Tag: Alex Aldridge
Is The London Legal Walk The Shortest, Least Taxing Sponsored Walk In The History Of Sponsored Walks?
I know it’s great to raise money for worthy causes – and I’m personally very...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Legal Profession’s Transformation Could Be ‘King’s Cross-Like’
Within walking distance of central London, and just two hours from Paris by Eurostar, King’s...
If You Can’t Go To The Best Uni In Town, Should You Find a Smaller Town?
Following last week’s Queen Mary v Durham debate, I received this email from another student....
‘The Prestige Factor’: Queen Mary or Durham For Law?
Last week I received this email from a student: “The prestige factor” is a major...
If You Put Trainee Solicitors On Housing Benefits, You Cut The Price Of Law School, Right?
Following the announcement by the Law Society that trainee solicitors on housing benefit is “not...
Royal Charter Spurs Awed CILEX Lawyers To Remove Shoes: EXCLUSIVE PICS
The Royal Charter conferred recently upon law’s plucky underdogs, legal executives, carries great power, elevating...
PRO BONO FAIL: Law Firms Outnumber Cases As Law Soc’s Riot Help Scheme Flops
EXCLUSIVE: It wasn’t just kids in Tottenham and Hackney who got carried away during last...
Legal Profession Is ‘Bedazzled By The Legend Of London’
In reality, the capital’s lawyers are no better than their regional counterparts, says The Law...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Are Legal Bloggers Real Journalists?
Still reeling from the shock of not being included in The Independent‘s Twitter 100 list,...
Do Trainees And Pupils ‘Contribute Nothing’?
At 2.30pm yesterday Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge was beginning to panic. The arranged guest...
Simon Myerson QC: I’d Rather Have a Coffee Than a Pupil
‘Pupils contribute nothing to chambers during their pupillage’, writes Simon Myerson QC, so paying them...
#RoundMyKitchenTable Exam Special: How Do You Revise And Apply For Jobs?
Taking a rare break from revising for his Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams, barrister-to-be...
Should We Let Sleeping Judges Lie?
Alex Aldridge found it hard to stay awake while marshalling as a bright-eyed 26-year-old, so...
Online Dating Sites For Lawyers – And Those Keen To Bag One
At a loose end on Valentine’s Day, Alex Aldridge signs up to several websites aimed...
City Pro Bono Falls: Airfare Savings?
As City pro bono hours drop, Alasdair Stewart of pro bono charity LawWorks is buoyed...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Tattoos, Converting to Law in Your Late 20s & Office Politics
This week podcast hosts Alex Aldridge and Kevin Poulter are joined by Daniela Valdez, an...
Lawyers and Tattoos: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
When I saw a picture the other day of Mexican vampire woman Maria Jose Cristerna...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Poulter & Aldridge Meet the Shadow Attorney General
This week on the #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast shadow Attorney-General Emily Thornberry joins journalist Alex Aldridge and...
Occupy London Mock Trial Pics – by Noah Arjomand
*Update Saturday 21 January: Occupy has cancelled the mock trial of RBS scheduled for today*...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Twork Experience, Fairy Tales & City Lawyer Fat Cats
Earlier this week, law student David Woodall set out some etiquette for asking lawyers for...
Sloppy Reporting Obscures Bar’s True Pupillage Problems
A contributing factor towards lack of diversity at the Bar, and the oversupply of wannabe...