Tag: Students

A gavel and a Marilyn Monroe wig — one university’s idea of the legal system

Marketing gurus at Bedford University claim implanting US iconography in promotional materials is simply “light-hearted” fun -- while creating a barrister straight out of fright night

Sep 18 2014 12:03pm

5 reasons why today’s vote won’t matter to the legal profession because Scottish lawyers already do things so very differently

There’s going to be some sort of democratic bonanza in a place made famous by an American-Australian actor in a Hollywood epic — but as far as the Scottish legal profession is concerned, it’s already independent

Sep 18 2014 9:12am

Lawyer advice to students pondering career in publicly-funded legal sector: don’t

Law Society-arranged Twitter hashtag conversation spawns depressing assessment of the future of legal aid and public law work

Sep 17 2014 8:57am

Lawyers can’t be stressed – they don’t drink coffee

Research reveals legal profession to be out of the top-10 groups addicted to the caffeine rush, suggesting all this talk of hard work is exaggerated

Sep 16 2014 9:13am

11 things I wish I could tell my law student fresher self

As I enter my third and final year studying law at Leeds University, this is what I'd do if I had my time over again as a fresher

Sep 12 2014 9:57am

Former SOAS law student thrown in Iranian jail for trying to watch the chaps play volleyball

Facebook protest campaign takes off in bid to free London law graduate

Sep 10 2014 2:14pm

Education charity launches second trainee scholarship scheme — this time for wannabe barristers

Seven new social welfare law pupillages to be created

Sep 10 2014 11:44am

Why are Scottish lawyers paid so much less than English ones?

Huge pay differentials at top corporate firms north and south of border

Sep 10 2014 9:30am

The lessons of legal sat nav

What if you combined lawyers with the latest in satellite navigation technology?

Sep 9 2014 9:14am

Training contract turbulence — some firms boost numbers, others slash

EXCLUSIVE: The latest training contract rises at CMS Cameron McKenna and Irwin Mitchell contrast with drops at magic circle duo and other City outfits as targets are announced for 2014-15 recruitment round

Sep 5 2014 9:00am

What should we do with the Inns of Court’s empty law libraries?

Middle Temple's library alone costs £725,000-a-year to maintain -- and is quieter than ever now all those books are available online

Sep 3 2014 9:34am

Clifford Chance shifts LPC student deal to BPP

In a move that leaves the University of Law with only one magic circle firm on its books, Clifford Chance joins Allen & Overy in defecting to rival

Sep 2 2014 4:09pm

Drugs conviction puts student’s legal career in peril

Legal profession regulatory bodies take a dim view of class-A convictions, but cases are assessed individually

Sep 2 2014 11:58am

University of Law to bring in aptitude test for its BPTC

Test will be introduced next year, along with minimum 2:1 entry requirement

Sep 1 2014 12:11pm

Social mobility report’s shallow analysis of legal profession

Headline figures slam judiciary for being public school-educated toffs, but provides little insight demographics of wider sectors

Aug 29 2014 9:46am

Baker & McKenzie cuts training contract numbers by 12% as new Belfast support centre announced

EXCLUSIVE: Outsourcing stifles training contract growth at City law firms -- reductions in London graduate intake at Baker & McKenzie and Allen & Overy following Northern Ireland support office ventures

Aug 29 2014 8:57am

Legal executive chief leads lawyers in ice bucket challenge

Jury still out on whether Justice Secretary Grayling as well as Law Society and Bar...

Aug 28 2014 2:01pm

Legal aid slasher Grayling nominated for the ice bucket challenge

Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan nominates the bête noir of much of the legal profession to take a drenching -- while other luminaries are also in the spotlight

Aug 27 2014 4:26pm

Top junior lawyer calls on Law Society to fight for return of trainee minimum salaries

As a new team arrives at beleaguered Chancery Lane, Legal Cheek sets out the issues the solicitors’ profession leadership should be addressing for law students and young lawyers

Aug 27 2014 1:20pm

Legal pic of the day

What a bank holiday means to pupil barristers

Aug 26 2014 11:33am