Alex Aldridge
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Is The London Legal Walk The Shortest, Least Taxing Sponsored Walk In The History Of Sponsored Walks?
I know it’s great to raise money for worthy causes – and I’m personally very…
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#RoundMyKitchenTable: Legal Profession’s Transformation Could Be ‘King’s Cross-Like’
Within walking distance of central London, and just two hours from Paris by Eurostar, King’s…
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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 this email from another student….
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‘The Prestige Factor’: Queen Mary or Durham For Law?
Last week I received this email from a student: “The prestige factor” is a major…
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If You Put Trainee Solicitors On Housing Benefits, You Cut The Price Of Law School, Right?
Following the announcement by the Law Society that trainee solicitors on housing benefit is “not…
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Royal Charter Spurs Awed CILEX Lawyers To Remove Shoes: EXCLUSIVE PICS
The Royal Charter conferred recently upon law’s plucky underdogs, legal executives, carries great power, elevating…
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PRO BONO FAIL: Law Firms Outnumber Cases As Law Soc’s Riot Help Scheme Flops
EXCLUSIVE: It wasn’t just kids in Tottenham and Hackney who got carried away during last…
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Legal Profession Is ‘Bedazzled By The Legend Of London’
In reality, the capital’s lawyers are no better than their regional counterparts, says The Law…
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#RoundMyKitchenTable: Are Legal Bloggers Real Journalists?
Still reeling from the shock of not being included in The Independent‘s Twitter 100 list,…
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Do Trainees And Pupils ‘Contribute Nothing’?
At 2.30pm yesterday Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge was beginning to panic. The arranged guest…
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Simon Myerson QC: I’d Rather Have a Coffee Than a Pupil
‘Pupils contribute nothing to chambers during their pupillage’, writes Simon Myerson QC, so paying them…
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#RoundMyKitchenTable Exam Special: How Do You Revise And Apply For Jobs?
Taking a rare break from revising for his Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams, barrister-to-be…
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Should We Let Sleeping Judges Lie?
Alex Aldridge found it hard to stay awake while marshalling as a bright-eyed 26-year-old, so…
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Online Dating Sites For Lawyers – And Those Keen To Bag One
At a loose end on Valentine’s Day, Alex Aldridge signs up to several websites aimed…
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City Pro Bono Falls: Airfare Savings?
As City pro bono hours drop, Alasdair Stewart of pro bono charity LawWorks is buoyed…
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#RoundMyKitchenTable: Tattoos, Converting to Law in Your Late 20s & Office Politics
This week podcast hosts Alex Aldridge and Kevin Poulter are joined by Daniela Valdez, an…
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Lawyers and Tattoos: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
When I saw a picture the other day of Mexican vampire woman Maria Jose Cristerna…
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#RoundMyKitchenTable: Poulter & Aldridge Meet the Shadow Attorney General
This week on the #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast shadow Attorney-General Emily Thornberry joins journalist Alex Aldridge and…
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Occupy London Mock Trial Pics – by Noah Arjomand
*Update Saturday 21 January: Occupy has cancelled the mock trial of RBS scheduled for today*…
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#RoundMyKitchenTable: Twork Experience, Fairy Tales & City Lawyer Fat Cats
Earlier this week, law student David Woodall set out some etiquette for asking lawyers for…
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Sloppy Reporting Obscures Bar’s True Pupillage Problems
A contributing factor towards lack of diversity at the Bar, and the oversupply of wannabe…