Tag: US

Lawyer Drops Joint In Court – In Front Of Police Officers

Monday was a bad day for US prosecutor Jason Cantrell… The full story is at...

Oct 3 2012 12:01pm

Law Graduate Launches Online Begging Campaign To Save Him From Living With His Parents Until He’s 40

In Britain, law graduates who have failed to secure jobs as solicitors/barristers either toil away...

Oct 2 2012 12:03pm

‘In The Years I Have Known Him, He Has Always Been An Arrogant Lawyer’: Is This The Worst Reference Letter Ever?

On Friday, a struck-off lawyer who used to work for the US law firm of...

Sep 17 2012 9:40am

Lawyer Files a Cartoon To Get Round Five-Page Limit

After having the length of his brief limited to five pages by a judge, New...

Sep 6 2012 10:08am

British Law Firm* Is Obama’s Third Highest Campaign Funder

None of the ‘serious’ legal publications have reported the news that DLA Piper is the...

Aug 30 2012 4:20pm

‘I Would Like To Extend You a Counter-Offer To Suck My Dick’: Law School Dropout’s Job Chances Scotched As Email Goes Viral

We haven’t had a legal profession viral email story since the ‘spitroast trainee’ Daniel England...

Aug 14 2012 9:10am

Lindsay Lohan, Christian Bale And Other Hollywood Stars Pose With Their Lawyers In Surreal Photoshoot

Imagine a photo of the Queen knocking back sherry with her favourite partner at Farrer...

Jul 20 2012 9:13am

Get a Training Contract Or Get Deported: The Fate Of The Foreign Law Graduate In The UK

If, like me, you’re not British or European and are applying for training contracts, you...

Jul 17 2012 10:27am

Barrister Boyz Perform ‘I Want That Job Today’

They’re not so good at singing and they can’t get jobs as lawyers. Meet the...

Apr 24 2012 4:03pm

DLA Piper Lawyer Had Affair With Russian Spy Anna Chapman

“What first attracted you to short, balding millionaire Paul Daniels?” Mrs Merton once memorably asked...

Apr 10 2012 12:29pm

If Pupillage Portal Doesn’t Work Then It’s The New York Bar

OccupyTheInns ponders the merits of a high risk, yet potentially high reward, plan B This...

Apr 4 2012 9:41am

The Worst Law Firm Ad Ever?

There’s not a lot that can be added by way of introduction. There’s more… Hapless...

Mar 7 2012 10:29am

Law Student Branded ‘Slut’ By Talk Show Host Gets Obama Call

The following would never happen in Britain… On 23 February, Georgetown Law School student Sandra...

Mar 5 2012 10:15am

PUPILLAGE: ‘A REASONABLE EXPECTATION’

Follow @OccupyTheInns OccupyTheInns hits back at the criticism last week’s post received, and puts forward...

Nov 23 2011 1:25pm