Tag: Students
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.
10 outrageous slurs on Chris Grayling’s appearance made during Question Time
As Chris Grayling sailed through last night's Question Time without being asked a single question about legal aid, Twitter found itself captivated by the justice secretary's face.
The mysterious website offering wannabe solicitors application help in exchange for 3% of their training contract salary
Lack of phone number, company number or functioning social media links don't inspire confidence. Oh, and "EMPLOYABILITY" has borrowed the name of a non-profit that helps disabled students into careers.
Mixing love and legal education: what could possibly go wrong?
Combining your personal life with legal study seems to be all the rage in the US right now.
Revision hell captured through Snapchat
We asked our Snapchat followers how their law revision was going. This is how they responded...
General public flee as T-shirt clad lawyers descend on London
Not only did yesterday's London Legal Walk raise over £500,000 for legal advice charities, but it also produced a host of delightful visual moments.
Tory councillor who described herself as a ‘barrister’ despite never being called to the Bar is arrested
Law graduate was originally cleared of wrongdoing for using ‘barrister’ title, but Legal Cheek‘s identification of huge Bar Council error in investigation leads to intervention by police.
Bristol Uni law student lands the best part-time job in the history of part-time jobs
Second year law student will test baths professionally after becoming the nation's first ever Bathroom Executive Officer.
Uni law exam features Breaking Bad characters
Breaking Bad duo Walter White and Jesse Pinkman star in City University employment law exam.
Noisy pigeons force abandonment of university law exam
First and third year students doing public law and international law affected, but someone has seen the funny side and created a @BangorUniPigeon Twitter account.
Top London solicitor and law student who worked as prostitute sent each other ‘behaviour contracts’ before suing each other — judgment reveals
Could better drafting have avoided unseemly dispute which graced yesterday's tabloids?
BPP Law School in disability access shame
Astounded disabled trainee solicitor tweets photos of law school's building access "solution".
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Equity and Trusts version
Finally, it's here.
Barristers vent pupillage application sift pain on Twitter
Social media-loving barristers are increasingly turning to Twitter to share the tedium of graduate recruitment.