Author: alex
Former Allen & Overy partner jailed for 17 years after pleading guilty to child sex trafficking
A former partner at magic circle firm Allen & Overy has been sentenced to over...
This is what happens when law students who share a flat have a huge bust-up over a rabbit
A leaked bust-up between three London flatmates — who happen to be law students at...
Lawyers aren’t supposed to fall for Nigerian inheritance scams…
A US lawyer is at the centre of a storm of legal blogosphere ridicule after...
Is this the most whirlwind pupillage application schedule ever?
Several pupillage hopefuls have alerted us to the incredibly fast pupillage application schedule being operated...
The number of students enrolling on the LPC is down 8.4% this year — with the course on average only 44% full
Amid continued concerns about the numbers of training contracts available, fewer students are doing the...
Morning round-up: Monday 9 December
Law student spots cockroach in Subway while eating sandwich [Manchester Evening News] Don’t have children...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party 2. The QC...
Chair of Young Barristers’ Committee says she’d still advise students without wealthy parents to go to the criminal Bar
EXCLUSIVE: Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council chair Hannah Kinch has made a robust...
Just when you thought national newspaper picture editors couldn’t select a more inappropriate law photo…
They’ve all been at it lately. Last month the Guardian committed the relatively minor offence...
Training contract offers: how they once looked
Over the weekend BKRW Solicitors’ Oliver Kirk tweeted this picture of his training contract offer...
Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party
Subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) from this note sent over the weekend are...
Solicitor at top corporate firm is flogging GDL and LPC notes to hard-up students
EXCLUSIVE: A solicitor at leading law firm Kennedys is running a sideline selling law school...
Ashurst senior associate to stand trial over death of motorcyclist
A young solicitor at City law firm Ashurst has been ordered to stand trial in...
Undercover audio: Oxford Uni law student admits plan to cheat in Union election
An Oxford law student hasn’t done his job prospects any favours after being caught on...
Bedford Row silks in battle to be the UK’s top/best/leading barrister
How do you compete when your chambers colleague bills himself as the “UK’s Top Barrister”?...
Advice: ‘I’m struggling to survive in the arts and yearn to fight the good fight — should I try to become a barrister?’
The other day I received this email from an Oxford University law graduate…
Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list
Family law barrister Matthew O’Grady (pictured below) of Nottingham’s St Mary’s Chambers has scooped top...
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
‘Nobody in their right mind would advise a son or daughter to become a criminal barrister,’ says top judge
A retiring High Court judge has spoken of his despair at the state of the...
Daily Mail readers’ hatred of criminal barristers — explored
A journey below the line of the recent Daily Mail article about a possible strike...