Hot arrogant scum: The British public's view of solicitors, barristers and law students is rather confused.
Google autocomplete reveals people’s true feelings about lawyers
Legal apprenticeships: ‘I fully intend to progress to partner’
Legal Cheek's Alex Aldridge meets three lawyers who took the legal apprenticeship route before it became fashionable.
Top QCs slam Pistorius prosecutor’s cross-examination style
Don't imitate approach of Gerrie Nel, urge three silks on Twitter.
Do City law firm worker bees actually produce honey?
Or are branded jars just a ploy to keep lawyers sweet?
What magic circle trainees earned in 1988
When adjusted to take into account inflation, £11,000-a-year Clifford Chance trainee salary equates to just £24,988 today.
!Mitchell Bingo!
To celebrate the Mitchell judgment* Wigapedia has created a special commemorative bingo card.
CV blind: Now there are 3 firms assessing wannabe lawyers without considering their grades
Top 30 outfit Macfarlanes joins Mayer Brown and Clifford Chance in exploring new recruitment method aimed at broadening profile of typical big law firm trainee — as wider City diversity push gathers pace.
3 e-petitions that you may have missed
Prevent Grayling II, facilitate Silk IIII and make barristers wear their wigs in all cases: it has been a busy week for e-petitions...
The nation’s most charming Crown Court could become a wedding venue
The only Crown Court that is situated in a castle may be relocated to a more practical modern court centre.
Where next for LGBT in law?
The legal profession has made huge amounts of progress in their treatment of gay lawyers, but tricky issues remain, discovers Alex Aldridge as he visits one of the leading LGBT network in the City.
Chris Grayling to commence GDL after general election following training contract offer from Slaughter and May
First ever non-lawyer Lord Chancellor will enrol as a law student after 2015 general election in order to become a solicitor at magic circle firm.
7 insights from ‘If I knew at Inner Temple’ that will help you bag a job and build a thriving career
The panel of leading lawyers at Monday's 'If I knew then what I know now' Q&A at Inner Temple offered students some thought-provoking and often unconventional pieces of advice.
Dissenters vent fury on Twitter after barristers strike legal aid deal with government
The news that the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) is calling off its direct action after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) agreed to postpone planned fee cuts has enraged many solicitors and barristers, who have turned to social media to vent their fury.
Lawyers at Bar National Mock Trial Competition urge students to look beyond criminal Bar
Citizenship Foundation's Bar Mock Trial final sees Northern Ireland's Aquinas Grammar School win national junior advocacy crown. But assembled top lawyers warn wannabes of plight of criminal Bar, and encourage them to explore other areas.
What your Instructions say Vs. what they mean
A guide to what instructing solicitors are really telling barristers.
Student’s vac scheme acceptance email is so bad that firm withdraws offer
Law student blows chances with terribly misguided email.
Solicitors are UK’s 44th happiest professionals
Out of 274 occupations survey by government, 'solicitor' is in the top 50 the most satisfying.
‘Teaching is the most important thing I’ve done to improve my work as a lawyer’
When his bid to work himself up from the bottom of a supermarket chain stalled, Laurie Anstis decided to reconsider his early views on university education and pursue a career as a solicitor.
Oscar Pistorius’ lawyer Barry Roux: the hip hop parodies
Televised murder trial turns South African barrister into cult figure.
Lyons Davidson trainee solicitor faces jail following dog’s death
Rookie pleads guilty after she left her dog to starve to death.
6 qualities that wannabe litigators must possess following the Jackson reforms
To land a top pupillage or training contract, students need to show they have what it takes to thrive in a much-changed environment.
9 reasons why Britain’s top divorce lawyer is set to have Britain’s top wedding
Self-styled "Britain's top divorce lawyer" Ayesha Vardag has unveiled a new blog to disseminate information about her forthcoming nuptials to her colleague, Stephen Bence. Readers are left in no doubt of Vardag's commitment to attaining excellence in all things.
‘I don’t ever regret not going to university’
Entering law straight from school as an apprenctice put Chartered Institute of Legal Executives president Stephen Gowland in a position to start his own law firm aged just 32.
Solicitor’s forging of colleagues’ signatures as a trainee comes back to haunt her
Katherine Edwards' legal career is over after "moment of madness" during her training contract.
10 pieces of advice for trainee City lawyers from Mumsnet readers
A Mumsnet thread offering advice to a prospective City lawyer contains some illuminating titbits of information.
Most...
- 1 'They call me Gerrie Nel and I am mad as hell': Now Pistorius prosecutor gets his own rap
- 2 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 was shot down by Chinese missile, claims practising barrister
- 3 Blogging barrister refers himself to the Bar Standards Board after committing 'very serious' contempt of court
- 4 Interview: Glamour model and law student Vanessa Knowles on her quest to bag a training contract
- 5 Google autocomplete reveals people's true feelings about lawyers
- 1 Legal apprenticeships: 'I fully intend to progress to partner'
- 2 Another criminal barristers chambers axes its pupillage
- 3 Top QCs slam Pistorius prosecutor's cross-examination style
- 4 Taxi driver films himself rebuffing lawyer's sexual advances — litigation ensues
- 5 Blogging barrister refers himself to the Bar Standards Board after committing 'very serious' contempt of court
CAREERS — Created with...
Legal Pic of The Day
Legal Cheek podcast
Latest video
If I knew then what I know now
Recent Comments