Tag: Solicitors
Top lawyers’ faces on other top lawyers
We tried to come up with a good reason for doing this, but there isn’t...
Charmaines and Kylies in law: a full statistical breakdown
On Friday we reported that reality TV star Katie Hopkins had used the legal profession...
‘Would I really be happy being told what to do by a 25 year-old?’
After quitting his job as an art history lecturer to retrain as a lawyer ten...
Are there really no lawyers called Charmaine or Kylie?
Ex-Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins reckons that the legal profession is an area of life that...
Law Society ditches ‘legal executive of the year’ prize as new path emerges to rival training contract
For the first time since 2008 there will be no ‘legal executive of the year’...
The Guardian’s advice to this wannabe lawyer is really bad
The ‘work’ section of Saturday’s The Guardian featured a plea for help from a wannabe...
Has Sainsbury’s launched a legal services arm?
‘Sainsbury’s Legal’ doesn’t, of course, exist (yet), which makes this bail condition — which appeared...
Lawyers who submitted responses to legal aid consultation receive email telling them it was ‘deleted without being read’
Ever since it was confirmed that the Ministry of Justice had had 13,000 responses to...
Save UK Justice petition gets its 100,000th signature – pressure on government goes up a notch
A major House of Commons debate on the government’s proposals to reform legal aid is...
You’re fired! Dynamo Legal founder crashes out of the Apprentice in storm of criticism about his foray into the law
New legal franchise brand Dynamo Legal has missed out on a £250,000 investment after its...
The key points of the Legal Education and Training Review explained in 10 tweets
For those who don’t fancy wading through the traditional legal press’s long-winded deconstructions of the...
‘Don’t sweat the small stuff, do sweat the big stuff – and learn to tell the difference’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
Could the ‘Desk Safari’ craze spread to law?
So far, justice secretary Chris Grayling is the only representative of the legal profession to...
The terrifying personality cult of Bernadette Kearns
Meet Bernadette Kearns, the great leader of Wigan law firm Bernadette Kearns Property Lawyers. The...
Legal typos: 7 absolute howlers
Oh how we clinical negligence practitioners laughed when a pfannenstiel incision — which is a...
How I became a tech start-up lawyer
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
The most mixed metaphor used to insult lawyers ever?
Last week’s piece in the Daily Mail about the top earning legal aid lawyers –...
Exclusive footage of the legal aid solicitor who has quit law to become a busker
The news that a criminal defence solicitor had quit law to become a busker caused...
Freshfields: ‘no confidential material used’ by trainee who sold ‘inside tips’ to magic circle hopefuls
Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has concluded its investigation into the trainee behind controversial...
Potentially juicy magic circle constructive dismissal claim of the week
For those with an interest in the City branch of the legal profession, A Hussain...
The Freshfields trainee selling insider training contract interview tips for £150 a pop
Exclusive: NailThatTrainingContract.co.uk appeared online a few days ago. It offers “inside tips from a current...