Tag: Students

What Will Replace The Fading Dreams Of City Law Megabucks And Criminal Bar Glamour?

This is the central question that the panel will be discussing at Legal Cheek‘s Google...

Dec 5 2012 9:36am

Times Law Cartoonist: ‘I Have To Pay To Read My Own Cartoons Behind The Paywall’

This is – as a UK-based foreign football manager might say – a difficult moment for...

Dec 4 2012 3:13pm

Jobless Law Graduate’s Online Begging Campaign To Pay Off His Student Debts Ends In Disappointment

In October we reported on a US law graduate’s bid to pay off his massive...

Dec 4 2012 10:42am

Dinah Rose QC: ‘Marrying A Male Barrister Is A Disaster’

“Marry a house-husband! A 1950s-style wife – someone to have dinner on the table!” Dinah...

Dec 3 2012 1:34pm

‘So Why Be A Lawyer? There Are Many Bad Reasons…’

Ed note: This is the sixth in a series of posts where leading members of...

Nov 30 2012 3:19pm

Law Student Assoc Slammed For Using ‘Disrespectful’ Image To Plug Benefits Of Networking Via Its Facebook Page

Take a school uniform-clad Hollywood star, superimpose over her the logo of your law students’...

Nov 30 2012 10:39am

BPP Law School Makes BPTC Student Resit Exams After Her Results Were Lost (And It Almost Remains A Secret)

BPP Law School generally does a good job of, er, ‘managing its reputation’. But even...

Nov 29 2012 11:17am

Why You Shouldn’t Post The Viral Mumbo Jumbo Legal Message On Your Facebook Wall

Earlier in the day we posted a note on our Facebook page about the pseudo-legal...

Nov 28 2012 5:22pm

JOB ALERT: Russian-Speaking Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a leading London-based international law firm seeks a paralegal who speaks fluent...

Nov 28 2012 4:18pm

‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ Issues Challenge Based On The Life Of SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC

Viewers of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night heard Hugo...

Nov 27 2012 1:55pm

Terrible Job Application Website Pupillage Portal To Close – And Be Replaced By ‘Pupillage Gateway’

Error-prone pupillage application website Pupillage Portal is to be put out of its misery –...

Nov 26 2012 3:24pm

EXCLUSIVE: College Of Law To Change Its Name To The ‘University Of Law’ – And Become A Proper University

The College of Law is to re-brand as the University of Law after being granted...

Nov 22 2012 4:30pm

Will It Soon Cost Nothing To Become a Lawyer?

Thanks to the trebling of undergraduate fees, the cost of legal education has reached new...

Nov 21 2012 2:32pm

Why Law Students’ Cluelessness About The Legal Market Could Consign Them To Paralegal Purgatory

The other day I had a coffee with the guy who many of the top...

Nov 20 2012 2:19pm

EXCLUSIVE: Cottaging At The College Of Law – Bloomsbury Branch Joins Inner Temple As Cruising Hotspot

On World Toilet Day – which we urge lawyers to engage generously with – we...

Nov 19 2012 2:10pm

Lawyer Beats Astronaut In Survey Of Childhood Dream Jobs

A LinkedIn survey has found that law is the sixth most common dream job, making...

Nov 19 2012 10:24am

‘We Must End Oxbridge’s Stranglehold On The Bar And Look Instead To The Russell Group’

OccupyTheInns argues that the recent increase of Oxbridge representation among pupil barristers is bad news...

Nov 16 2012 3:10pm

JOB ALERT: Immigration Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a well-regarded London law firm seeks a law graduate to join its...

Nov 16 2012 12:55pm

At The Criminal Bar You ‘Learn To Deal With Misogyny, Inequality And A Progressive Lack Of Quality’

Ed note: This is the fourth in a series of posts where leading members of...

Nov 16 2012 10:50am

PODCAST: ‘If I Can’t Get An Interview, Should I Film Myself Being Interviewed Then Post It On YouTube?’

As he outlined in his blog post yesterday, College of Law GDL student Simeon Klein...

Nov 15 2012 4:10pm

The London Legal World Is a Small One (Just Ask I’m a Celebrity’s Nads And Hugo)

Watching I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night, I was unexpectedly...

Nov 14 2012 3:15pm