Tag: Solicitors

NAMED: The Law Firm Requiring Grads To Self-Fund a £9.5K Paralegal Training Course Before They’re Considered For a TC

EXCLUSIVE: In March, Legal Cheek published a story about a firm that was asking law...

May 25 2012 10:16am

Jaguar Shoes v Jaguar Cars: Blame It On The Lawyers!

Just down the road from my crumbling flat in Hackney Legal Cheek’s Dalston studios is...

May 25 2012 9:32am

Why Snarky Blogs Should Stop Taking The Piss Out Of The London Legal Walk

It’s not all that often that I think Alex misses the point, but in his...

May 23 2012 2:33pm

Greedy Associates: Freshfields Temp Scheme Could Freeze Junior Lawyer Pay For a Generation

There’s a growing consensus that junior corporate lawyers are overpaid, with a recent (paywalled) survey...

May 22 2012 1:25pm

Is The London Legal Walk The Shortest, Least Taxing Sponsored Walk In The History Of Sponsored Walks?

I know it’s great to raise money for worthy causes – and I’m personally very...

May 22 2012 8:21am

PODCAST: Becoming a Lawyer In The Eddie Stobart Chambers Era (And How Graduates Can Woo Law Firms With Their Social Media Prowess)

Following Thursday’s news that Eddie Stobart lorries is launching a barristers’ arm, law graduates Cathryn...

May 18 2012 3:04pm

‘I’m The MD Of Mangan Associates!’ Man Who Claimed He Was Solicitor Faces Jail

It seems that everyone is pretending – or at least allegedly pretending – to be...

May 17 2012 2:12pm

Four Reasons Why The Trainee Minimum Wage Had To Go

You heard it here first, a full hour before any other publication, and it’s now...

May 16 2012 7:07pm

BREAKING: Trainee Solicitor Minimum Wage Looks Like It’s About To Be Scrapped

15.20: I’ve just ducked out of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) meeting where a final...

May 16 2012 3:19pm

Picture of Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Boss To Sell For £30K

Geoffrey Raymond, an artist who does annotated pictures of fallen Wall Street icons, has turned...

May 15 2012 1:40pm

Law Firms Which Sponsored Award Ceremony In Double Award Win Shocker

“Every single night of every single year the Grosvenor House hotel in London is filled...

May 15 2012 10:00am

Could The Days of Lawyers Charging Clients For The Time They Spend Gossiping On Twitter Be Over?

During a brief spell working as a paralegal at Clyde & Co in 2006, I...

May 14 2012 1:23pm

Law Society Cancels Conference Organised By Group That Says Being Gay Leads To ‘Disease’

Throughout last week there were murmurings of an embarrassment at the Law Society involving marriage...

May 14 2012 8:29am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: Legal Profession’s Transformation Could Be ‘King’s Cross-Like’

Within walking distance of central London, and just two hours from Paris by Eurostar, King’s...

May 11 2012 1:45pm

Lawyers’ Pinterest Boards: Top Five

Since I discovered the new social networking site Pinterest – which is best described as...

May 9 2012 2:25pm

SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC Makes Made in Chelsea Debut

There has been much excitement in the legal world about the fact that Made in...

May 8 2012 1:10pm

PODCAST: Scrap Trainee Minimum Salary And ‘Only The Rich’ Will Become Solicitors, Says Junior Lawyers Division Chief

The minimum trainee salary debate is developing into quite a fight – with the latest...

May 4 2012 3:02pm

Ex-Clifford Chance Solicitor Who Works Part-Time As Roy Hodgson Look-a-Like Backs New England Boss

The Sun took its legal coverage up a notch today when it featured solicitor Neil...

May 4 2012 12:40pm

Berwin Leighton Paisner Trainee Posed as Evening Standard Journalist To Obtain Info In Olympics Dispute, Say Protesters

A trainee solicitor at Berwin Leighton Paisner has been reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority...

May 4 2012 9:54am

‘Fake’ Barrister Used Pub As Office And Joked His Wig Was ‘Itchy’, Says Prosecution

Last week, the trial of a law graduate charged with fraud for attempting to pass...

May 3 2012 2:05pm

London Election Day: Full List of Lawyer Candidates, Including The Fisher Meredith Partner Standing For UKIP

Last week, I wrote a piece for The Guardian profiling three of the lawyers vying...

May 3 2012 12:32pm