A law student shares his last-minute TC application pain
Face down those procrastination demons
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6 ways to distract law firms from disappointing first-year results
Keep calm and carry on, says first-year law student Christianah Babajide
The great Legal Cheek debate: to post-grad gap year or to not post-grad gap year
Indulge your wanderlust, or get straight on the payroll? You decide
Legal Cheek Careers
7 pieces of advice I’d give to my junior barrister self
City Law School pro bono director Sarwan Singh on what he’s learnt on his journey from law centres and local government to academia
Advice: ‘I met my conditions for Durham, but my grades are good enough for me to re-apply to Oxbridge’
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Quitting a law degree because of a disappointing first year: a good idea?
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The Guardian’s advice to this wannabe lawyer is really bad
The ‘work’ section of Saturday’s The Guardian featured a plea… Read more »
How not to become a smart casualty at a law firm open day
Is smart casual a trap? A law firm “encourages” me… Read more »
Vac Scheme Application Forms: It’s All About The ‘Challenging Situation’ Question
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ADVICE: ‘My Writer Husband Is Demanding That I Do a Justine Thornton’
Dear Auntie Em, Since the Labour Party conference earlier this… Read more »
ADVICE: ‘How Can I Get a First Class Degree?’
‘Mike’, who has just begun an undergraduate law degree, wants… Read more »
How To Face Down Dirty Tactics During a Vac Scheme
Over the weekend, ‘The Budding Lawyer’ wrote of the dirty… Read more »
‘Does Grindr Count As An Extra-Curricular Activity?’
The other day, desperate for something memorable to put in… Read more »
ADVICE: ‘Could An Artistic Legal CV Help Me To Stand Out From The Crowd?’
Dear Auntie Em, This post on The Student Room asking… Read more »
ADVICE: Are Big Law Firms Still Old Boys’ Clubs?
I received this email from a prospective Open University law… Read more »
‘I’m Worried I Might Lose The Lucrative Part-Time Office Manager Job That Has Kept Me Afloat Through Law School’
Dear Auntie Em, To date, I have just about made… Read more »
Can You Get Into a City Law Firm From An Ex-Poly?
Can you get into a City law firm from an… Read more »
ADVICE: Your Uni Choices Are Fine, But Why The Narrow Focus On The Bar?
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If You Can’t Go To The Best Uni In Town, Should You Find a Smaller Town?
Following last week’s Queen Mary v Durham debate, I received… Read more »
‘The Prestige Factor’: Queen Mary or Durham For Law?
Last week I received this email from a student: “The… Read more »
#RoundMyKitchenTable Exam Special: How Do You Revise And Apply For Jobs?
Taking a rare break from revising for his Bar Professional… Read more »
Can One Fart in The Ladies at Work? Auntie Em Advises…
Dear Auntie Em, This one is a little bit embarrassing,… Read more »
‘I WANT TO NET A STUNNER, 25, TOO!’ Auntie Em Advises…
Dear Auntie Em, I read with great interest your piece… Read more »
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: Learning the office politics game
Follow @emilyjupp Dear Auntie Em, I’ve started recently as a… Read more »
Escape Routes From The Law: Doing a Hollywood
For the legions of training contract hunters out there, being… Read more »
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: I wish I’d never started the LPC
Follow @emilyjupp Hi Auntie Em, I’m midway through the Legal… Read more »
Keeping Up With Law’s ‘Made in Chelsea’ Set
LPC student Cat Pond doesn’t fancy joining the Sloanes, but… Read more »
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I got drunk and told my colleagues I hate them’
Follow @emilyjupp Dear Auntie Em, At last month’s office Christmas… Read more »
SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION
Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with… Read more »
TRAINING CONTRACTS NEVER GREW ON TREES
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Current tough job market made to sound even… Read more »
MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?
Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a… Read more »
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I just love saying ‘going forward’!’
Follow @emilyjupp Dear Auntie Em, I consider myself a well… Read more »
#RoundMyKitchenTable: LAWYERS AND PR
Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge, whose flat’s… Read more »
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People are poking fun at The Times after it described the Offences Against the Person Act as a ‘Victorian-era law’ 
City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis 
Paralegal who worked for two firms at the same time barred from legal profession 
Tieless at Travers: City law firm ditches corporate dress code in favour of new casual approach 
Strictly Come Dancing: Glasgow law graduate and ex-corporate lawyer Susan Calman announced as contestant
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‘I’ve got an offer from Slaughter and May AND Freshfields – who should I choose?’ (135)
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A reply to top lawyer David Greene, from the Cambridge students he called ‘arrogant’ (61)
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Mass exodus at Mansfield 1 Gray’s Inn Square as 20 barristers join Goldsmith Chambers (51)
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Future lawyer daughter of top QC in acid attack shame (41)
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City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis (29)
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