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.

May 30 2014 12:52pm

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.

May 30 2014 9:10am

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?

May 29 2014 8:57am

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.

May 28 2014 12:47pm

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.

May 28 2014 9:28am

‘Plagiarised’ law essay goes viral

White student writes of the injustice she faces as a black woman.

May 23 2014 11:54am

‘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.

May 23 2014 11:05am

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.

May 23 2014 9:55am

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.

May 23 2014 9:33am

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.

May 22 2014 2:47pm

Revision hell captured through Snapchat

We asked our Snapchat followers how their law revision was going. This is how they responded...

May 22 2014 9:11am

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.

May 20 2014 10:55am

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.

May 20 2014 9:02am

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.

May 19 2014 9:05am

Uni law exam features Breaking Bad characters

Breaking Bad duo Walter White and Jesse Pinkman star in City University employment law exam.

May 16 2014 9:15am

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.

May 15 2014 2:44pm

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?

May 14 2014 10:11am

BPP Law School in disability access shame

Astounded disabled trainee solicitor tweets photos of law school's building access "solution".

May 14 2014 9:12am

Barristers vent pupillage application sift pain on Twitter

Social media-loving barristers are increasingly turning to Twitter to share the tedium of graduate recruitment.

May 12 2014 11:46am