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11 weirdly passive aggressive things law students say to non-law students
What is it about non-law students that bring out law students' inner Katie Hopkins?
Morning round-up: Thursday 28 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Ashurst latest firm to boost trainee and junior lawyer pay
Gap emerging as "silver circle" firm's pay rises fall short of top 10 rivals
Shearman & Sterling blitzes magic circle with trainee and NQ pay rises
London office of US firm asserts pay supremacy
Southampton Uni law student drafts piss-taking health and safety instructions for microwave
Procrastination at its very best
Morning round-up: Wednesday 27 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
‘Oxford law student’ offers Obama herd of cows, sheep and goats to marry daughter
Kenyan-based young lawyer reckons 16-year-old Malia will fancy rediscovering her African roots -- and he’s prepared to pay the going rate
McKenzie friend gives budding advocates a lesson in how not to behave in court
Don’t call the other side a “lying slag” and/or “bitch” and don’t physically “face up” to barristers in court
Oxbridge takes top honours in latest law faculty league table
London’s Queen Mary trails a distant third in newspaper list, while a barrel-load of Russell Group big names disappoints
Direct access in spotlight after barrister is slapped with 11 misconduct findings
Immigration specialist vows to appeal ruling, which came after he had been named and shamed by ombudsman at the end of last year
Morning round-up: Tuesday 26 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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Defendant tells judge that Solomon the cuddly owl will defend him
Pensioner frustrated by crumbling US public defender service turns to a piece taxidermy for legal advice; lessons for UK legal aid?
Two City firms launch sci-fi recruitment tool in bid to boost diversity
Hogan Lovells and Baker & McKenzie rush to front line of technology-assisted scheme to make City legal practice more representative of wider society
The Judge Rules: The money’s good, so get it while it lasts
Junior City lawyers are bathing in big pay rises, but money isn’t everything -- just ask those in practice
A letter from Michael Gove: ‘Being Lord of The Chancellors is a really great job’
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, newly-appointed Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, writes exclusively for Legal Cheek (aided only slightly by Wigapedia)
Morning round-up: Friday 22 May
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Linklaters takes trainee pay honours for English firms — just days after Hogan Lovells shot to top spot
Magic circle firm also boosts cash for qualifying solicitors but this time falls short of transatlantic rivals and Slaughter and May
Law school exams are ‘literally worse than having my wisdom teeth extracted’
Many feel the pain, but one student’s angst over endless hours of revision and rewrites has ended up on the internet
Doughty Street barrister a pawn in Clooney prank on Pitt
Hollywood mega-star seems to think his human rights missus is a criminal law specialist, who will spring him from jail when he snaps his fingers
Vast majority of crime barristers back picket lines to oppose legal aid reforms
First challenge for newbie Justice Secretary Gove could be to dodge his way through striking lawyers looking to block “dual provider scheme”