Tag: Alcohol

Law students are the biggest boozers, new research suggests

Findings shine spotlight on wellbeing and substance misuse across range of subjects

Jan 10 2023 10:54am

Psychoanalysis Corner: What ‘Spit Roast’ Email Says About Shamed City Boys

Alex Aldridge extracts the cries for help beneath the ‘G4 Tour Rules’ drafted by Shearman...

Feb 10 2012 10:40am

Escape Routes From The Law: Doing a Hollywood

For the legions of training contract hunters out there, being a lawyer is a dream....

Jan 24 2012 11:00am

Barrister’s Error Sees Torturers Escape Jail

As the case of fake kidnap solicitor Francis Bridgeman (pictured) illustrates, lawyers sometimes make big,...

Jan 23 2012 5:07pm

The Most Dysfunctional Law Firm Ever?

The recently released testimony of dodgy American lawyer Scott Rothstein – sentenced to 50 years...

Jan 6 2012 3:59pm

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I got drunk and told my colleagues I hate them’

Dear Auntie Em, At last month’s office Christmas party I got very drunk and told...

Jan 5 2012 1:47pm

SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION

Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with a colleague; do mix your...

Dec 14 2011 1:21pm

THE CHAMBERS CHRISTMAS DO

Follow @debbiematthews1 A traumatised Debbie Matthews recounts some of the incredible scenes she witnessed at...

Dec 14 2011 10:12am

‘MY WIFE, SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ME…’

Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews regrets her night out with a senior male colleague Wednesday morning....

Dec 7 2011 9:13am

‘READY FOR THAT DRINK, DEBS?’

Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews on the perils of blurring the line between work and, er,...

Nov 30 2011 10:25am

BOOZERS: THEIR BRILLIANCE AND BAD BEHAVIOUR

Writing anonymously, a partner at a top London law firm reflects on the legal profession’s...

Nov 23 2011 9:43am