Tag: Students
Which universities did the winners of Clifford Chance’s CV Blind competition attend?
Magic circle firm reveals where the successful 20 studied.
10 Vine messages for Chris Grayling
We asked protesters at today's demonstration against the legal cuts for their seven-second messages to Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
Day of action: ‘My uni mates went to magic circle firms, I chose the criminal Bar’
23 Essex Street junior Vicky Gainza finds the Crown Prosecution Service's threat to withhold work from striking barristers scary — but not as scary as the alternative of doing nothing to prevent the government's legal aid cuts.
How NOT to screw up your vac scheme assessment day
The anonymous trainee solicitor-to-be behind the hugely popular Twitter account @LawVicissitudes shares the wisdom he gleaned from multiple assessment day fails — and, eventually, one success.
Was this the worst start to a pupillage ever?
New pupil barrister on BBC legal drama Silk fails to impress on debut.
9 photos of how places which featured in famous cases look today
The law graduate who spotted that the car park in Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking is being demolished has a blog containing photos of how places which featured in famous cases look today.
It’s the 7 year anniversary of the best law video ever made
Since appearing on YouTube on 2 March 2007, a Donoghue v Stevenson-inspired parody of The...
I was rejected for a training contract by the firm where I became a partner
Having begun his career in the 90s recession, Mayer Brown head of banking and finance Dominic Griffiths has plenty of sympathy with those applying for training contracts today.
5 things you need to know about the MoJ’s terrifying legal aid cut announcement
The Ministry of Justice's long-awaited announcement about its consultation on reforms to criminal legal aid has sent shockwaves through the profession.
8 deluxe networking events that only Oxbridge students will have heard of
Law firms' desperation to attract Oxford and Cambridge students has spawned some dazzling evenings-out.
Breaching the safe haven of Snapchat
Law students...and judges, beware.
Event: If I knew then what I know now — at Inner Temple
On the evening of Monday 24 March seven contributors to the ‘If I knew then...
Stricken Renaissance Chambers will ‘look after’ its baby barristers ahead of dissolution
Set's priority to find new homes for in-coming pupil and current first-sixer, but mini-pupillage applicants to be disappointed.
Linklaters courts controversy by backing cheerleading
Like sports and equalities minister Helen Grant, magic circle firm Linklaters is pro-cheerleading.
The car park in Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking is being demolished
Lord Denning fans will be sad to hear that the car park which featured in the famous Court of Appeal exclusion clause case is no more.
A journey through a pimped-up legal profession with gangsta app Gizoogle
Gizoogle is a gangsta version of Google, through which a pimped-up version of the internet can be accessed. The lawyers who populate this realm do things differently.
The 12 most popular law school memes on the internet
Images propelled to fame by Facebook page 'Law School Memes'.
Third six pupil who wowed Bar with legal aid cuts speech is made a tenant at last
A rare good news story for the criminal branch of the legal profession.
Do you remember your first Lawgasm?
The Negative Lawgasm: An Obscenity Lawyer Valentine’s Sex Special
Happy Valentine’s Day, law nerds
Law students mark February 14th in style.
9 surprising historical facts about training contracts
A new blog on English legal history contains some fascinating titbits of information.