Author: legal-cheek
How to ace a winter vac scheme
After navigating the tortuous application process… …you’ve made it onto a prized winter vac scheme....
Morning round-up: Friday 13 December
How has this escaped Twitter’s attention? [Shit places I go to in pupillage] Queen angry...
Podcast: Do you have a better chance of landing a training contract if you do your law degree in London?
The growing separation between recovering London and the struggling rest of the country poses an...
Morning round-up: Thursday 12 December
Ryanair’s racy calendar advert featuring stewardesses in bikinis is “banned” by Spanish judge for being...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 11 December
Three murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment on one day. The minimum terms set were...
Frontman of company seeking to ‘revolutionise’ criminal law makes grammatically incorrect bestiality slur against bemused barrister
Last night on Twitter the public face of a heavily-hyped new legal market entrant launched...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 10 December
Are we in England too paternalistic to our juries? [David Allen Green on Facebook] The...
Morning round-up: Thursday 5 December
Booker, Hemming and the “forced caesarian” case: a masterclass in Flat Earth news [Head of...
Podcast: How barristers can make an impact on social mobility
We gathered together Young Barristers’ Committee chair Hannah Kinch, Citizenship Foundation programme manager Paul Bower...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 4 December
Attorney General to publish guidance on Twitter to help prevent social media users from committing...
How to bag a pupillage during the BPTC
Kaplan Law School head of careers Gemma Baker (pictured below) tells Legal Cheek’s Alex Aldridge...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 3 December
The Cycling Solicitor: Case dropped against London cyclist who crossed red light for safety [The...
The QC who has been hauling in more Twitter followers than the Pope and Stephen Fry
Just five days after Gary Bell QC joined Twitter last month and he had amassed...
Morning round-up: Monday 2 December
Criminal barristers warn of ‘days of action’ — starting on 6 January [Law Society Gazette]...
Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories
1. Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list 2. Solicitor at top...
Morning round-up: Friday 29 November
More laws are needed as religion declines, says Lord Sumption [The Telegraph] Human Rights Court...
Video: using racism to promote your law firm
This ill-judged ad by US law firm McCutcheon & Hamner has caused anger in the...
Morning round-up: Thursday 28 November
Longest-serving appeal judge, Sir John Laws, questions Lord Bingham’s rule that Strasbourg is final authority...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 27 November
Sony files patent for “SmartWig” [BBC News] Labour seizes on £56.4m under-spend on legal aid...
Male barrister hotness by region: an infographic
YourBarristerBoyfriend’s list of the ’21 Hottest Regional Male Barristers’ — released this morning as a...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 26 November
Short jail terms are bad for criminals, says Lord Neuberger: Sentences under six months ‘disrupt...