Category: News
Leaked Email: Hogan Lovells Partner Orders Associates To Be At Their Desks By 9am – Even If They’ve Been Working Late
Corporate lawyers pride themselves on being able to swan into work late. The trade off,...
Shearman & Sterling: ‘We Never Offered Email Scandal Trainee An NQ Solicitor Job; He Resigned Over The Summer’
Yesterday we brought you news of the updated LinkedIn profile of Shearman & Sterling ‘spit...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 4 January
Court told that solicitor tried to get his wife to lie for him when he...
What Has Happened To The Legal Education And Training Review Final Report?
The final report of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) – potentially the biggest shake-up...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 3 January
Allen and Overy warns of new year Christmas party hangover [Metro] Lawyer, 51, moves back...
End Of The Day Round-Up
BPP joins government initiative to create non-uni route to lawyer career [Legal Week] What can...
Five Legal Market Predictions For 2013
1. More firms to stop paying students’ law school fees Clarke Willmott’s November decision to...
Isn’t It Great To Be Back At Work!
Meanwhile on Twitter lawyers share their 2013 pain…
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 2 January
The real-life Legally Blonde: Law student who spent thousands on becoming a living Barbie doll...
A Year In Stories: The Best Legal Cheek Posts Of 2012
We’ll be back on Wednesday 2 January. In the meantime, here are some of our...
Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. DPP Slams Twitter Joke Trial QC For Making ‘Cheap Points’ And Failing To Grasp...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Lap dancer loses sacking claim [The Independent] Matrix silk overturns Stringfellows stripper decision [The Lawyer]...
Just When You Thought Personal Injury Law Couldn’t Get Any Classier…‘Pimp My Claim’ Arrives
“After 16 years practising personal injury law I have now seen it all,” wrote Zenith...
2012: ‘The Year Social Media Made It Onto The Legal Map’
Over a bottle or two of the finest Tesco Value red wine, the Legal Cheek...
‘I Fear That I Was Too Ready To Treat The View Of The Experienced As Gospel’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 21 December
Julian Assange: “democracy is the sum of our resistance” [Head of Legal] ‘Julian Assange’s speech,...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Trainee retention figures hold up [Law Society Gazette] Solicitor faces up to 5 years in...
Mooting Fails: ‘It’s Very Embarrassing…I Am Not Entirely Familiar With The Facts Myself’
Among the mooting clips recently placed on video-sharing site Vimeo by City Law School are...
‘Can You Be A Lawyer With Tattoos?’ Asks Wannabe Barrister Professor Green
And the answer to rapper Professor Green’s question, which he asked the other day on...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 20 December
Looks like we’re not the only country with social media issues… Law blogger questioned by...
End Of The Day Round-Up
How to abuse people on Twitter and get away with it [The Guardian] Michael Douglas’s...