Tag: Students

Students campaign for Bristol law school to be renamed over its links with slave trade

They claim Henry Wills, who the building is named after, is a ‘slave profiteer’

Mar 30 2017 9:11am

Trial of Southampton law student accused of Valentine’s Day manslaughter begins

Russell Group LLB-er alleged to have killed a father-of-ten with one punch

Mar 29 2017 10:24am

U-turn: Westminster law student behind ‘rent a final year’ website no longer allowing ‘active students’ to give legal advice

Fraser Matcham has released a statement following criticism from lawyers and Legal Cheek commenters

Mar 28 2017 10:36am

Exclusive: LSE students outraged after property law exam is brought forward by a whole month

And then moved back to its original date days later

Mar 27 2017 2:30pm

Interview: 2010 non-law grads who worked in the City after graduating explain why they are becoming lawyers

Duo will begin training contracts at Shearman & Sterling next year

Mar 27 2017 1:21pm

Plymouth High School for Girls pupils crowned Bar Mock Trial champions

Devon sixth formers emerge victorious in final presided over by Sir Brian Leveson

Mar 27 2017 12:19pm

BSB approves radical reforms that could see BPTC split in two and law school attendance made OPTIONAL

Over 500 barristers signed an open letter in support of the proposals

Mar 24 2017 12:33pm

LPC and GDL provider is using gushing testimonials from imaginary students to flog its pricey courses

Maria thinks the course is ‘innovative’ and Zara says it works ‘really well’ for her

Mar 24 2017 12:19pm

Law student undergrads are more Tory than law student postgrads

But a Legal Cheek survey reveals practising lawyers would vote Liberal Democrats if an election was called tomorrow

Mar 24 2017 9:11am

Westminster law student launches ‘rent a final year’ website for struggling litigants-in-person

Students will act as McKenzie friends, for up to £100 a day

Mar 23 2017 11:39am

It will cost you over £500 more to do the LPC this year than it would have done last year

2017/2018 price list shows fees up by as much as 11% at some universities

Mar 20 2017 1:38pm

If there was an election tomorrow, who would you vote for?

With rumours of a snap election on 4 May gathering pace, take Legal Cheek’s survey here

Mar 20 2017 10:40am

Average BPTC fee drops by just £72 as law schools release 2017/18 prices

ULaw cuts course cost by 8% but Northumbria and Cardiff increase theirs by 6%

Mar 17 2017 1:51pm

And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards are…

Osborne Clarke and Baker McKenzie each bag brace as Burges Salmon scoops overall award and Slaughter and May wins ‘Most Admired’

Mar 17 2017 12:54pm

Extract from Lord Denning book describing Sir William Blackstone as ‘too fat’ surfaces online

Statute books' namesake apparently did 'no exercise' and 'ate too much'

Mar 17 2017 9:05am

Linklaters completes magic circle’s spring retention season with solid 86% result

The outfit's new associates will be based in London, Hong Kong and Dubai

Mar 16 2017 1:13pm

Norton Rose Fulbright unveils spring retention rate of 83%

Twenty trainees have accepted full-time associate roles at the global giant

Mar 16 2017 10:06am