Tag: Solicitors
Stephenson Harwood hires ‘Huge Dong’
The Lawyer has reported that a corporate lawyer called “Huge Dong” has joined Stephenson Harwood’s...
Three lawyers feature in The Independent’s ‘Pink List’ 2013
The legal profession is healthily represented in this year’s ‘Pink List’, with three of its...
If I knew then what I know now — at the Google Campus
This evening’s event is fully booked — but any returns will be available on the...
The 16 most amusing Queen’s Counsel cartoons ever
As The Times’ Queen’s Counsel cartoon turns 20 — and marks its anniversary with a...
Stephenson Harwood’s ‘red hot litigator’ makes First Capital Connect pay for overcharging him for his commute
Rail operator First Capital Connect (FCC) is rueing Andrew Myers’ 2012 move from SNR Denton’s...
‘F*ckwad’ emails led (somewhat indirectly) to the biggest law firm collapse in history
The New Yorker has revealed a series of previously unseen abusive emails which arguably set...
‘This generation of lawyers has been unbelievably lucky…the next will pay the price unless they heed the signs’
Karl Chapman, the chief executive of one of the most well-known new legal businesses, Riverview...
‘This generation of lawyers has been unbelievably lucky…the next will pay the price unless they heed the signs’
Karl Chapman, the chief executive of one of the most well-known new legal businesses, Riverview...
Law student posts semi-naked selfies on Twitter in bid to fund legal textbook costs
A London-based law student has come up with an unconventional way of funding the cost...
International law firm announces re-brand…with help from Google Translate?
Paris-based international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has sent out what may be the most...
Exclusive interview: Founder of Facebook sensation ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ reveals all (apart from his identity)
If the Midlands-based LLB student behind ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ was to mobilise the...
Former Law Society Council member jailed after bizarre series of assaults described by judge as ‘of the utmost depravity’
Followers of legal news may recall a memorable 2011 assault committed by a solicitor which...
Barrister crosses that not-so-fine line between ‘fearless advocacy’ and ‘courtroom anarchy’
The juicy content of the final Court of Appeal judgment of outgoing Lord Chief Justice...
10 law firm ads that are so bad they’re good
By bringing in international ad agency M&C Saatchi to market its services to the public,...
The legal profession’s first tweets
It’s easy to forget that today’s highly-accomplished legal Twitterati members were once callow social media...
Podcast: ‘Should I call off my hunt for a training contract?’
A year after finishing the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Queen Mary University of London...
The charmingly contrarian world of Grayling’s lone solicitor supporter
Yesterday Yorkshire-based high street solicitor John Wilson wrote a piece for The Times in which...
Does the way that lawyers are encouraged to think and work make them vulnerable to depression?
A high stress job combined with a temperamental inclination to analyse and pick apart can...
‘No I don’t want to take that file home this weekend, why don’t you do it Mr Head of Department?’
UCL legal academic Richard Moorhead wonders if his rocky spell in private practice would have...
Video: Clifford Chance trainee in ‘f*cking people over for money’ YouTube boast
A Clifford Chance trainee is in serious trouble after he was filmed boasting about his...
What lawyers can learn from legal dramas
As the return of hit BBC barrister series Silk nears, WaitroseLaw considers the practical lessons...