Tag: Students
Are there really no lawyers called Charmaine or Kylie?
Ex-Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins reckons that the legal profession is an area of life that...
Law Society ditches ‘legal executive of the year’ prize as new path emerges to rival training contract
For the first time since 2008 there will be no ‘legal executive of the year’...
The Guardian’s advice to this wannabe lawyer is really bad
The ‘work’ section of Saturday’s The Guardian featured a plea for help from a wannabe...
Unfunded pupillages are back
For ten years now, it has been compulsory for chambers to pay their pupils. But...
Save UK Justice petition gets its 100,000th signature – pressure on government goes up a notch
A major House of Commons debate on the government’s proposals to reform legal aid is...
Don’t choose a career because it ‘sounds cool’ — but do cool things after you’ve chosen it
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
‘A golden opportunity to promote the cause of talent has been missed’
In not distinguishing between graduates of Russell Group and non-traditional universities, the Legal Education and...
You’re fired! Dynamo Legal founder crashes out of the Apprentice in storm of criticism about his foray into the law
New legal franchise brand Dynamo Legal has missed out on a £250,000 investment after its...
The key points of the Legal Education and Training Review explained in 10 tweets
For those who don’t fancy wading through the traditional legal press’s long-winded deconstructions of the...
Anger as Tooks withdraws 2014 pupillage places after it had accepted applications
Top legal aid set Tooks Chambers has withdrawn two 2014 pupillage places for which it...
‘Don’t sweat the small stuff, do sweat the big stuff – and learn to tell the difference’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
Controversial ‘Rate Your Lecturer’ website features 3 law lecturers in its Top 10
Since it launched at the beginning of the month, RateYourLecturer.co.uk has aroused the ire of...
Could the ‘Desk Safari’ craze spread to law?
So far, justice secretary Chris Grayling is the only representative of the legal profession to...
Judicial ‘Pepsi Challenge’ fails as law students are unable to identify judges’ gender from their anonymised rulings
Durham University law students’ attempt to tell the gender of a judge on the basis...
Law students among the most mentally stable of undergraduates at top uni
A survey of Cambridge University undergraduates’ mental health has, comfortingly for the future of the...
Legal typos: 7 absolute howlers
Oh how we clinical negligence practitioners laughed when a pfannenstiel incision — which is a...
How I became a tech start-up lawyer
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
Bristol Uni law student who swore at police avoids criminal record after representing himself in court
In this difficult moment for wannabe lawyers, where work experience is so scarce that a...
Wannabe lawyer in vile Dunkin’ Donuts rant
Note to law students: avoid becoming carried away by a newfound knowledge of “your rights”...
Freshfields: ‘no confidential material used’ by trainee who sold ‘inside tips’ to magic circle hopefuls
Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has concluded its investigation into the trainee behind controversial...
The Freshfields trainee selling insider training contract interview tips for £150 a pop
Exclusive: NailThatTrainingContract.co.uk appeared online a few days ago. It offers “inside tips from a current...