Author: alex

Phone hacking lawyer could ban Southampton student trainees if ‘anti-Semitic’ conference goes ahead

Mark Lewis brings wannabe lawyers into a row that has nothing to do with them

Mar 23 2015 3:29pm

Research: Two thirds of lawyers say the job has failed to live up to expectations

After the battle to secure training contracts and pupillages, anti-climax often awaits

Mar 23 2015 9:06am

Queen Mary students are the most commercially aware wannabe lawyers in Britain

London uni wins corporate law version of University Challenge

Mar 20 2015 10:03am

Lawyer becomes good news internet sensation after leaving $25k tip for tooth decay waiter

US personal injury lawyer strikes marketing gold

Mar 19 2015 4:10pm

Hogan Lovells to sponsor undergrads in tie-up with LSE, York and Durham

Exclusive: Global law firm to award first and second years up to £18,000 in bid to broaden access to profession

Mar 19 2015 9:43am

8 reasons why law students make the best housemates

Contrary to a recent report, wannabe solicitors and barristers are wonderful to live with

Mar 18 2015 2:00pm

The law firm-funded LLM: Norton Rose Fulbright to sponsor Queen Mary masters places

Global giant extends funding beyond GDL and LPC costs to LLM fees

Mar 18 2015 12:36pm

1 Crown Office Row barrister in bid to become first Whig party MP for 150 years

Five years' call junior to run for parliament representing newly "refounded" political party that was dissolved in 1868

Mar 18 2015 9:01am

No, not that Judge Timothy Bowles! Watchdog clarifies which judge was sacked for porn

A bad day all round if you're a judge called Timothy Bowles

Mar 17 2015 4:36pm

Legal Cheek meets the first person to do the paralegal shortcut

Shaun Lawler tells Alex Aldridge about how he's set to become one of the first four LPC graduates in the country to become a solicitor without doing a training contract

Mar 17 2015 9:00am

Now world’s most-famous journalist is hooked on Lord Harley of Counsel saga too

Glenn Greenwald -- the man behind the Edward Snowden story -- gripped by tale of Harry Potter-style solicitor-advocate

Mar 16 2015 4:33pm

Introducing the Legal Cheek iPhone app

Available for free from the App Store

Mar 12 2015 6:25pm

Legal pic of the day

Thinking outside the box

Mar 12 2015 3:38pm

Legal pic of the day

Lego judges are a thing

Mar 10 2015 8:00pm

5 ways that ditching the trainee recruitment code could affect how firms treat students

Regulator's controversial decision to abandon trainee recruitment code of practice will make City law graduate hiring more investment bank-like

Mar 10 2015 2:16pm

How being a City law firm campus ambassador can get you to the front of the training contract queue

As the Friday application deadline to become a Hogan Lovells 2015-16 campus ambassador nears, Alex Aldridge meets one of the students who's held the role this year

Mar 10 2015 12:28pm

Event: Where will the next generation of advocates come from and how will they train?

Free Legal Cheek Careers event at Gray’s Inn featuring a panel of top solicitors and barristers — open to all law students and junior lawyers

Mar 9 2015 2:36pm

Amal Clooney joins Columbia University as visiting lecturer

Doughty Street human rights barrister bags prestigious New York gig

Mar 9 2015 9:26am