Tag: News
‘The unacknowledged truth about advocacy is that it’s a sales job’
Casting my mind back 20 odd years to when I started out at the Bar is an uncomfortable experience. On any objective assessment I was a pompous little know-it-all...
Morning round-up: Friday 19 April
“Lawyers are treated with a little bit more respect than porn magazine editors”: Ex-features editor...
End of the day round-up
DLA Piper settles “churn that bill, baby!” dispute [New York Times] Paralegals have the same...
The Home Office’s Spelling And Punctuation Shame (In A Press Release About English Language Tests)
As spotted by 1 Crown Office Row barrister Adam Wagner.
After The BPTC Ethics Exam ‘Very Serious Issue’, Tumbleweed…
It has been a month since the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics exam,...
Court Of Appeal Judge’s Determination To Get His Best Lines In Before Retirement
Fresh from coming up with perhaps the most tortuous equine metaphor ever, soon-to-retire judge Sir...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 18 April
Training contracts down to the lowest level since 1999 [Law Society Gazette] Paralysed builder to...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Top QC: “I stared down barrel of a revolver and faced torture threats” [Nottingham Post]...
You Have To Go All The Way With The GDL – But An LLB Gives You Options
When I was 16, I received my GCSE results and discovered that I had got...
Is Flame-Grilling Your Bridges With Burger King Because You’re Going To Law School Such A Great Idea?
Once upon a time, before a bank called Lehman Brothers collapsed plunging the world into...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 17 April
Bar nursery to help women barristers with kids rise through ranks [Evening Standard] Law student...
End of the day round-up
Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding sentenced to six-month driving ban [Daily Mail] Met police planning dawn...
Law Revision #Pippatips
It’s exam time, and the legal blogosphere is awash with revision tip articles – rather...
Chat, Date Or Instruct A Barrister!
The brand association hazards for barristers promoting their services via the Evening Standard‘s small ads...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 16 April
MP plotting changes to libel laws earns thousands as a libel lawyer [The Independent] Guantánamo...
Who Needs Chambers And Partners When You’ve Got Siralan?
Experts have been predicting the demise of legal directories for years. But market leading duo...
Legal Cheek High Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories
1. How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor 2. 10 Reasons To Be Kind To...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Sir Edward Garnier MP, ex-Solicitor General, tries to amend out key sections of the Defamation...
Law Vicissitudes Meme Of The Week
DWF tells vac scheme candidates of taken-over firm Cobbetts that they need to re-apply to...
Podcast: Why Wannabe Barristers Should Do Their Time As Paralegals Before Doing The BPTC
The path from the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to paralegal purgatory is a well...
‘How Dare You Submit An Exhibit Which Has Been Stapled Not Tied?’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...