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Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 15 May

Britain’s most televised barrister dons the disguise of Captain Slow – The Independent What to…

May 15 2012 8:40am
Could The Days of Lawyers Charging Clients For The Time They Spend Gossiping On Twitter Be Over?

During a brief spell working as a paralegal at Clyde & Co in 2006, I…

May 14 2012 1:23pm
Law Society Cancels Conference Organised By Group That Says Being Gay Leads To ‘Disease’

Throughout last week there were murmurings of an embarrassment at the Law Society involving marriage…

May 14 2012 8:29am
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Morning Round-Up: Monday 14 May

Matthew McConaughey desperate for Lincoln Lawyer follow-up – Female First Sex shame solicitor who flashed…

May 14 2012 8:12am
EXCLUSIVE: Desperate LPC Student Places ‘Come And Get Me’ Advert in Law Society Magazine

Training contract numbers may be on the increase again, but times are still hard for…

May 11 2012 10:02am
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Morning Round-Up: Friday 11 May

‘Scottish madam’ Anna Gristina attempts to appoint Uri Geller’s son as lawyer – The Telegraph…

May 11 2012 8:32am

‘Rushing More Ethnic Minority Students Into Pupillage Could Cause Culture Clash’

OccupyTheInns cautions against a “knee-jerk” reaction to a study that found ethnic minority students are…

May 10 2012 2:20pm
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GDL HELL: ‘With The Job Market The Way It Is, Passing Is Simply Not Good Enough’

The pressure is on as GDL exams near, but the more David Woodall reads, the…

May 10 2012 6:19am
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Morning Round-Up: Thursday 10 May

Barrister gets judicial review over QC ‘discrimination’ – BBC Shaming the rogue lawyers: list of…

May 10 2012 5:36am
Lawyers’ Pinterest Boards: Top Five

Since I discovered the new social networking site Pinterest – which is best described as…

May 9 2012 2:25pm
You’ve Either Got It Or You Haven’t: The ‘Personality X Factor’ That’s Needed To Land a Pupillage

Orwell prize short-listed blogger Amanda Bancroft, a former barrister, on what differentiates the wannabes from…

May 9 2012 9:28am
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Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 9 May

Nicolas Sarkozy to return to his old job as a lawyer – Daily Express Legal…

May 9 2012 6:55am

SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC Makes Made in Chelsea Debut

There has been much excitement in the legal world about the fact that Made in…

May 8 2012 1:10pm
Complain About The BSB At Your Peril, Bar Students – ‘Independent’ Complaints Body Is Chaired By BSB Member

A recent article, ‘EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Students Point Finger At Bar Standards Board Following ‘Disastrous’ And…

May 8 2012 7:28am
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Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 8 May

Almost 50% of people rely on TV dramas for legal knowledge – Liverpool Daily Post…

May 8 2012 6:46am
Ex-Clifford Chance Solicitor Who Works Part-Time As Roy Hodgson Look-a-Like Backs New England Boss

The Sun took its legal coverage up a notch today when it featured solicitor Neil…

May 4 2012 12:40pm
Berwin Leighton Paisner Trainee Posed as Evening Standard Journalist To Obtain Info In Olympics Dispute, Say Protesters

A trainee solicitor at Berwin Leighton Paisner has been reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority…

May 4 2012 9:54am
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Morning Round-Up: Friday 4 May

Cameron gets legal tutoring to prepare for grilling at Leveson – The Independent Philip Marshall…

May 4 2012 8:40am

‘Fake’ Barrister Used Pub As Office And Joked His Wig Was ‘Itchy’, Says Prosecution

Last week, the trial of a law graduate charged with fraud for attempting to pass…

May 3 2012 2:05pm
London Election Day: Full List of Lawyer Candidates, Including The Fisher Meredith Partner Standing For UKIP

Last week, I wrote a piece for The Guardian profiling three of the lawyers vying…

May 3 2012 12:32pm
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Linklaters Pays Alistair Darling £15,300 For Making a Speech

As you may have noted from the extract above – taken from the House of…

May 3 2012 10:27am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 15 May