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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Trials of The 1%’ To Begin As Occupy Allowed To Stay In Shoreditch Courthouse For 3 More Weeks
Occupy London protesters have been granted the right to continue squatting a disused Old Street...
Judge With The Wild Dogs and The Bad Attitude Retires
Judge and owner of fearsome alsatians Beatrice “fucking travesty” Bolton has retired before the disciplinary...
Can Tension Between Legal Aid and Pro Bono Be Resolved?
Rather than criticise pro bono charities for “overselling” themselves, legal aid lawyers need to work...
Occupy London Fight to Conduct “Trials of The 1%”
Occupy London’s fledgling Occupy Justice campaign will find out this morning whether it can continue...
#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...
THAT’S ALL FOLKS (now over to KevinP)
Newly awash with mysterious investors’ money, Legal Cheek is taking its growing army of staff...
SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION
Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with a colleague; do mix your...
THE CHAMBERS CHRISTMAS DO
Follow @debbiematthews1 A traumatised Debbie Matthews recounts some of the incredible scenes she witnessed at...
GRADUATE RECRUITMENT: ‘I WOULDN’T START FROM HERE’
Follow @legalaware Initiatives like PRIME won’t change fact current system writes off talented students far...
MORE TO LIFE THAN LAW
Follow @pondcat Law graduates’ transferable skills give them an advantage in the non-legal job market,...
TRAINING CONTRACTS NEVER GREW ON TREES
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Current tough job market made to sound even worse by frequent comparisons with...
MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?
Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good...
#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...
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK As the Christmas party season gets underway, Alex Aldridge is expecting great things...
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...
‘MY WIFE, SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ME…’
Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews regrets her night out with a senior male colleague Wednesday morning....
OCCUPY THE LAW SOCIETY! (in a nice way)
Follow @pondcat Other than a short-lived campaign to occupy the Inns of Court, there are...
WHY THE OBSESSION WITH A-LEVELS?
Follow @cathrynkoz Cathryn Kozlowski focused on getting top music qualifications rather than top A-levels, but...
#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...