Corporate law specialist at Trethowans in one-woman challenge against modern world laziness
Junior lawyer battles food waste living on a pound a day for charity
Twitter shock at barrister’s triple ‘C-bomb’
Is senior junior at 1 Gray’s Inn Square the most foul-mouthed lawyer on Twitter?
An intellectual property firm has nicked a corporate law firm’s name
Isn’t this ironic
Freshfields first in magic circle to release trainee retention rate, with 85% staying on
Figure is a 5% boost over last year as 44 newly-qualifying lawyer are set to pick up £67,500 starting salaries
Tadpoles and pigs play key role in high street law firm paralegal hiring policy
“Insult to intelligence” critical reasoning test pivotal in determining whether you’re up to the task of checking land registry searches at west country solicitors’ firm
11 New Year’s resolutions that law students have already given up on
Ain’t nobody got time for that
Morning round-up: Thursday 29 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Wigs and gowns set to be this season’s must-have after Amal Clooney namechecks Chancery Lane outfitters
“I’m wearing Ede & Ravenscroft,” quips Doughty Street barrister
Edinburgh Uni law student legally analyses tutor’s feedback — conclusion: breaches official guidelines
Only a law student would do this
The campaign for the trainee solicitor minimum salary is being resurrected
Battle to protect trainee pay not over yet
Criminal Bar Association makes awkward U-turn over Global Legal Summit
Previous chairman described controversial event as Putin-esque; his successor is a confirmed speaker
Morning round-up: Wednesday 28 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Two more corporate firms post strong trainee retention rates
Encouraging figures released by White & Case and Osborne Clarke
95% of top law firms predict ‘massive consolidation’ over next two years
The firm you join as a trainee may not be the firm at which you qualify
Ex-Shearman & Sterling lawyer goes viral with YouTube rap
Unlikely social media sensation of the week …
City firm tries to boost women partner numbers by getting female trainees to talk more about career development
Herbert Smith Freehills’ new women trainee network is part of firm’s bid to make its partnership 30% female
Morning round up: Tuesday 27 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
‘Law Undergraduate of the Year’ competition removes minimum A-level requirement after Twitter uproar
AAB requirement no longer applies, confirms City law firm sponsor
Junior barrister arrested following death of boyfriend in Temple flat
Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron has been bailed until March
Like the Ritz, Grayling’s embarrassing ‘Global Law Summit’ is open to all
Join the Justice Secretary, some arms dealers and Cherie Blair to toast the Magna Carta
Barristers bombard Guardian journo with spoof otter-watching texts after overhearing her mobile number outside court
Tedium of waiting for jurors to come to a verdict was relieved by a practical joke on a hack
Alternative careers: junior solicitor launches cat cafe to help stressed out students
Feline-themed venture by Maclay Murray & Spens lawyer could be purrrfect for beleaguered legal hopefuls
Clifford Chance’s Aysh Chaudhry saga — a sad and salutary tale
Global mega firm caught between a rock and a hard place as fall-out from YouTube rant lingers
Morning round up: Friday 23 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Do you even lit bro?
This lawyer has torn up the law firm profile rule book — presumably with his bare hands.
Dentons merges with China’s Dacheng to become the biggest law firm ever to grace the planet
London firm quiet on prospects for trainees in wake of China merger
‘My day on a plate': law student edition
Coffee, Red Bull, crisps, lager …
Morning round up: Thursday 22 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
University offers module in marijuana law
Legalisation of marijuana in Colorado set to spawn generation of weed lawyers
Bar Standards Board makes grovelling apology after being savaged by top judge
Professional body found to have withheld key evidence by Court of Appeal
The first City law firm trainee retention rate of 2015 has been released
Trowers & Hamlins’ 82% figure bodes well, but it’s early days yet
Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
London office of US firm launches unpaid vac scheme-lite for first year students
Weil Gotshal & Manges cites an “increasingly competitive environment” in move to target ever-younger students, who will be working for free
£1,750-a-head Magna Carta ‘summit’ hijacked by legal aid event that costs a tenner
With delegate fees at more than £1,700, don’t expect to see too many young lawyers brushing shoulders with the PM and BoJo at next month’s official Magna Carta celebrations. But there is an alternative…
Someone has done a poo on the floor of Westminster Magistrates Court
Solicitor’s tweet about excrement on floor of Westminster Magistrates Court leads to Vice interview
Inner Temple claims to have the best male talent
Debating society has rehashed Beach Boys track ‘California Girls’ to promote male hotties at the Inn
King’s College ditches plan to rebrand as ‘King’s London’
Was it wannabe solicitor’s class action threat wot won it?
City law firm finally realises that trainees don’t know what ‘commercial awareness’ is
Hogan Lovells in bid to explain mythical concept to new recruits
Full 21 minute video: Clifford Chance trainee’s Charlie Hebdo rant has re-appeared on YouTube
Exclusive: Magic circle rookie issues apology as his controversial musings on Paris attacks re-emerge online
You might want to avoid White & Case’s canteen
London office of US firm given 1/5 hygiene rating by Food Standards Agency
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- 1 Twitter shock at barrister's triple 'C-bomb'
- 2 'Law Undergraduate of the Year' competition removes minimum A-level requirement after Twitter uproar
- 3 The campaign for the trainee solicitor minimum salary is being resurrected
- 4 Tadpoles and pigs play key role in high street law firm paralegal hiring policy
- 5 Criminal Bar Association makes awkward U-turn over Global Legal Summit
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