Category: News

Morning Round-Up: Monday 9 January

Liverpool lawyer named in US fraud class action – Liverpool Daily Post Legal Aid bill...

Jan 9 2012 8:40am

The Most Dysfunctional Law Firm Ever?

The recently released testimony of dodgy American lawyer Scott Rothstein – sentenced to 50 years...

Jan 6 2012 3:59pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 6 January

Authorities taking steps to evict regional Occupy protesters – BBC and Sheffield Star Maldives president...

Jan 6 2012 9:40am

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...

Jan 5 2012 3:14pm

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...

Jan 5 2012 1:47pm

Don’t Believe the Law School Scholarship Hype

Yesterday a press release from the College of Law appeared in my inbox, headed COLLEGE...

Jan 5 2012 11:04am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 5 January

Judge ticks off lawyers after ‘blah, blah, blah’ court note – Metro Apple ‘threatens legal...

Jan 5 2012 9:46am

Judge Hears Cases in a Pub

A pub is being used as a makeshift courtroom due to a shortage of official...

Jan 4 2012 3:44pm

Accutrainee Chief Hits Back at Critics

Follow @Accutrainee Founder of new cut-price training contract scheme responds to recent criticism from Legal...

Jan 4 2012 2:40pm

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...

Jan 4 2012 10:59am

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...

Jan 4 2012 8:48am

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...

Jan 3 2012 2:51pm

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...

Jan 3 2012 1:04pm

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...

Jan 3 2012 8:34am

THAT’S ALL FOLKS (now over to KevinP)

Newly awash with mysterious investors’ money, Legal Cheek is taking its growing army of staff...

Dec 14 2011 4:38pm

SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION

Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with a colleague; do mix your...

Dec 14 2011 1:21pm

THE CHAMBERS CHRISTMAS DO

Follow @debbiematthews1 A traumatised Debbie Matthews recounts some of the incredible scenes she witnessed at...

Dec 14 2011 10:12am

GRADUATE RECRUITMENT: ‘I WOULDN’T START FROM HERE’

Follow @legalaware Initiatives like PRIME won’t change fact current system writes off talented students far...

Dec 13 2011 3:07pm

MORE TO LIFE THAN LAW

Follow @pondcat Law graduates’ transferable skills give them an advantage in the non-legal job market,...

Dec 13 2011 9:33am

TRAINING CONTRACTS NEVER GREW ON TREES

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Current tough job market made to sound even worse by frequent comparisons with...

Dec 12 2011 2:45pm

MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?

Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good...

Dec 12 2011 9:29am