Author: alex

Ex-managing partner of Travers Smith quits City law to become a teacher

From profit per equity partner of £882,000 to rather less teaching A-level students

May 1 2015 1:16pm

A lido for lawyers: Crowdfunding bid launched to create floating swimming pool opposite Temple

As criminal bar struggles to stay afloat, £10 million plan unveiled to build epic bathing facilities in Inns of Court section of River Thames

May 1 2015 11:39am

Cambridge law students claim they’re being hit on by ‘predatory’ solicitors and barristers

Student paper Varsity lifts lid on unwelcome advances made during graduate recruitment events

Apr 27 2015 9:31am

Which Game of Thrones character is your law firm?

Maybe don't use these in a training contract application

Apr 22 2015 10:17am

Essex Uni law grad first over line to qualify as solicitor through paralegal shortcut

30 year-old narrowly beats gaggle of paralegals to equivalent means qualification that bypasses training contract

Apr 16 2015 10:43am

Clifford Chance cancels YouTube rant trainee’s Singapore secondment amid regulatory concerns

Fall-out from anti-West rant continues to cause magic circle firm difficulties

Apr 16 2015 9:27am

Ukip manifesto pledges to protect ‘British law’ (even though ‘British law’ isn’t a thing)

Nigel Farage's party seems unaware that England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own legal systems

Apr 15 2015 2:33pm

Law student hero of University Challenge has already bagged a pupillage

Cambridge Uni third year Ted Loveday secured £60,000 position with Maitland Chambers last month

Apr 15 2015 1:19pm

8 students who are winning at law revision

It almost looks fun ...

Apr 15 2015 10:18am

Legal profession doesn’t rate Tory manifesto pledge to scrap Human Rights Act

Anger as Conservatives promise Bill of Rights and to reduce power of European Court of Human Rights -- oh, and hint at more legal aid cuts

Apr 14 2015 7:27pm

Social media goes wild for Cambridge law student who inspired University Challenge final win

Gonville & Caius College third year Ted Loveday hailed as a genius/heartthrob/all round great guy following virtuoso performance

Apr 14 2015 11:00am

16 reasons why Doughty Street’s Tunde Okewale is the most followed barrister on Instagram

Amal Clooney's chambers colleague is rocking the Insta-verse

Apr 14 2015 9:32am

Labour politicians don’t want to talk about their vague legal aid manifesto pledge on Twitter

Key opposition figures fail to respond to leading legal tweeter David Allen Green

Apr 13 2015 7:19pm

Lawyer uses lego to reveal the artist inside

"There was nothing wrong with me being a lawyer, but I always knew there was another me, an Artist Me, lurking inside"

Apr 8 2015 12:55pm

We are holding a Twitter Q&A about how to ace a pupillage application this Thursday at 7pm

Join top barristers and experts from law schools and the Inns of Court this Thursday at 7pm

Apr 7 2015 6:50pm

Real life Suits: Lawyer who practised for 10 years and made partner accused of faking qualifications

US "lawyer" Kimberly Kitchen is alleged not to have bothered with any legal training -- just like Mike Ross in legal drama Suits

Mar 30 2015 12:25pm

Google Street View shatters law firm’s delusions of grandeur

Never judge a law firm by its website

Mar 27 2015 9:55am

Strathclyde, Huddersfield, Greenwich and BPP are best unis for pro bono

Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2015 winners announced

Mar 26 2015 9:10am

Exeter Uni students boss this year’s Clifford Chance ‘CV Blind’ competition

Students from Russell Group institution net 20% of vac scheme places awarded through scheme, but overall winner is from LSE

Mar 25 2015 12:08pm