Alcohol
Law students are the biggest boozers, new research suggests
Findings shine spotlight on wellbeing and substance misuse across range of subjects
Psychoanalysis Corner: What ‘Spit Roast’ Email Says About Shamed City Boys
Alex Aldridge extracts the cries for help beneath the ‘G4 Tour Rules’ drafted by Shearman…
Escape Routes From The Law: Doing a Hollywood
For the legions of training contract hunters out there, being a lawyer is a dream….
Barrister’s Error Sees Torturers Escape Jail
As the case of fake kidnap solicitor Francis Bridgeman (pictured) illustrates, lawyers sometimes make big,…
The Most Dysfunctional Law Firm Ever?
The recently released testimony of dodgy American lawyer Scott Rothstein – sentenced to 50 years…
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I got drunk and told my colleagues I hate them’
Dear Auntie Em, At last month’s office Christmas party I got very drunk and told…
SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION
Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with a colleague; do mix your…
THE CHAMBERS CHRISTMAS DO
Follow @debbiematthews1 A traumatised Debbie Matthews recounts some of the incredible scenes she witnessed at…
‘MY WIFE, SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ME…’
Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews regrets her night out with a senior male colleague Wednesday morning….
‘READY FOR THAT DRINK, DEBS?’
Follow @debbiematthews1 Debbie Matthews on the perils of blurring the line between work and, er,…
BOOZERS: THEIR BRILLIANCE AND BAD BEHAVIOUR
Writing anonymously, a partner at a top London law firm reflects on the legal profession’s…