Tag: Students

Was it wannabe solicitor's class action threat wot won it?

Hogan Lovells in bid to explain mythical concept to new recruits

Actor parents of Sherlock star encouraged him to go into law, but the closest he came was to preside over Judge Rinder's wedding

Top end of the junior bar is dominated by Oxford and Cambridge -- to a far greater extent than leading law firms

Law second year last seen leaving Durham nightclub Loveshack

Abdul Farooq admits being in cahoots with dodgy Border Agency official to hoodwink the vulnerable

Exclusive: Magic circle firm distances itself from rookie's online diatribe -- not difficult to imagine the reaction of senior partners

The law sandwich degree is here

New in-house TCs start in September this year

The deadline is now noon on Wednesday

Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first

City law firms' quest for lower overheads and staff costs continues

There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date

As 2TG award hits £67,5000, Hardwicke and 11 Stone Buildings also boost pupil money triggering a potential cash arms race for top talent

25-year-old term consigned to history as not-very-catchy replacement is introduced

Deadlines for London offices of Shearman & Sterling, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell are next week -- joining handful of other firms

A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge

Potential bad news for training contract hunters of the future ...

Allen & Overy deadline was midnight on New Year's Eve -- leapfrogging rivals, whose deadlines fall in next few days

Your favourite Legal Cheek posts of the year

It has been a vintage year for legal news and gossip -- but how much of it do you remember?