Category: News
Morning round-up: Monday 29 September
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Lawyers' CVs are even more dishonest than bankers' CVs?!
This claim by a self-published author alleging that Frozen stole her life story is very ambitious indeed
Optimistic lawsuit of the week
Return of the Loadsamoney lawyers as magic circle partners enjoy extremely fine wines
Break out the red braces, start waving fistfuls of fifty pound notes and bray like something normally housed in a stables -- according to Freshfields, the good times are back
‘Why I’m handing out CVs underground’: jobless law grad who’s targeting Chancery Lane commuters speaks
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: UWE law graduate Bilal Rauf tells Legal Cheek about his maverick strategy to land a training contract
Morning round-up: Friday 26 September
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Napery niceties
Should the legal apprenticeship age limit be scrapped?
Current rules discriminate against legal profession vocational course graduates; while the prospect of the non-university, loafing-on-sofa route to qualification looms
Former wannabe barrister and bliss guru smashes into paralegal market
The man who made a mint from ghost-writing student essays and then provided good vibration lifestyle advice is now knocking out cut-price legal advice
An LPC graduate was hustling for work this morning in Chancery Lane Tube station
Initiative or desperation?
Morning round-up: Thursday 25 September
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Judge Rinder helps to promote the 10th anniversary party of the London Legal Support Trust
Learn Welsh — regulator demands of newly-qualified solicitors
Don’t panic England -- the latest suggested edict from the Solicitors Regulation Authority will apply only to those poor buggers actually practising in the Principality
Finally the US legal profession has embraced wigs!
American lawyer turns up for his disciplinary hearing dressed as Thomas Jefferson, complete with 18th Century wig
Morning round-up: Wednesday 24 September
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Another preview for legal drama ‘Better Call Saul’ has been released
6 LinkedIn Pippa Tips for junior lawyers
Now for some glaringly obvious advice
Morning round-up: Tuesday 23 September
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Do people really hate lawyers this much?
Law suit threat hangs over student unions banning pro-lifers at freshers fairs
Leading Catholic barrister warns universities they are responsible for student groups that breach discrimination and human rights legislation
The Ministry of Justice has done one of the worst tweets ever seen on Twitter
"This might be funny if these were not the people running our justice system"