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Morning round-up: Monday 21 July
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Morning round-up: Friday 18 July
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Morning round-up: Monday 14 July
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Morning round-up: Tuesday 8 July
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Morning round-up: Monday 7 July
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Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 June
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Morning round-up: Monday 23 June
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Chambers bowls dress-code googly at aspiring pupils
A prospective barrister is traumatised by the requirement to arrive at a formal interview in “informal” clobber
Morning round-up: Tuesday 17 June
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Clive Reader troll spices up student website with a dollop of sexism
TV’s ‘Silk’ QC is resurrected by anonymous poster, who captures the barrister’s charming misogyny.
Morning round-up: Monday 16 June
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Morning round-up: Friday 13 June
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Young London lawyer scoops prize — then lambasts ministers over legal aid cuts
Winning the Legal Aid Practitioners Group newcomer award, Birnberg Peirce solicitor describes state of system as a “disaster”.
Aussie lawyer struck off for trying to cheat on ethics exam
Bid to smuggle notes down trousers foiled by CCTV
Lawyer issues boyfriend with ‘motion to compel’ him to buy her a puppy
King Charles spaniel-obsessed lawyer issues “motion to compel” as a gentle nudge to other half.
Tuning up for the bar – law student in bid to serenade his way into chambers
Pupillage-hunter croons via YouTube about the tribulations of searching for that elusive first step to a career in chambers.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 10 June
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Morning round-up: Monday 9 June
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Morning round-up: Friday 6 June
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Merit-based pay schemes on the rise, as demand mounts for young corporate lawyers
A dearth of three to five-year qualified deal-making and corporate specialists is driving up salaries for younger solicitors, as pay freezes that blighted the City during the economic crisis begin to thaw.
Morning round-up: Thursday 5 June
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Legal pic of the day
Originals from the 1850s have been moved from the Law Society’s library at its headquarters in Chancery Lane to National Archives UK.
There is an anonymous junior barrister revealing the reality of life at the Bar
Blogging as an art form might not yet be out of short trousers, but there is a growing tradition of anonymous writers hoping to shock by piercing the veil of mysterious environments.
Exclusive: Up to half of Bindmans secretaries face sack
Leading human rights law firm Bindmans is sacking up to half of its secretaries in a dramatic illustration of the impact of technology on law firm administration.
Who’s the w*nker … who’s the w*nker … who’s the w*nker on the bench?
Nevada is renowned for a history of gambling, a desert landscape serving as a mafia burial ground … and now for a judge called Wanker.
Students show coffee house knowledge of leading cases
End of term exam time is hitting some law students hard this year. Mounting evidence has emerged over recent days of how some can be driven close to the edge by endless hours of revising for obtuse questions about champerty and maintenance, landlord and tenant law and general tort issues.
Legal aid fee rates haircut — it’s the only one barristers will get
Women junior barristers will soon be grateful that legal protocol still requires them to wear a spot of old horse hair on their bonces when appearing in the high court — because they certainly won’t be able to afford a session at Toni & Guy’s after the government’s legal aid rate cuts take effect.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 June
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Morning round-up: Monday 2 June
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Morning round-up: Friday 30 May
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Could old-fashioned mentoring be the new ‘CV Blind’?
Having explored ‘CV Blind’ and sampled an Aspiring Solicitors’ lunch, Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge gets a taste of the often-overlooked area of legal mentoring.
Morning round-up: Thursday 29 May
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Morning round-up: Wednesday 28 May
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Morning round-up: Tuesday 27 May
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Morning round-up: Friday 23 May
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Morning round-up: Thursday 22 May
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The rise of the straight B student (who got a first)
The resilience, drive and determination possessed by rough diamonds is underrated, Norton Rose Fulbright trainee recruitment manager Caroline Lindner tells Legal Cheek‘s Alex Aldridge as he visits an “Aspiring Solicitors” lunch hosted by the firm.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 May
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- 5 Dismissed: Wannabe Barrister's Claim That Minimum Pupillage Award Is Discriminatory To Black Africans
- 1 Dismissed: Wannabe Barrister's Claim That Minimum Pupillage Award Is Discriminatory To Black Africans
- 2 This sign for the toilets in the Royal Courts of Justice goes beyond everyday sexism
- 3 Just who is Jeremy Wright? Lawyers have never heard of new attorney general
- 4 Research: young barristers are much cleverer than older ones
- 5 Let's break free from the cultural imperialism of US legal dramas and stop imagining that English judges use gavels
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