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Morning Round-Up: Friday 17 August
Apple lawyer faces ‘smoking crack’ jibe by patent judge – BBC Lawyer ordered to pay…
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How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt
Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that…
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Clarke Willmott Lawyers Accused Of ‘Shocking’ Omissions As Firm Pays Out £500K In Pro Neg Settlement
When paralysed motorcyclist Kenny Jordan took his case to Clarke Willmott, he would have expected…
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Morning Round-Up: Thursday 16 August
Christians who refused to let gay couple share a bedroom in their guesthouse to take…
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The Best Law School-Themed Animated Gifs
#WhatShouldWeCallMe is a brilliant Tumblr blog run by two anonymous law students. Most of the…
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Did Freshfields’ Olympics Sponsorship Come Out Of The Pro Bono Budget?
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s sponsorship of the Olympics cost it £10 million. The firm’s most recent…
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Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 15 August
Watch out for these four client comments – Bitter Lawyer Judiciary silenced out of court…
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Finally, The Inns Of Court Are Occupied!
During the past year the light at the end of the tunnel grew so dim…
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‘I Would Like To Extend You a Counter-Offer To Suck My Dick’: Law School Dropout’s Job Chances Scotched As Email Goes Viral
We haven’t had a legal profession viral email story since the ‘spitroast trainee’ Daniel England…
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Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 14 August
Boyfriend of a managing partner allegedly pulls gun on a vac-schemer – Above the Law…
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Taking The Piss Out Of Judges To Be Legalised
At Legal Cheek, we enjoy taking the piss out of judges. Especially when they appear…
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Judges Threatened With Disciplinary Action For Blogging About Their Day Job – Even If They Do So Anonymously
A magistrate has published on his blog what he says are new guidelines from the…
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Morning Round-Up: Monday 13 August
“Tongues were wagging in Middle Temple as Legalcheek.com (Popbitch for lawyers) tried to track down…
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Stick Or Twist? Deciding When To Call It Quits In The Hunt For a Pupillage Or Training Contract
There has been good news recently for several Legal Cheek contributors – three of whom…
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Jags And Unpaid Interns: The Two Faces Of Fly-On-The-Wall Documentary Law Firm Tuckers
‘The Briefs’, the two-part ITV criminal law firm documentary which concluded last night, sparked rage…
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Morning Round-Up: Friday 10 August
Cambridge law student makes TV debut in Wonderland: Young, Bright and on the Right –…
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How Junior Lawyers Can Get Involved In The Shoreditch Tech Start-Up Scene
Sitting in the Barley Mow pub in east London one Friday night, the conversation wandered…
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NAMED: The Bar Graduate, 27, Who Anthony Arlidge QC Has Dumped Constance Briscoe For
On Tuesday, we relayed the extraordinary news that 18 Red Lion Court veteran Anthony Arlidge…
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Morning Round-Up: Thursday 9 August
The shameful and nasty prosecution of Simon Walsh – New Statesman ‘An eye for an…
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City Lawyer Admits To ‘Trying It On’ With Woman On Edinburgh-London National Express Coach
There was a time, before the financial crisis struck, when City lawyers travelled by plane….
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Feeling Important: Possible As a Trainee Solicitor?
TheTraineeComplex continues his bid to understand life as a City law firm trainee through reference…