Category: News
Morning Round-Up: Monday 9 January
Liverpool lawyer named in US fraud class action – Liverpool Daily Post Legal Aid bill...
The Most Dysfunctional Law Firm Ever?
The recently released testimony of dodgy American lawyer Scott Rothstein – sentenced to 50 years...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 6 January
Authorities taking steps to evict regional Occupy protesters – BBC and Sheffield Star Maldives president...
Cash-Strapped Legal Aid Lawyers Top Up with Part-time Work
Solicitor takes on paper-round, as barrister’s fitness dominatrix sideline flourishes Recent cuts to legal aid...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I got drunk and told my colleagues I hate them’
Dear Auntie Em, At last month’s office Christmas party I got very drunk and told...
Don’t Believe the Law School Scholarship Hype
Yesterday a press release from the College of Law appeared in my inbox, headed COLLEGE...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 5 January
Judge ticks off lawyers after ‘blah, blah, blah’ court note – Metro Apple ‘threatens legal...
Judge Hears Cases in a Pub
A pub is being used as a makeshift courtroom due to a shortage of official...
Accutrainee Chief Hits Back at Critics
Follow @Accutrainee Founder of new cut-price training contract scheme responds to recent criticism from Legal...
The Big Fight: David Allen Green vs Charon QC
Legal Cheek reports as the blogging heavyweights go head-to-head in a spectacular Twitter bust-up Still...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Trials of The 1%’ To Begin As Occupy Allowed To Stay In Shoreditch Courthouse For 3 More Weeks
Occupy London protesters have been granted the right to continue squatting a disused Old Street...
Judge With The Wild Dogs and The Bad Attitude Retires
Judge and owner of fearsome alsatians Beatrice “fucking travesty” Bolton has retired before the disciplinary...
Can Tension Between Legal Aid and Pro Bono Be Resolved?
Rather than criticise pro bono charities for “overselling” themselves, legal aid lawyers need to work...
Occupy London Fight to Conduct “Trials of The 1%”
Occupy London’s fledgling Occupy Justice campaign will find out this morning whether it can continue...
THAT’S ALL FOLKS (now over to KevinP)
Newly awash with mysterious investors’ money, Legal Cheek is taking its growing army of staff...
SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION
Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with a colleague; do mix your...
THE CHAMBERS CHRISTMAS DO
Follow @debbiematthews1 A traumatised Debbie Matthews recounts some of the incredible scenes she witnessed at...
GRADUATE RECRUITMENT: ‘I WOULDN’T START FROM HERE’
Follow @legalaware Initiatives like PRIME won’t change fact current system writes off talented students far...
MORE TO LIFE THAN LAW
Follow @pondcat Law graduates’ transferable skills give them an advantage in the non-legal job market,...
TRAINING CONTRACTS NEVER GREW ON TREES
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Current tough job market made to sound even worse by frequent comparisons with...
MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?
Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good...