Tag: Students

Law firm faces Twitter accusation of plagiarising newspaper articles

Legal commentator doyen Joshua Rozenberg leads the charge against a high street practice that appears to have a penchant for lifting other writers’ words

Aug 20 2014 12:38pm

Official survey: bar students are rubbish at ethics

Latest figures show tumbling pass rates on vocational course exam -- with bar regulators scratching their heads over the cause

Aug 19 2014 2:53pm

Exclusive interview: Judge Rinder on life as Britain’s newest reality TV star

2 Hare Court barrister Rob Rinder talks to Legal Cheek about being the UK’s answer to Judge Judy

Aug 15 2014 9:08am

An 8 step Pinterest guide to what to wear during legal work experience

King’s College London student Jessy Howard reports from the mini-pupillage and law firm work placement front line via Legal Cheek‘s new ‘Lawyer Looks’ Pinterest board

Aug 14 2014 10:06am

Wannabe lawyers face tough choices in the Clearing ‘transfer window’

Decisions could be swayed by trends in law firm graduate recruitment such as 'CV blind'

Aug 14 2014 9:40am

This House of Cards parody about the battle to land a training contract is amazing

Law student blackmails and kills to secure job at top firm

Aug 12 2014 10:02am

Law student who claimed benefits while at uni is given even more work to do

This is what happens when you don't cancel jobseeker's allowance after starting law school...

Aug 11 2014 9:18am

Political blog Guido Fawkes attacks Oxford Uni Labour club chair for doing vac schemes at top City law firms

Law student's social media footprint used by popular right-wing blog to make 'champagne socialism' accusations that don't quite hit the mark

Aug 7 2014 12:23pm

Revealed: the really badly written and fake-sounding LPC scam emails that have spurred SRA warning

Legal Cheek has obtained copies of the LPC funding scam emails that have prompted the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to issue a warning to wannabe lawyers

Aug 6 2014 9:54am

Legal pic of the day

On today's centenary of the start of the first world war, this photo shows members of the Inns of Court Regiment being drilled in Hertfordshire during the conflict

Aug 4 2014 3:31pm

Now there are 3 big law firms offering more training contracts than they did last year

First White & Case and Burges Salmon nudged up their trainee numbers, and now — Legal Cheek can reveal — Clyde & Co is increasing its quota substantially

Aug 4 2014 8:59am

A window into wannabe barristers’ torment on Pupillage Offer Day

Bag a pupillage and you’ve made it into the secret garden of the bar; fail and you’re just another BPTC grad sucker — no wonder wannabe barristers are nervous today

Aug 1 2014 1:45pm

An opportunity for law graduates on National Orgasm Day

Of course National Orgasm Day has a legal angle

Jul 31 2014 4:16pm

Death of the training contract — solicitors’ regulator reforms rules to boost paralegal entry

A key historic plank of the solicitor qualification process is dying -- but the training contract is going not with a bang, but a whimper

Jul 30 2014 11:38am

Law: the fantasy Vs the reality

Life as a solicitor or barrister isn't always what it seems

Jul 29 2014 9:18am

Can you help find missing Nottingham Uni law student Tom Nixon?

Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a missing law student

Jul 28 2014 3:37pm

Research: young barristers are much cleverer than older ones

New figures give weight to the suspicion that the senior bar is full of not-so-bright slackers from privileged backgrounds

Jul 28 2014 11:28am

The spiritual home of Wednesbury Unreasonableness is for sale

West Midlands cinema at heart of Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp goes on the market

Jul 28 2014 9:48am

This sign for the toilets in the Royal Courts of Justice goes beyond everyday sexism

Female advocates, male non-advocates and wheelchair users are all flummoxed by this sign for the toilets at the Royal Courts of Justice

Jul 25 2014 1:55pm

Mayer Brown confirms drop in training contract numbers from 20 to 15 since 2012

Reduction in trainee numbers has taken place over two years as part of a bid to boost firm's retention rate

Jul 25 2014 1:04pm