Tag: Solicitors
11 reasons to think twice about doing the BPTC
Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first
Latham & Watkins becomes latest firm to ‘northshore’ with Manchester support office
City law firms' quest for lower overheads and staff costs continues
Why the cab rank rule is history
There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date
Law firms ditch training contracts in favour of ‘periods of recognised training’
25-year-old term consigned to history as not-very-catchy replacement is introduced
Law firm faces tirade of Twitter abuse for standing by Oldham as Ched Evans saga rumbles on
CM Solicitors -- who act for Oldham as well as sponsoring the club -- face down social media backlash
Got a deep macho voice? Best not to become a court advocate, say researchers
Study shows that confidence is far more important than sounding testosterone-fuelled when wooing judges and juries
Manchester law firm in front line of debate over possible Ched Evans move to Oldham FC
Kit sponsorship means the firm’s name would brush up against that of the convicted rapist -- but CM Solicitors says it will not pull plug on deal if the Wales international signs on at Boundary Park
London offices of US giants follow magic circle in bringing forward vac scheme application deadlines
Deadlines for London offices of Shearman & Sterling, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell are next week -- joining handful of other firms
5 predictions for the legal profession in 2015
A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge
Robot solicitors? Firm and uni team up to apply artificial intelligence to law
Potential bad news for training contract hunters of the future ...
Law Society launches what looks like a mag for ex-jail birds — but it’s really for in-house counsel
Ludicrously-titled publication arrives as scourge of clinical negligence lawyers prepares to take Chancery Lane helm
Magic circle firms bring forward vac scheme application deadlines in battle to bag best students
Allen & Overy deadline was midnight on New Year's Eve -- leapfrogging rivals, whose deadlines fall in next few days
The 10 most-read stories of 2014
Your favourite Legal Cheek posts of the year
The Legal Cheek 2014 end of year quiz
It has been a vintage year for legal news and gossip -- but how much of it do you remember?
Christmas sing-a-long: ‘Working in a Mitchell Wonderland’
Now for a Jackson reforms-themed Christmas sing-a-long
Wannabe solicitor launches ‘class action’ against King’s College re-brand
Students fear dropping "college" from uni's name will hit prestige of their degree -- and they want compensation
Research: 43% of UK partners at magic and silver circle law firms attended Oxbridge
City law preference for Oxford and Cambridge rises at partner level
Legal pic of the day
Law firm hit by Viagra hack
There is an English court where gavels are actually used
Small wooden hammer is not restricted to the US, it emerges
A solution to the Band Aid lyrics controversy: apply them to lawyers
As the 'Do they know it's Christmas' single is criticised for its "cultural ignorance", WaitroseLaw wonders if its message would be better-suited to stressed-out lawyers
Spotted: another law graduate hustling London commuters for work
De Monfort LLB grad follows UWE law student in hitting the streets