Tag: Students
BPP boss tweets — then deletes — photo of him and ‘BPP Law School parent’ Tony Blair
Yesterday BPP chief Carl Lygo tweeted this photo of himself grinning next to a less...
Barrister crosses that not-so-fine line between ‘fearless advocacy’ and ‘courtroom anarchy’
The juicy content of the final Court of Appeal judgment of outgoing Lord Chief Justice...
‘I didn’t get tenancy after my first pupillage, or my second or third’
After Catherine Rowlands’ first chambers’ Tooks-style collapse, a spell in the regions working in magistrates’...
Ill-thought through university law faculty advert of the week
It seems that no one at Bradford University anticipated the comic effect of someone actually...
Law student told he can’t board EasyJet flight after slamming airline on Twitter
A Strathclyde University PhD law student has sparked a PR nightmare for easyJet after a...
The legal profession’s first tweets
It’s easy to forget that today’s highly-accomplished legal Twitterati members were once callow social media...
Podcast: ‘Should I call off my hunt for a training contract?’
A year after finishing the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Queen Mary University of London...
Starting law school #Pippatips
The BPP Law School Twitter account has spent the last week tweeting some of the...
‘If you forget that everything can be taken away from you at a moment’s notice, you’ll be in trouble’
In a line of work that’s not exactly secure, it’s helpful to gain early experience...
‘If you forget that everything can be taken away from you at a moment’s notice, you’ll be in trouble’
In a line of work that’s not exactly secure, it’s helpful to gain early experience...
Law student alienates coursemates with bizarre mass email berating them for eating in lectures — coursemates leak email…
A Canadian law student has got off to a bad start to the academic year...
Pupillage-less BPTC grad among the ‘25 most influential Londoners aged under 25′
There’s no doubt that Gabrielle Turnquest‘s achievement in becoming the youngest person to be called...
The 10 best law student meltdowns on Vine
While lawyers have been slow to embrace iPhone app Vine, law students have seized upon...
Exeter University confirms that it was one of its professors who had his law lecture remixed
As universities return for autumn, beware, lecturers, of the smartphone-wielding student with video-editing skills. And,...
Starting pupillage: ‘So much to learn but hopefully a chance to teach a little too’
Two years after being called to the Bar, OccupyTheInns prepares to become a fully-fledged barrister...
‘No I don’t want to take that file home this weekend, why don’t you do it Mr Head of Department?’
UCL legal academic Richard Moorhead wonders if his rocky spell in private practice would have...
Video: Clifford Chance trainee in ‘f*cking people over for money’ YouTube boast
A Clifford Chance trainee is in serious trouble after he was filmed boasting about his...
What lawyers can learn from legal dramas
As the return of hit BBC barrister series Silk nears, WaitroseLaw considers the practical lessons...
Event: If I knew then what I know now — at the Google Campus
On the evening of Thursday 10th October six authors of posts in Legal Cheek‘s ‘If...
10 things to do before starting law school that are mostly enjoyable
Columnist and academic Professor Gary Slapper recommends ten ways for law students to grasp the bigger picture before they become mired in the detail of study
Incorrect tweet forces BPP to reveal how many of its grads bagged training contracts
Lawyer2B has a piece today detailing the employment rates of the biggest Legal Practice Course...