Tag: Solicitors

Lawyers, Did You Ever Wish You Had Become Rappers? Well, It’s Not Too Late: You Could Still Do a Rap About Law

And as Eminem wannabe Michael Bossone proves in this video of his new single ‘Push’...

Jul 2 2012 9:40am

ADVICE: ‘Which Training Contract Offer Should I Accept?!’

UPDATE 4pm: XXX chose the London firm LPC graduate XXX XXXX (name removed) is facing...

Jun 29 2012 1:27pm

‘Describe Your Parents Relationship’: Law Firm’s Interview Question To Training Contract Candidate

EXCLUSIVE: You hear all sorts of stories about partners asking outrageous, Borat-style questions during TC...

Jun 29 2012 10:07am

Which Legal Tweeters Have Bought Their Twitter Followers?

Until I read recently that 92% of US politician Newt Gingrich’s Twitter followers had been...

Jun 28 2012 2:04pm

From Halliwells To BLG To Clyde & Co To Buddhism In Two Years: A Trainee’s Journey In A Shaky Legal Market

Marc Piano says Halliwells’ collapse contributed to his decision to pursue some time out practising...

Jun 28 2012 10:23am

Five Things We Learned From The Lawyer Awards

The food (pictured below) was cold, the award presentations seemed to go on forever and...

Jun 27 2012 2:04pm

Are Barristers The Doctors Of The Legal Profession, And Solicitors The Nurses?

Last week there was outrage on The Student Room when a poster likened barristers to...

Jun 25 2012 2:21pm

PODCAST: Laying Down On a Bed Of Norton Roses

Success can turn on the smallest of things. Cambridge graduate Marta Sanchez (pictured left) completed...

Jun 22 2012 2:14pm

Why Is There No Fusion Of Time Recording Software With Social Media?

Editorial note: this is the first of a regular series of posts by Legal Cheek’s...

Jun 19 2012 9:10am

Aston Carter Claims BPP Law School Described Its Pay-To-Be-A-Paralegal Scheme As ‘Novel And Inspiring’

Last month, Legal Cheek exclusively revealed that Aston Carter Solicitors was asking law graduates to...

Jun 18 2012 12:36pm

6 Lawyers Honoured In Queen’s Birthday List, But Recognition For Basket Maker And Pig Guru Takes Shine Off Accolades

Two judges, a QC and the head of the Crown Prosecution Service woke up over...

Jun 18 2012 9:31am

PODCAST: Be Yourself, Not Some ‘Made In Chelsea’ Clone

With Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge on yet another foreign jolly, Bircham Dyson Bell lawyer...

Jun 15 2012 2:34pm

City Lawyer Offers ‘Free Accommodation To An Attractive Female In Exchange For Intimacy’

There was an interesting ad placed on the London section of Craigslist, the classified ads...

Jun 15 2012 8:40am

In-House Solicitor Makes Euro 2012 Debut

Sometimes the only way lawyers can sate their thirst for applying rules is by taking...

Jun 14 2012 8:59am

Law Among The Jobs Most Likely To Lead To Weight Gain, Says New Survey

The sea of pot-bellies and teams of medics waiting nervously on stand-by at last month’s...

Jun 11 2012 1:34pm

How To Go From Corporate Law Into Human Rights Academia

Most people don’t stay at the law firms they join as trainees all that long....

Jun 8 2012 3:08pm

Solicitors’ Profession Could Face a ‘Lost Generation Of Talent’

Three weeks on from the scrapping of the trainee minimum wage and the decision looks...

Jun 7 2012 10:05am

Kate Middleton’s In-House Lawyer Ex-Boyfriend To Marry Marquess’ Daughter

When St Andrews University law student Rupert Finch pulled a hot first year called Kate...

Jun 6 2012 2:48pm

Interview Essentials: ‘It’s OK, Nobody Else Knows What the F*ck Commercial Awareness Is Either’

The other night I went out for a curry with a bunch of associate solicitors...

May 30 2012 1:55pm

What Effect Will The Eurozone Crisis Have On Wannabe Lawyers?

Yesterday, I attended a conference organised by the European Commission in Brussels. It was called,...

May 30 2012 10:04am