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Morning Round-Up: Friday 30 March

Lindsay Lohan can’t contain her joy as she hugs lawyer during her final hearing –...

Mar 30 2012 7:42am

The Times Mistakenly Features Barrister In Story – And 2 Days Later Still Hasn’t Removed Her Name

On Monday, Lucy Reed, a barrister at St John’s Chambers in Bristol, was surprised to...

Mar 28 2012 8:33am

City Lawyer In Dog Murder Stalking Riddle

Baffled police are attempting to figure out why Graeme Francis, a solicitor at Keystone Law,...

Mar 22 2012 3:53pm

Trainee Solicitors Could Earn Just £5,408 a Year If Minimum Wage Scrapped

Trainee solicitors could be re-classified as apprentices – and see their salaries tumble to just...

Mar 22 2012 12:57pm

‘I’m Worried Having a Blog Could Repel Chambers’

King’s College law student Yi Bin Woh reckons Lord Neuberger’s recent warning to judges about...

Mar 21 2012 10:34am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 21 March

Mills & Reeve advises on ‘law school of the future’ – Business Weekly Freelance law...

Mar 21 2012 8:54am

‘He Told Me He Was a Human Rights Lawyer…’

Legal Cheek’s new online dating correspondent InkSplinter on the evening she found out that pensions...

Mar 20 2012 1:55pm

Lord Neuberger Slams Judges For Appearing on MasterChef

Never upstage the boss. And that rule applies double when your boss is Master of...

Mar 19 2012 11:23am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 19 March

Family forced out of dream home after solicitors run off with their £400K life savings...

Mar 19 2012 11:17am

Morning Round-Up: Friday 16 March

The International Criminal Court is, by any objective measurement, racist. So why do liberals love...

Mar 16 2012 8:28am

Legal Profession Is ‘Bedazzled By The Legend Of London’

In reality, the capital’s lawyers are no better than their regional counterparts, says The Law...

Mar 13 2012 12:53pm

David ‘Scrap The QC System’ Wolfe QC Is STILL Fuming

Rule one of PR: you can’t shut the stable door after the horse has bolted....

Mar 13 2012 10:54am

EXCLUSIVE: Freshfields Celebrates International Women’s Day With Cake-Baking Competition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which has one of the lowest percentages of female partners (12%) of...

Mar 9 2012 1:28pm

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 7 March

Strauss-Kahn hotel maid lawyer set to join Cambridge protest – Cambridge News Crooked solicitor smuggled...

Mar 7 2012 8:58am

Lunch with Legal Cheek: Mark Stephens

You can change the world through law, star media lawyer Mark Stephens tells Emily Jupp,...

Mar 6 2012 1:59pm

The Sun Launches X-Factor-Style Law School and Training Contract Competition

In a move that some may view as a sign of the legal profession going...

Mar 6 2012 9:50am

Pupillage In The Provinces? Thanks, But No Thanks

London-based pupillage hunter OccupyTheInns thinks taking a position in the regions could be a bad...

Mar 2 2012 1:23pm

Michael Mansfield QC: ‘The Johnny Depp Of The Legal World’

“Radical; vegetarian; socialist. These three words are rarely used in conjunction with lawyers, but these...

Feb 29 2012 12:01pm

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 23 February

Should animals be afforded the same legal rights as humans? – Daily Mail St Paul’s...

Feb 23 2012 8:55am

Are City Law Firms Dominated by Posh Lad Culture?

Some firms have a strong penchant for rugby types like ‘spit-roast’ email trainee Daniel England;...

Feb 20 2012 10:20am

Time For Barristers To Put Hands in Their Pockets

Pupillage should be the test for Bar wannabes, not interviews – and wealthy barristers should...

Feb 15 2012 11:34am