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‘YOU HAVE TO EAT DINNER TO QUALIFY AS A BARRISTER?!’

Follow @FellowsAdam Adam Fellows explains the eccentric world of the inns of court Despite the...

Nov 10 2011 6:57am

WHO SAID ARTS DEGREES WERE EASY?

Follow @LaurenceMills My Oxford history degree was no soft option, says City trainee-to-be Laurence Mills...

Nov 9 2011 7:10am

‘THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE WERE REFERRED TO AS THE OLD BAILEY’

Follow @thomashurst Corporate lawyer Thomas Hurst didn’t rate ITV’s new drama ‘The Jury’ much On...

Nov 8 2011 9:07am

IN-HOUSE LAWYER’S SHOWDOWN WITH MURDOCH

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Former News of the World legal chief can make in-house lawyers proud in...

Nov 7 2011 10:31am

#TweetsOfTheWeek

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

Nov 4 2011 1:53pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: PROTESTS, DISCRIMINATION AND MEMORIES OF PRINCESS DI

Civil liberties lawyer Sophie Khan has a very different take on the OccupyLondon protests to...

Nov 4 2011 10:38am

AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS

Follow @emilyjupp Dear Auntie Em, My law firm, where I’m a newly qualified solicitor, is...

Nov 3 2011 2:58pm

OCCUPIED WITH THEMSELVES

Follow @TheTCHawk The OccupyLSX protesters have lost sight of their original objectives, says law graduate...

Nov 3 2011 10:33am

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