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Mar 5 2012 12:30pm

Law Student Branded ‘Slut’ By Talk Show Host Gets Obama Call

The following would never happen in Britain… On 23 February, Georgetown Law School student Sandra...

Mar 5 2012 10:15am

Pupillage In The Provinces? Thanks, But No Thanks

London-based pupillage hunter OccupyTheInns thinks taking a position in the regions could be a bad...

Mar 2 2012 1:23pm

BREAKING NEWS: Fire Alarm LPC Students WON’T Be Required To Re-Sit Exam

Good news for LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University whose business law and practice...

Mar 2 2012 10:33am

Has Training Contract Gloom Become Self-Reinforcing?

The atmosphere of negativity in the legal profession towards graduate recruitment is getting out of...

Mar 1 2012 2:28pm

‘Dear Me, Don’t Go to Law School’

Law students from the University of Calgary have made a brilliant video warning about the...

Feb 29 2012 8:37am

Should Law Schools Refund Students if They Can’t Get a Job?

In a move that may interest jobless British law graduates and the bigwigs on the...

Feb 28 2012 2:50pm

EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Providers’ Wildly Differing Exam Lengths Provoke Unfairness Accusations

BPTC students are up in arms about the wildly differing lengths of exam times between...

Feb 28 2012 10:31am

Does Studying Law Destroy Your Soul?

Until recently LPC student Cat Pond was an empathetic, liberal type, but the law has...

Feb 27 2012 1:00pm

EXCLUSIVE: Fire Alarm Causes LPC Exam To Be Abandoned Mid-Way Through

LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University are in limbo after a fire alarm went...

Feb 27 2012 9:37am

LPC Student In ‘I HATE COLLEGE OF LAW’ Facebook Rant

The College of Law’s Facebook page is usually a happy place, where wannabe lawyers post...

Feb 24 2012 10:22am

#RoundMyKitchenTable Exam Special: How Do You Revise And Apply For Jobs?

Taking a rare break from revising for his Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams, barrister-to-be...

Feb 17 2012 10:41am

Camilla Becomes Honorary Barrister – as BPTC Fees Rise to £16.5K For The Proles

As the cost of doing the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) rises another notch to...

Feb 16 2012 3:38pm

#RoundMyKitchenTable: Tattoos, Converting to Law in Your Late 20s & Office Politics

This week podcast hosts Alex Aldridge and Kevin Poulter are joined by Daniela Valdez, an...

Feb 3 2012 3:33pm

Is The LNAT Fit For Purpose?

Barrister-to-be Jack Smith, whose LNAT score didn’t correspond with his other academic results, isn’t convinced...

Feb 2 2012 2:02pm

Son of ‘End of Lawyers’ Author Susskind is…a Law Student

Like the popular astrologist Shelley von Strunckel, legal futurologist Richard Susskind OBE makes his living...

Jan 26 2012 11:42am

What Are Law Recruitment Fairs For?

The trauma of the City law milkround drove law graduate Jade Ferguson to explore other...

Jan 25 2012 5:00pm

LSE Students in Freedom of Expression Battle as They Refuse to Remove Jesus and Mohammed Cartoons

The London School of Economics (LSE) Student Union Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society (LSESU ASH)...

Jan 24 2012 12:59pm

Alternative Careers: Working for a Legal Charity

LawWorks’ Alasdair Stewart on why there’s more to life than training contracts When I started...

Jan 23 2012 9:50am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: Twork Experience, Fairy Tales & City Lawyer Fat Cats

Earlier this week, law student David Woodall set out some etiquette for asking lawyers for...

Jan 20 2012 10:26am

Wannabe Lawyer Sends Letter of Rejection To Oxford Uni

A state-school pupil who was invited to Oxford University for an interview for a place...

Jan 19 2012 10:46pm