Tag: Solicitors

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I got drunk and told my colleagues I hate them’

Dear Auntie Em, At last month’s office Christmas party I got very drunk and told...

Jan 5 2012 1:47pm

Accutrainee Chief Hits Back at Critics

Follow @Accutrainee Founder of new cut-price training contract scheme responds to recent criticism from Legal...

Jan 4 2012 2:40pm

TRAINING CONTRACTS NEVER GREW ON TREES

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Current tough job market made to sound even worse by frequent comparisons with...

Dec 12 2011 2:45pm

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK As the Christmas party season gets underway, Alex Aldridge is expecting great things...

Dec 8 2011 2:30pm

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I just love saying ‘going forward’!’

Dear Auntie Em, I consider myself a well spoken individual, who uses the English language...

Dec 8 2011 9:51am

‘MY WIFE, SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ME…’

Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews regrets her night out with a senior male colleague Wednesday morning....

Dec 7 2011 9:13am

WHY THE OBSESSION WITH A-LEVELS?

Follow @cathrynkoz Cathryn Kozlowski focused on getting top music qualifications rather than top A-levels, but...

Dec 6 2011 10:01am

LEGAL AWARDS CEREMONIES: THE HORROR

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK The ‘British Legal Awards’, the grandly titled money making scam awards ceremony for...

Dec 2 2011 10:04am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: ALTERNATIVE CAREERS TO LAW

Dan Hoadley and Alex Aldridge, both of whom trained as barristers before going into journalism...

Nov 25 2011 12:43pm

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: I want to jack in law to become an artist

Dear Auntie Em, Last week I went to an art exhibition sponsored by my [large...

Nov 24 2011 1:19pm

BOOZERS: THEIR BRILLIANCE AND BAD BEHAVIOUR

Writing anonymously, a partner at a top London law firm reflects on the legal profession’s...

Nov 23 2011 9:43am

WHAT’S DRIVING YOU, LOVE OR FEAR?

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Don’t pursue a career on the basis of what will sound good at...

Nov 21 2011 10:21am

THE OLD BOYS’ CLUB’S OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Follow @debbiematthews1 Women are rarely welcomed into judges’ chambers for cosy post-case chats, says Deborah...

Nov 16 2011 10:28am