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Law firm rues its creation of fictional ‘Mr Thikas Toosh Ortplanks’ character

Solicitors coined £77m from personal injury claims, but it didn’t stop them taking the Micky out of miners

Jul 22 2014 2:51pm

Lawyers at Bar National Mock Trial Competition urge students to look beyond criminal Bar

Citizenship Foundation's Bar Mock Trial final sees Northern Ireland's Aquinas Grammar School win national junior advocacy crown. But assembled top lawyers warn wannabes of plight of criminal Bar, and encourage them to explore other areas.

Mar 27 2014 9:34am

8 reasons why wannabe lawyers shouldn’t go to uni

As increasing numbers of top law firms introduce apprenticeship programmes, we consider the arguments in favour of entering the legal profession straight from school.

Mar 5 2014 10:46am

Full text: Pupil barrister’s brilliant #OneBarOneVoice speech

23 Essex Street pupil barrister Hannah Evans (pictured) was the star of Saturday's 'One Bar One Voice' event after revealing the reality of on the Bar's bottom rung for "ordinary" people.

Feb 10 2014 9:47am

‘There is a life after the criminal Bar’

Weber Shandwick head of public affairs Alex Deane doesn’t regret his time scraping a living...

Jan 17 2014 9:45am

A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol

A Festive Fable PART ONE The legal profession was dead, to begin with. Christopher Scrooge...

Dec 11 2013 12:23pm

‘Although the choices you make in your twenties matter, they are rarely life threatening’

Barrister-turned-cartoonist Alex Williams feared expulsion when he cheated on a piece of work that his...

Oct 11 2013 11:04am

‘I didn’t get tenancy after my first pupillage, or my second or third’

After Catherine Rowlands’ first chambers’ Tooks-style collapse, a spell in the regions working in magistrates’...

Sep 27 2013 9:38am

John McCririck’s use of anti-discrimination legislation heralds the end of irony

Legal Cheek’s new columnist WaitroseLaw is dismayed by John McCririck’s use of a forthcoming employment...

Jul 4 2013 12:44pm

Jobless Law Graduate’s Online Begging Campaign To Pay Off His Student Debts Ends In Disappointment

In October we reported on a US law graduate’s bid to pay off his massive...

Dec 4 2012 10:42am

In Which Country Do Lawyers Earn The Most? (Clue: It Isn’t Britain)

First, the good news: British lawyers pull in more cash than their counterparts in economic...

Sep 21 2012 9:28am

‘Rushing More Ethnic Minority Students Into Pupillage Could Cause Culture Clash’

OccupyTheInns cautions against a “knee-jerk” reaction to a study that found ethnic minority students are...

May 10 2012 2:20pm

Minimum Pupillage Award ‘Limits Flow Of Talent To The Bar’

Keep the minimum wage for trainee solicitors, but scrap it for pupil barristers, argues OccupyTheInns...

Apr 19 2012 9:45am

Killing Time In Pre-Pupillage Purgatory

Pupillage-less prospective barrister Jack Smith is wary of forking out yet more cash on a...

Mar 27 2012 9:58am