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Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 26 June

Honeymoon widower brands lawyer liar – The Scotsman and The Telegraph Welsh legal system: consider...

Jun 26 2012 8:32am

Are Barristers The Doctors Of The Legal Profession, And Solicitors The Nurses?

Last week there was outrage on The Student Room when a poster likened barristers to...

Jun 25 2012 2:21pm

‘If The Firm Was a Person, How Would You Describe Them?

Now that he’s finished the GDL, David Woodall finally has some time to sample the...

Jun 25 2012 11:02am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 25 June

District judge reprimanded after ‘goosing’ woman court clerk and making lewd comments – Mail Online...

Jun 25 2012 8:31am

PODCAST: Laying Down On a Bed Of Norton Roses

Success can turn on the smallest of things. Cambridge graduate Marta Sanchez (pictured left) completed...

Jun 22 2012 2:14pm

Charity That Campaigns For ‘Access To Justice For All’ Offers Internships Only To Those Who Can Afford To Work For Free

Wandering idly through Holborn the other day, I spotted this advert for the Environmental Law...

Jun 22 2012 10:19am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 22 June

Brad Pitt visits solicitor pal at high street law firm in Birmingham – The Sun...

Jun 22 2012 8:45am

Farewell Silk, Now Time To Come Up With a New Mythology For The Bar

The defining images in the second series of BBC legal drama Silk – which drew...

Jun 21 2012 1:01pm

Don’t Fancy The BPTC? Well, You Could Try Nicknaming Yourself ‘Barrister’ Instead

My favourite character in the media storm that has embraced embattled Tory peer Baroness Warsi...

Jun 21 2012 10:30am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 21 June

Lawyer pleads guilty to prostitution – Above the Law Julian Assange asylum move is ‘a...

Jun 21 2012 8:33am

‘I’m Worried I Might Lose The Lucrative Part-Time Office Manager Job That Has Kept Me Afloat Through Law School’

Dear Auntie Em, To date, I have just about made ends meet at law school...

Jun 20 2012 1:27pm

Getting a Pupillage Contract At Slaughter & CILEX: Report Reveals That Young People Are Ill-Informed About Careers

Young people are overconfident slackers who don’t have a clue about the real world, new...

Jun 20 2012 9:39am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 20 June

Clifford Chance lawyer selected as Olympic torchbearer – Docklands & East London Advertiser What has...

Jun 20 2012 8:29am

Dear Lady Justice Hallett, Don’t Be Insecure, You Don’t Need Make-Up…

Judging by her blue eye makeup, I’d say that Lady Justice Hallett (pictured) is no...

Jun 19 2012 2:17pm

Why Is There No Fusion Of Time Recording Software With Social Media?

Editorial note: this is the first of a regular series of posts by Legal Cheek’s...

Jun 19 2012 9:10am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 19 June

Tory MP Nadine Dorries pays her BPP Law School student daughter (pictured) up to £39k...

Jun 19 2012 8:04am

Aston Carter Claims BPP Law School Described Its Pay-To-Be-A-Paralegal Scheme As ‘Novel And Inspiring’

Last month, Legal Cheek exclusively revealed that Aston Carter Solicitors was asking law graduates to...

Jun 18 2012 12:36pm

6 Lawyers Honoured In Queen’s Birthday List, But Recognition For Basket Maker And Pig Guru Takes Shine Off Accolades

Two judges, a QC and the head of the Crown Prosecution Service woke up over...

Jun 18 2012 9:31am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 18 June

Uni student’s role in phone scam leaves law career in tatters – The Sentinel Out-of-touch...

Jun 18 2012 8:07am

PODCAST: Be Yourself, Not Some ‘Made In Chelsea’ Clone

With Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge on yet another foreign jolly, Bircham Dyson Bell lawyer...

Jun 15 2012 2:34pm

City Lawyer Offers ‘Free Accommodation To An Attractive Female In Exchange For Intimacy’

There was an interesting ad placed on the London section of Craigslist, the classified ads...

Jun 15 2012 8:40am