Tag: Students
Law graduate launches bid to crowdfund her LPC in return for Twitter follows and signed photos
London-based wannabe solicitor seeks to raise £15,000.
Wannabe solicitor with murder conviction is allowed to do the LPC
High Court clears way for Selwyn Strachan — who was released from prison in Grenada in 2009 after Amnesty International slammed his "fatally flawed" trial — to become a solicitor.
11 eyebrow-raisingly honest tweets from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain’s trainee-controlled Twitter account
15 hour days and "being sent to buy lingerie on the weekend": trainee solicitors reveal what life at big law firm is really like.
Student pulls out of GDL for a bid at the catwalk
Times are tough for law students – which is possibly why one has said sod it, I’ll splurge my student loan on cosmetic surgery
Chambers bowls dress-code googly at aspiring pupils
A prospective barrister is traumatised by the requirement to arrive at a formal interview in “informal” clobber
Lawyers celebrate anniversary of Magna Carta with a #Jelfie
What better way to mark the anniversary of the ancient charter of the liberties of England — which turned 799 yesterday — than with a "jelfie" (justice selfie)?
Under-publicised scheme which pays almost a third of wannabe lawyers’ university fees quietly opens
City law firm's bursary for state school students who are the first generation in their family to go to uni pays £2,500 a year -- and application requires only a 750-word essay.
Tuning up for the bar – law student in bid to serenade his way into chambers
Pupillage-hunter croons via YouTube about the tribulations of searching for that elusive first step to a career in chambers.
Anger and confusion as Durham students are given the wrong land law exam
Of all subjects, it had to be land...
12 famous cases in emoticons
There is a Twitter account which is telling the story of classic English cases through the medium of emoticons. Here are 12 of the most memorable reports…
Cambridge University criminal law exam features Fifty Shades of Grey prequel
Underage drinking and awkward fumbles in a sex club, starring a 15 year-old Christian Grey — just your typical Cambridge law exam.
Telegraph journalist seeks to explain lack of social mobility at the Bar
This extract from Flora Watkins’ piece on state schools versus private schools is illuminating of a certain mindset that continues to exist within the legal profession.
Struggling law student sells ‘piece of British law’ on eBay
Legal hopeful offers the general public an opportunity to "dazzle your friends" and "astonish your work colleagues" for as little as £1.
Student newspaper The Tab tells law students to ‘f*ck off’
Law students are 'the charmless lovechild of nine grand tuition fees', writes the editor of the UK's biggest student paper.
Law student makes pledge on BPP’s ‘mental health noticeboard’ against ‘extortionate’ fees
That's not what you're meant to pledge...
UK’s biggest legal aid firm advertises for unpaid paralegals
Exclusive: Duncan Lewis tries to hire 20 “volunteer” paralegals — then pulls ad off its website after being contacted by Legal Cheek.
To be yourself or to be someone else?
High profile Dechert partner Miriam Gonzalez urges wannabes to "fake it" to reach the top, contradicting age-old "just be yourself!" maxim. But then what?
Nottingham University law student’s anti-Semitic Facebook post wows with both its nastiness and stupidity
Use of term “Jew kunts” and follow-up suggestion that “everything” is wrong with Jews will horrify law firms and chambers.
Stressed-out law student uses growing command of criminal law to issue Newcastle Uni library with legal threat
Tongue-in-cheek warning of legal action under the Theft Act 1968 spotted yesterday in Newcastle University's Robinson Library.
‘Plagiarised’ law essay goes viral
White student writes of the injustice she faces as a black woman.
‘I was angry and embarrassed’: Bar wannabe whose application form blooper was tweeted by a barrister hits back
A prospective barrister explains how he felt when his mistake was highlighted first on Twitter and then on Legal Cheek.