Tag: Solicitors
Bad Legal Aid Omen Of The Week
Go to the Ministry of Justice website, scroll to the bottom – and in the ‘Topics’...
Solicitors Regulation Authority Fuses Judaism And Islam To Create New Religion
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) latest diversity survey has an eye-catching new ‘Jewish Muslim’ option...
REVEALED: The Original South Korean ‘Lawyers Gangnam Style’ Video
When Southampton University law student Tommy Chuang posted his brilliant ‘Lawyer Style’ video on YouTube...
Leaked Email: Hogan Lovells Partner Orders Associates To Be At Their Desks By 9am – Even If They’ve Been Working Late
Corporate lawyers pride themselves on being able to swan into work late. The trade off,...
Shearman & Sterling: ‘We Never Offered Email Scandal Trainee An NQ Solicitor Job; He Resigned Over The Summer’
Yesterday we brought you news of the updated LinkedIn profile of Shearman & Sterling ‘spit...
Isn’t It Great To Be Back At Work!
Meanwhile on Twitter lawyers share their 2013 pain…
A Year In Stories: The Best Legal Cheek Posts Of 2012
We’ll be back on Wednesday 2 January. In the meantime, here are some of our...
Just When You Thought Personal Injury Law Couldn’t Get Any Classier…‘Pimp My Claim’ Arrives
“After 16 years practising personal injury law I have now seen it all,” wrote Zenith...
2012: ‘The Year Social Media Made It Onto The Legal Map’
Over a bottle or two of the finest Tesco Value red wine, the Legal Cheek...
‘I Fear That I Was Too Ready To Treat The View Of The Experienced As Gospel’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
‘Can You Be A Lawyer With Tattoos?’ Asks Wannabe Barrister Professor Green
And the answer to rapper Professor Green’s question, which he asked the other day on...
Ex-Eastenders and Strictly Star Chris Parker On His Frustration With Law Firms’ A-Level Obsession
After spending his 20s as an actor, rising to fame in Eastenders and Strictly Come...
Solicitor Wows Polar Explorer With Hilarious Christmas Card
Ben Saunders, the third person in history to reach the North Pole alone and on...
JOB ALERT: Clinical Negligence Paralegal
From Baby Barristers: a top London law firm seeks a paralegal for its clinical negligence...
‘I Naïvely Believed That If I Performed Well I Would Be Rewarded Accordingly’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
A Tesco Law Metaphor? Law Firm’s YouTube Christmas Card In Which Its Solicitors Are Wiped Out By Huge Snowball
Is the wintry mini-disaster movie created by Bhayani Bracewell in its YouTube Christmas card an...
Lord McAlpine’s Solicitor Warns Wannabes Off Career In Law
We picked up today’s The Times interview (£) with Lord McAlpine’s solicitor, Andrew Reid, in...
Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Learn To ‘Pivot’
Initially, I wasn’t sure about applying this idea to the realm of legal careers –...
Solicitor In N-Word Row
Earlier this week a letter was published by a newspaper in Stoke which took issue...
Better Late Than Never: Lawyers – Gangnam Style
Yesterday University of Southampton law student Tommy Chuang released ‘Lawyer Style’ – as far as...
Will The ‘New Twitter’ Take Off Among Lawyers?
Back in 2008-09, the legal tweeting community was widely looked down upon, its members derided...