Why lawyers need to loosen the ‘stiff upper lip’
Macho demonstrations of ‘resilience’ are overrated
Comment
Hard-hitting commentary on the legal profession
A reply to top lawyer David Greene, from the Cambridge students he called ‘arrogant’
Techy students defend their lawbot
How City law prepares you for the *joys* of motherhood
One associate can’t help but see comparisons between her crying newborn baby and her demanding clients
The Oxford University gown debate, from a law student’s perspective
Is wearing different gowns depending on your grades morally wrong?
Brexit and the online world
On the anniversary of the historic Brexit vote, David Allen Green reflects on how social media has influenced the past year
‘Social mobility initiatives are targeting the wrong people: I would know — I was one of them’
Legal Cheek’s Katie King explains why they must be more selective
The reality of taking the CILEx route: ‘I work just as hard as a solicitor for less money and less respect’
An anonymous trainee legal exec thinks attitudes to the apprenticeship need to change
Why junior lawyers shouldn’t be afraid of AI, by a law student
We shouldn’t waste the abundance of opportunities out there
The problem with low cost legal hubs is that law graduates don’t want to work in them
Students say ‘no thanks’ to northshoring
The true state of the BPTC, from someone who has recently gone through it
A Legal Cheek commenter shares their story
A good day at work? Not likely if you’re a lawyer
It’s not just Trump and Brexit which are getting us down
Brexit’s Great Repeal Bill is a never-attempted ‘massive problem’: is Oxbridge prof stating the obvious to Lords’ committee?
There was also a lot of talk about Henry VIII clauses and Acquis Communautaire
Beware the bursting of law’s artificial intelligence bubble
Legal tech is a long story of incremental change, not revolution
The wretched Watson Glaser test and why I think it should be scrapped
Why do grad recruiters still use the 85-year-old test?
Why KWM’s demise isn’t the end of the world for its future trainees-to-no-longer-be
So law isn’t the safe career you thought
In defence of the solicitor super-exam… an NQ’s perspective
The SQE will stop the LPC gamble
Taking the fear out of being different at the bar
Hardwicke’s Brie Stevens-Hoare QC on why she’s backing FreeBar, a new bar-wide LGBT+ initiative
Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights – the next Brexit?
Catgate PM talks of “clean break” with European court and convention
The bookies’ odds: Will the Supreme Court overturn the High Court’s Brexit ruling?
And why things might go the other way…
Article 127: the new Brexit legal stumbling block?
And it wasn’t a lawyer or a law academic who spotted it
Why the new higher education bill is not the solution for improving the state of legal education
Will the negative consequences outweigh its good intentions?
The Russell Group bubble looks like it might burst
Status-obsessed legal profession may tire of brand that has lost its sheen
Not coming to the UK anytime soon: Brexit
Lawyers are set to be busy working out how the UK’s departure from the EU will happen — if, that is, it ever does
Could Tinder help you get a training contract?
I’m not talking about widening the age range on your profile so you can match with partners
Mayoral Result: Lawyers 1; Old Etonians 0
Sadiq Khan nicks a goal back for the profession in centuries old battle with the privileged as to who should run country
Is a 2:1 the new 2:2 for law students?
Miss out on Oxbridge and it’s increasingly a first class degree or bust if you want to make it to the bar or the magic circle
Comment is free — but it can be costly
As The Telegraph announces the suspension of online reader comments, a media lawyer explains the law below the line
Why City law firms don’t need to keep in touch with work experience students
If they want to build ties, students should show some initiative and send an email
Katie Hopkins writes an article on the European Union — and gets the law horribly wrong
Errors that would make a first year law student blush
Britain’s legal system can’t ‘trump’ Brussels — and Boris Johnson is wrong to pretend otherwise
Tory buffoon needs to brush up on his EU law
Lord Sumption’s take on ethnic diversity is as disappointing as his approach to gender
Supreme Court judge’s recent remarks on women judges make his past diversity pronouncements — which have been highlighted to defend his current stance on gender — worth revisiting
The Judge Rules: Charlotte Proudman should never have let herself become the story
A cannier operator would have exposed ‘sexist’ message while keeping her identity hidden
Comments of week
The best from below the line
The Judge Rules: Bye-bye LPC and training contract, hello unified bar exam
Kaplan’s demise triggers speculation that a streamlined qualification process will arrive sooner than many anticipated
The Judge Rules: Anything less than a 100% qualifying lawyer retention is a law firm fail
Training contracts provide large global practices with a recruitment safety net — but that’s not good for their businesses
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‘It wasn’t an easy decision’: Student quit law degree to become porn star over concerns about money and graduate job prospects
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Fake Squire Patton Boggs website given court approval in bizarre decision
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Lawyers round on license-stripped Uber’s ‘dishonourable history’ as stricken company calls on Hogan Lovells to fight appeal
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Morning round-up: Monday 25 September
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Chemsex junior barrister opens up about boyfriend’s death and his suspension from legal profession
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