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Video: the Downfall of Chris Grayling
Justice secretary Chris Grayling has become the latest victim of the Downfall meme, in which...
Obscenity Lawyer: How to create a niche doing something you’re passionate about
As you’d expect, Myles Jackman – aka “Obscenity Lawyer” – has some great stories. My...
‘Never be too rigid in your thinking’
My careers guidance went something like this, writes Silverman Sherliker partner Jennie Kreser in the...
6 animals that look like Chris Grayling
Some have lampooned Chris Grayling for his lack of a legal qualification. Others have sought...
Going, going, gone – to the person with £2,660 to blow on legal work experience
Westminster School has completed its controversial auction of work experience at the criminal Bar, with...
In pictures: today’s legal aid protest
This morning’s demonstration against the government’s legal aid proposals saw 500 plus lawyers take to...
‘The tide may flood law firms, but I remain unconvinced that it will engulf the Bar’
The profession which I am to join in September as a pupil barrister is facing...
Anonymous case report of the week
The Court of Appeal’s recent judgement in AAA (by her litigation friend BBB) v Associated...
Legal Tumblrs: Because lawyers can do LOLcats too
Tumblr, the home of the animated gif and the LOLcat, is suddenly everywhere following its...
The 10 best #SaveUKJustice images
One of the happy side effects of the #SaveUKJustice campaign is that it has allowed...
‘New Fathers 4 Justice’ set to disrupt London Legal Walk
Protest group New Fathers 4 Justice is promising to send a team of superheroes to...
Taxi for the bar – and the music industry?
The Stobart Group’s foray into law may just be the beginning of a campaign for...
‘Why I turned down a place to study law at Manchester University to become a legal executive’
Is Rhys Bevan crazy? Why would anyone in their right mind reject a place at...
‘I’ve come quite a long way since leaving Hull University with a Desmond’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
‘I won’t be working for a corporation that views defendants as tongue-and-rectum sausage pate to be stuffed through the machine’
A rookie criminal barrister contemplates an uncertain future… The spirit of Thatcherism looms large over...
Lawyer commissions R’n’B ballad in his honour – then plays it on loop on his website
Visitors to the website of US lawyer Carl B Grant are greeted by a tuneful...
Wannabe Lord Chief Justices must pen 2,000 word essay to land top judge gig
In a departure from the traditional “tap on the shoulder” method of recruitment, applicants for...
BSB powerless to intervene in Westminster School’s mini-pupillage auction
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said that there is nothing it can do to...
How to write a successful law blog – and land a job off the back of it
As Hardwicke Building found out last week, lawyers who enjoy writing in their free time...
When a covering letter crosses the line from charmingly quirky to wacky
In a tough graduate law job market, there’s an argument for injecting a little personality...
How long until the Stobart Barrister-Tracker App?
Surely, if it works for lorries…. “Stobarts have promised me that the next version of...