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The 10 most-read stories of 2014

Your favourite Legal Cheek posts of the year

Dec 29 2014 10:59am

Legal pic of the day

City law firm Top Trumps is a thing

Dec 23 2014 4:40pm

The university law faculties that have lost their way

Combine research rankings with teaching satisfaction data and you can see which law schools are floundering

Dec 23 2014 9:15am

Legal pic of the day

Mini-Felipe

Dec 22 2014 5:38pm

King’s crowned top uni law faculty for research ahead of UCL, LSE and Oxbridge

The best -- and the worst -- university law schools for research have been revealed

Dec 22 2014 1:58pm

Legal pic of the day

Santa Clause

Dec 17 2014 4:14pm

Research: 43% of UK partners at magic and silver circle law firms attended Oxbridge

City law preference for Oxford and Cambridge rises at partner level

Dec 17 2014 12:53pm

Legal pic of the day

Law firm hit by Viagra hack

Dec 16 2014 5:12pm

There is an English court where gavels are actually used

Small wooden hammer is not restricted to the US, it emerges

Dec 16 2014 11:16am

Spotted: another law graduate hustling London commuters for work

De Monfort LLB grad follows UWE law student in hitting the streets

Dec 15 2014 12:14pm

All bets are off for the best legal profession Christmas tree of 2014

Now this is a law-themed Christmas tree

Dec 15 2014 9:27am

Legal pic of the day

Obscenity lawyer backs face-sitters

Dec 12 2014 3:53pm

Harvard law professor’s legal threat to Chinese takeaway which slightly overcharged him goes viral

Ben Edelman has since apologised, but his terrifying emails remain out there for all to see

Dec 11 2014 10:21am

Ex-St Johns Buildings barrister goes on the run after police seek to question him over sex attack on teen

Crimewatch appeal launched after Sheffield criminal barrister Desmond Rosario fails to turn up to Magistrates' Court

Dec 8 2014 3:18pm

Tory councillor pleads not guilty to faking law degree and bar course qualification

Monika Juneja — who claimed to be a barrister despite never having been called to the bar — to fight charges against her

Dec 8 2014 10:21am

Clifford Chance charges living wage contractors 30 quid entry to Xmas party — lawyers get in free

Clifford Chance security guard's anonymous Twitter account reveals secrets of life as a magic circle 'second class citizen'

Dec 8 2014 9:05am

Exclusive interview: Felipe from The Apprentice on why he quit City law to follow his dreams

Former Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May man learned lots from private practice, but doesn’t miss it — he tells Legal Cheek

Dec 5 2014 8:55am

Ex-Slaughter and May lawyer fired from The Apprentice for ‘trying to be too smart’

Second solicitor ditched from hit BBC show by lawyer-loathing Lord Sugar

Dec 4 2014 10:23am

Lawyers help out London start-ups with free advice session at the Google Campus

Alex Aldridge takes notes as Hogan Lovells, Hardwicke and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives assist young entrepreneurs at Legal Cheek‘s pro bono clinic

Dec 2 2014 12:21pm

Slaughter and May is increasing its Christmas bonuses — but not by as much as Skadden

Jealous? Just remember that Slaughter and May lawyers are themselves seething with resentment at Skadden lawyers

Dec 2 2014 9:12am