Tag: Students
Yet another BPTC is being launched — despite chronic shortage of pupillages
BPP is controversially to bring its BPTC to Brum, despite only nine pupillage places available in all the West Midlands as of yesterday
Judges give Grayling a special birthday present — another High Court defeat
Justice Secretary gets slapped down again, this time over prisoner transfer reforms – but happy b-day, nonetheless, Chris
Lawyer left red-faced in Facebook advert typo
Today's *face palm* award goes to a US lawyer in Maryland -- but, hands up, it could happen to any of us ...
Former One Direction star Zayn Malik to be fast-tracked to bar pupillage (April Fool!)
Just days after jacking in boy band -- and with no traditional qualifications -- Zayn Malik has bagged a place at a magic circle chambers
Clifford Chance lawyers prepare to swap their suits for hoodies that are colour-coded by rank
No, it's not 1 April yet -- this is legit
Law firms run Oxbridge recruitment targets as high as 50% of trainees, says diversity chief
A senior Law Society figure claims unofficial bias in favour of elitism remains rife among City and large commercial firms
University of Law beats rivals to bag first teaching law firm licence
Nottingham left to lick its wounds as the country’s biggest law school is awarded alternative business structure status
CMS Cameron McKenna waves good-bye to 38% of spring NQs
CMS Cameron McKenna has kept just 16 of its 26 spring newly-qualified cohort, posting a comparatively woeful retention rate of 62%
Saul Goodman-style mavericks vs straight-A golden children: who will be the advocates of the future?
Is it over for the rough diamonds in law?
Pinsent Masons retains 79% of qualifying trainees
Latest City firm to put qualifying young bloods out of their misery is keeping 15 of its spring 2015 round
Revealed: How law schools’ websites looked at the dawn of the millennium
Throwback Thursday: A journey back in time through the World Wide Web -- law school edition
Strathclyde, Huddersfield, Greenwich and BPP are best unis for pro bono
Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2015 winners announced
Striking again — court defeat over legal aid cuts could see barristers back on picket line
Court backs government plans for massive cuts in number of legal aid law firms, reigniting fears that law students wanting a career in crime will have to rob banks
Exeter Uni students boss this year’s Clifford Chance ‘CV Blind’ competition
Students from Russell Group institution net 20% of vac scheme places awarded through scheme, but overall winner is from LSE
Wig for sale on the cheap: one witchdoctor former owner
Freshly-called lawyers could save a few quid by picking up second hand horsehair that a bogus witchdoctor is flogging after £1 million swindling spree
Leveson’s advice to wannabe advocates: stop bleating on about the blindingly obvious
On the eve of judging the Bar’s annual mock trial competition the President of the Queen’s Bench Division speaks exclusively to Legal Cheek
Queens University Belfast students take law soc election campaign to next level with Beyonce-inspired ad
All for the price of a bottle of vodka
Social media prankster tries to start rave in law library
Students at Sydney University law library are so busy they hardly notice the jape
Celestial gods snub legal London – City lawyers miss out on eclipse fun
Eclipse? What eclipse? That was the disappointed chorus from the heart of the legal profession planet; but Faroese lawyers were laughing
The Judge Rules: Law firm websites – bring back the good old simpler days
Modern cyber marketing is flashing, but it lacks the individualistic charm of the earlier generation
Queen Mary students are the most commercially aware wannabe lawyers in Britain
London uni wins corporate law version of University Challenge