Tag: Solicitors
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...
Five Things We Learned From The Lawyer Awards
The food (pictured below) was cold, the award presentations seemed to go on forever and...
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...
PODCAST: Laying Down On a Bed Of Norton Roses
Success can turn on the smallest of things. Cambridge graduate Marta Sanchez (pictured left) completed...
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...
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...
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...
PODCAST: Be Yourself, Not Some ‘Made In Chelsea’ Clone
With Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge on yet another foreign jolly, Bircham Dyson Bell lawyer...
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...
In-House Solicitor Makes Euro 2012 Debut
Sometimes the only way lawyers can sate their thirst for applying rules is by taking...
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...
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....
Solicitors’ Profession Could Face a ‘Lost Generation Of Talent’
Three weeks on from the scrapping of the trainee minimum wage and the decision looks...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...