Tag: Blogs
‘The Chances You Don’t Take Are The Ones You Regret’
Ed note: This is the first in a series of posts where leading members of...
Happy Birthday: Legal Cheek Is One
A year ago today we launched with this post from Android. Since then, the site...
Fake QC Who Offered Bogus Pupillages Was Campaign Manager Of PCC Candidate Mervyn Barrett, Claims Solicitor
This is one of those ‘Wow, just wow!’ stories. It has two strands, which come...
Please, No More ‘Nietzsche And The Law’! Why Americans Are Looking Enviously At The GDL Route To Legal Qualification
In comparison to our odd system of legal education – which sprawls haphazardly from the...
Arab Lawyers Union’s Reported Decision To Honour Law Student Suicide Bomber Could Spark UK Response
A story has been doing the rounds on Twitter and in the Blogosphere over the...
ADVICE: ‘My Writer Husband Is Demanding That I Do a Justine Thornton’
Dear Auntie Em, Since the Labour Party conference earlier this month, my husband has been...
How Weird And Frightening Should You Be Allowed To Be On Twitter Before You Get Prosecuted?
Yesterday’s debate on free speech vs regulation of social media – held at London’s Free...
‘Senior Partners At Major Law Firms Can’t Afford To Live In Central London’, Claims Top US Lawyer
Mark Herrmann, a senior in-house lawyer at multinational company Aon, has recently moved to London...
Through The Keyhole Of Matrix Barrister Thomas Kibling’s Spectacular East London Home
Matrix employment law barrister Thomas Kibling has a very cool pad…
Entry To The Bar: ‘Let The Cream Rise To The Top’
OccupyTheInns disagrees with the call made by Mr Justice Burton at Saturday’s Young Bar Conference...
Young Bar Chief’s ‘Be The Best’ Cry Has a Hollow Ring To It
David Nicholls, the chairman of the Young Barristers’ Committee (YBC), has issued a call for...
Legal Cheek’s Poetry Corner
To mark National Poetry Day, we put out a call on Twitter for law-related verse....
ADVICE: ‘How Can I Get a First Class Degree?’
‘Mike’, who has just begun an undergraduate law degree, wants to know what it takes...
All 3 Previous Non-Lawyer Lord Chancellors Ended Up In Tower Of London, Lord Chief Justice Tells Chris Grayling
Chris Grayling, the new hard-line Lord Chancellor, isn’t the kind of guy who naturally elicits...
Five YouTube Clips Every Wannabe Barrister Should Watch
Pupil barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns reveals some unlikely heroes as he advises Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)...
Twitter Set To Drive ‘Free-Of-Charge Ferrari Through The Horse And Cart World Of Law’
A Twitter legal advice experiment taking place today could prove a turning point for the...
The Graduate Diploma in Law: At First It Makes You Happy…
Assorted scenes from week one, term one, of the GDL And a taster of week...
How To Survive The Bar Professional Training Course
After finally securing a pupillage over the summer, OccupyTheInns returns to offer his words of...
10 Legal Twitter Names That Are Tragically Going To Waste – And 5 Gems Still Up For Grabs
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Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: Mini-Pupillage…On a Sunday
At first, GDL student Anastasia Steal doubts the wisdom of Christopher Grey QC’s insistence that...