Tag: News
The Bar Conference In Tweets: Most Retweeted, Most Eye-Catching, Most Amusing
Amid the mutual back-slapping at Saturday’s 27th annual Bar conference, there was gossip, intrigue and...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 12 November
Police arrest man for posting picture of burning a poppy [Kent Police via David Allen...
End Of The Day Round-Up
“Barrister quotes Shakespeare while trying to chat up attractive Probation officer. Didn’t catch the quote,...
Privileged Colleagues Who Don’t Need To Self-Publicise ‘Will Always Resent You For It’
Ed note: This is the third in a series of posts where leading members of...
Leaving Clifford Chance: A Mother’s Departure Email
The email reproduced below, by a female associate departing from Clifford Chance’s Washington DC office,...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 9 November
Star of lawyer documentary The Briefs Franklin Sinclair cheats death in ‘freak waves’ horror on...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Law produces the most psychopaths of any profession [Huffington Post] Bored lawyers break into a...
Lawyer Jailed After Allegedly Drawing Penis Graffiti All Over The Walls Of His Former Law Firm
A disbarred personal injury lawyer, who has been charged with stealing clients’ money, has been...
Junior Barrister Follows In Obama’s Footsteps By Becoming Top Ranked Post In Reddit’s ‘IAmA’ Section – But Who Is He?
Yesterday, an anonymous junior barrister (whose ID card is pictured below) found himself the talk...
Is This The Least Professional ‘How To Become a Solicitor’ Video Ever Made?
In this clip placed on YouTube on Monday, which charts the required steps to becoming...
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 8 November
Barrister celebrates 90th birthday in…court [Joshua Rozenberg via Twitter] UK’s relationship with the Council of...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Teen escapes jail after vile April Jones Facebook jibe [Worcester News] Justice Secretary Chris Grayling...
The Cyberbullying Perils Of Having a Wikipedia Page When You’re a Law Student
Julian Dibbell is an author and writer for Wired, The New York Times and Village...
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 7 November
Alternative careers: Obama wins battle of the law graduates – full transcript of his election...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Ched Evans appeals rape conviction [The Telegraph] Barrister: Cocaine smuggling plot allegations are revenge for...
Secretaries Rage At Firm’s ‘Nazi’-Style Fingerprint Regime
Secretaries at the Canadian affiliate of UK giant DAC Beachcroft are fuming after the law...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 6 November
The presidential race: a heavily weighted coin flip [The Economist] Democrats, Republicans lawyer-up for US...
End Of The Day Round-Up
No. 10 said to be looking for a judge after Tom Watson alleges “concerted establishment...
Bar Course Aptitude Test Delayed Yet Again
Legal Futures, 25 July 2012, on the introduction of the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT):...
A City Lawyer Remembers It’s National Pro Bono Week…
There’s a list of the events taking place this week at ProBonoUK.
Ex-Simmons Solicitor Who Blew £1m In Divorce Battle Against Fellow City Lawyer Pitches For Family Law Reform Role
Between them, former Simmons & Simmons associate Anna Kavanagh and her ex-husband, Holman Fenwick Willan...