Author: Legal Cheek
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 26 January
Uninsured law student fled after knocking down pedestrian – The Bolton News Solicitors quit jobs...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 25 January
Senior judge publicly reprimanded over driving ban – The Guardian Lawyer faces losing $10.3m lottery...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 24 January
Europe’s top judge: Cameron is wrong about human rights – The Independent Lawyer thought to...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 23 January
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp in dock over tax evasion – The Telegraph Quartet of top...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Twork Experience, Fairy Tales & City Lawyer Fat Cats
Earlier this week, law student David Woodall set out some etiquette for asking lawyers for...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: I wish I’d never started the LPC
Hi Auntie Em, I’m midway through the Legal Practice Course (LPC), having just reconvened after...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 18 January
Occupy London protesters to learn eviction verdict – The Guardian Celeb loophole lawyer fined £60...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 17 January
File-sharing ACS Law solicitor fined and suspended – PC Pro Baroness Eaton urges re-think of...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 16 January
Nazi’s lawyer helps disgraced former Israeli president Katsav – The Independent Judge thanks artist for...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Aldridge & Poulter Analyse Week’s Legal News
Journalist Alex Aldridge and solicitor Kevin Poulter discuss the week’s legal news over a bottle...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 13 January
Manchester barrister faces prison for £81K theft – BBC Zimbabwe judge slams biased prosecutors –...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I put a kiss on an email to my boss’
Dear Auntie Em, I wrote an email the other day to the partner in charge...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Do the Inns of Court Need Modernising?
Why do the Inns of Court make public their combined £4.7m scholarship fund, but refuse...
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...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: ILEX, CONTEMPT OF COURT AND CHRISTMAS CHEER
Contrary to popular belief, Alex Aldridge is not locked up in a Morroccan jail for...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: SEASONAL CHRISTMAS PARTY PODCAST
This week Alex Aldridge is taking a barely earned rest from uploading blogs to Legal...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: TAKING A GAP YEAR TO SECURE A TRAINING CONTRACT
Law graduates Flora Duguid and Cathryn Kozlowski have both opted to take gap years before...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I just love saying ‘going forward’!’
Dear Auntie Em, I consider myself a well spoken individual, who uses the English language...
#TweetsOfTheWeek
Follow @LegalCheek Legal Cheek is watching you… Smugly delivered tired gag of the week @ZASaunders...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: LAWYERS AND PR
Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge, whose flat’s central heating is broken, turns on his oven...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: “Pupillage is giving me nightmares”
Dear Auntie Em, I’m plagued by this terrible recurring dream I’ve been having since I...