Category: News

The Apprentice review: reinforcing lawyer stereotypes

Lord Sugar doesn't seem keen on the "typical safe lawyer" of popular legend

Nov 13 2014 5:12pm

Legal pic of the day

Chasing the work

Nov 13 2014 4:03pm

City firms sign up to 25-hours-a-year pro bono deal

Mix of US and English practices lead way -- but is there more to be done and what does pro bono mean for legal aid?

Nov 13 2014 12:30pm

Official stats: Great Recession has devastated applications to law schools

Over the last five years the number of students aiming for either the LPC or GDL has tumbled

Nov 13 2014 9:09am

Morning round-up: Thursday 13 November

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Nov 13 2014 8:04am

Legal pic of the day

Not so looky-likey

Nov 12 2014 3:59pm

14 things that mean something completely different if you’re a law student

The world seen through the eyes of the wannabe lawyer

Nov 12 2014 9:49am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 12 November

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Nov 12 2014 7:57am

Legal pic of the day

That's next year's marketing budget gone in one blast

Nov 11 2014 4:07pm

Crown Court solicitor-advocate tells barristers to stop being so smug

The leader of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association hits out at the patronising bar -- as well as the government for turning Magna Carta celebrations into a “legal business fair”

Nov 11 2014 2:10pm

Research: most students haven’t had useful careers advice

Parents are out-of-touch and career advisors still only sporadically consulted

Nov 11 2014 9:26am

Court hears how practising barrister claimed Nazis wanted to nuke Queen at 2012 Olympics

There's a surreal case going on at Southwark Crown Court this week

Nov 11 2014 8:54am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 11 November

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Nov 11 2014 8:03am

Pair of judges included in The Independent’s ‘rainbow list’ of top LGBT people

Lord Justice Terence Etherton and Lord Justice of Appeal Adrian Fulford rub shoulders with Alan Carr and Sue Perkins in newspaper's rather random list

Nov 10 2014 3:46pm

Legal pic of the day

"The courtroom dive"

Nov 10 2014 3:15pm

Bar leaders trumpet legal aid deal for senior lawyers, while juniors are left in cold

This year’s annual Bar Council shindig exposes the stark difference in fortunes between the young and established ends of the profession

Nov 10 2014 9:37am

Morning round-up: Monday 10 November

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Nov 10 2014 8:04am

Legal pic of the day

Did McDonald's lawyers catch up with Bolton takeaway 'McIndian'?

Nov 7 2014 1:53pm

Final 6 go head-to-head in law teacher of the year awards

Most students wouldn’t know it existed, but this Oxford University Press gong is a chance for those in the tweed jackets to get a little recognition

Nov 7 2014 10:56am