers
60% of stressed-out solicitors say volume of work is the problem; 42% cite client expectations.
You can be a lawyer and simultaneously live your childhood Indiana Jones dream
Combining law firm marketing with action hero role-play.