Category: News
Lawyer’s Porn Star Past Returns To Haunt Him
A US lawyer has admitted that he starred in porn films in the 1970s then...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 20 November
Clarke’s secret courts belong in a repressive regime and undemocratic society warn lawyers [Mail Online]...
End Of The Day Round-Up
‘You’ve missed your vocation as a lawyer’: Factory cleaner praised by coroner for taking on...
EXCLUSIVE: Cottaging At The College Of Law – Bloomsbury Branch Joins Inner Temple As Cruising Hotspot
On World Toilet Day – which we urge lawyers to engage generously with – we...
Lawyer Beats Astronaut In Survey Of Childhood Dream Jobs
A LinkedIn survey has found that law is the sixth most common dream job, making...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 19 November
Judicial review ‘industry’ to be cut as right to challenge public bodies’ decisions curtailed, says...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. Barrister Who Named Lord McAlpine On His Blog Removes Post And Braces Himself For...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Full text: Home truths about judicial diversity – Lord Sumption [Supremecourt.gov.uk] Absence of a Welsh...
‘We Must End Oxbridge’s Stranglehold On The Bar And Look Instead To The Russell Group’
OccupyTheInns argues that the recent increase of Oxbridge representation among pupil barristers is bad news...
JOB ALERT: Immigration Paralegal
From Baby Barristers: a well-regarded London law firm seeks a law graduate to join its...
At The Criminal Bar You ‘Learn To Deal With Misogyny, Inequality And A Progressive Lack Of Quality’
Ed note: This is the fourth in a series of posts where leading members of...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 16 November
The future: applying for training contracts and pupillages via Facebook? [Forbes] Lord Neuberger’s speech on...
End Of The Day Round-Up
The danger lurking in laws to end cyberbullying [Legal Cheek’s associate editor Emily Jupp in...
‘Women Look To Men For Crucial Decisions’: Top Junior Barrister Stars In Anti-Women Bishops Video
Albion Chambers family law barrister Daniel Leafe has appeared in a video alongside his wife,...
BROKEN: Legal Journo Tests Boundaries Of Meaning With ‘BREAKING’ News Merger Tweet
Yesterday at 5:17pm – a full three hours and 16 minutes after the announcement had been...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 15 November
Kings College London law students to share £20 million gift from Harvey Nichols owner [Evening...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Black lawyers condemn Clattenburg investigation [The Voice] Norton Rose and America’s Fulbright & Jaworski become...
The London Legal World Is a Small One (Just Ask I’m a Celebrity’s Nads And Hugo)
Watching I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night, I was unexpectedly...
Forget Extracurricular Activities And ‘Gap Yahs’, How Can Wannabe Lawyers REALLY Stand Out From The Crowd?
College of Law GDL student Simeon Klein is tempted to take a risk and be...
The Bizarre Story Of The ‘Marauding Lawyers’
The Washington Post reports that Pakistani “police officials, judges, litigants and witnesses say they have...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 14 November
Baker & McKenzie, Hogan Lovells and Reed Smith among the “50 best law firms for...