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LEGAL CHEEK FIELD TRIP TO OCCUPY LONDON

When I got a tip-off from Kevin Poulter last Friday about a legal tent at...

Nov 2 2011 2:19pm

TAMING SEX-CRAZED MALE LAWYERS: A GUIDE

Follow @debbiematthews1 Forget complicated legal conundrums, the real problem in law firms is the men,...

Nov 2 2011 10:32am

#TwitterLawPoems: Dear @PegasusCorpInfo

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Dear @PegasusCorpInfo, You’ve #ff’d me now every Friday for 6 months or so,...

Nov 1 2011 2:29pm

ETHNIC MINORITIES DON’T ‘FIT THE IMAGE’

Follow @khan_sophie It’s harder to get on in law if you’re not white, argues solicitor-advocate...

Nov 1 2011 10:02am

LAW CONVERSION COURSE IS ‘MAD CRUSH OF KNOWLEDGE’

Follow @catpond Lawyer-to-be Cat Pond is relieved to put the ten-month Graduate Diploma in Law...

Oct 31 2011 9:44am

#TweetsOfTheWeek

Follow @LegalCheek Legal Cheek is watching you… Poorly disguised Twitter boast of the week @John_Cooper_QC...

Oct 28 2011 12:38pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: ARTS DEGREES ARE EASY

Follow @LegalCheek Top London employment lawyer Kevin Poulter thinks arts degrees are easy. Laurence Mills,...

Oct 28 2011 9:34am

‘I WANT THIS REALLY BADLY’

Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows on why, in spite of the odds, he’s determined...

Oct 27 2011 1:23pm

LEGAL CHEEK CHAT – WITH JOSHUA ROZENBERG

Follow @JoshuaRozenberg Joshua Rozenberg, Britain’s best-known legal commentator, takes 5 minutes out to share his...

Oct 27 2011 8:49am

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS

Follow @emilyjupp Dear Auntie Em, I’m a male first year trainee solicitor at a large...

Oct 26 2011 1:22pm

LAWYERS WITHOUT RIGHTS

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Stories of Jewish lawyers in Nazi Germany are both tragic and inspiring Sitting...

Oct 26 2011 9:12am

DISABILITY IS LEGAL PROFESSION’S ‘WHITE ELEPHANT’

Follow @legalaware Diversity has improved in most areas, but disabled law students are still marginalised,...

Oct 25 2011 2:56pm

BEING A SOLICITOR: THE VIDEO GAME

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Yesterday I had a go at an online game City law firm Berwin...

Oct 25 2011 8:44am

EXPOSING THE MYTH OF A GENTEEL PROFESSION

Follow @andr0id Law firms are rife with office politics, says paralegal Android, and it’s worse...

Oct 24 2011 1:40pm

CITY LAWYER IN FACEBOOK FAN PAGE FIRST

In what must surely be a first for a City lawyer, Preiskel & Co head...

Oct 24 2011 8:42am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: TESCO LAW – STACKING SHELVES BY NIGHT, GIVING LEGAL ADVICE BY DAY

      How will the Legal Services Act affect law students and junior lawyers?...

Oct 18 2011 3:52pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: BEING A GAY LAWYER

Bar Professional Training Course graduate Adam Fellows, who was called to the bar in July,...

Oct 18 2011 3:21pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: THE REAL WAY TO GET A TRAINING CONTRACT

Regular guest Kevin Poulter, an employment lawyer at Bircham Dyson Bell, tells LPC graduate Krish...

Oct 18 2011 3:01pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: LAWYERS ON TWITTER

Are tweeters fair game for journos? Following a spot of controversy over my Guardian law...

Oct 18 2011 2:50pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: HAVING A FACE THAT FITS

This week, we’re discussing the importance of having a face that fits in law. With...

Oct 18 2011 2:39pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: UNPAID INTERNSHIPS

Bar professional training course graduate Amy Rollings, employment lawyer (and style icon) Kevin Poulter and...

Oct 16 2011 10:15pm