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Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party
Subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) from this note sent over the weekend are particular highlights...
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Training contract offers: how they once looked
Over the weekend BKRW Solicitors' Oliver Kirk tweeted this picture of his training contract offer — from 1993. The bit about the coal is a joke, right? Follow @Kirkabout // <![CDATA[...
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Just when you thought national newspaper picture editors couldn’t select a...
They've all been at it lately. Last month the Guardian committed the relatively minor offence of illustrating a story about criminal barristers with a picture of the Civil Procedure Rules. Next The...
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The number of students enrolling on the LPC is down 8.4% this year — with the...
Amid continued concerns about the numbers of training contracts available, fewer students are doing the full-time Legal Practice Course (LPC) than at any time in recent history. According to new...
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Kingston Crown Court unveils a lunch deal of such complexity that even...
Can anyone decipher the meaning of Kingston Crown Court's incredibly complicated lunch deal? As spotted by criminal barrister @lozhockers, who of the scampi, yogurt and coffee combo writes: "I...
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Frontman of company seeking to ‘revolutionise’ criminal law makes...
Last night on Twitter the public face of a heavily-hyped new legal market entrant launched an extraordinary — and completely unfounded — personal attack on a barrister who had tweeted a Daily Mirror...
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12 of the least glamorous court buildings in England and Wales
Certain courts will never grace the pages of glossy law school brochures — with good reason... Leyland Magistrates' Court: dystopian. Luton Crown Court: more Barratt Homes than Old Bailey. Milton...
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Podcast: Do you have a better chance of landing a training contract if you do...
The growing separation between recovering London and the struggling rest of the country poses an interesting question for wannabe lawyers: is it currently an advantage to be studying in the capital —...
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A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol
A Festive Fable PART ONE The legal profession was dead, to begin with. Christopher Scrooge signed the burial certificate at the fixed-fee funeral, so there was no doubt about it. It was as dead as a...
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How to ace a winter vac scheme
After navigating the tortuous application process... ...you've made it onto a prized winter vac scheme. But now what? Norton Rose Fulbright graduate recruitment head Caroline Lindner explains to Legal...
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Cool off this unseasonably warm December with an ‘ice cream with lawyer’
All these enticing scoops of ice cream lack are some solicitor and barrister sprinkles... As spotted by @jajahetismewat.
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A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The Barrister Hottie Ghost of Christmas Past
Waitrose Law returns with the second instalment of her legal profession festive fable (part one is here) PART TWO After the spirit departed, Scrooge lay wakeful in the chilly darkness of his bed but,...
View ArticleThe supervisor and the supervised: an interaction decoded
The relationship between a trainee/pupil and their supervising lawyer is a complex one, fraught with potential for miscommunication. @Wigapedia provides a translation table to help both parties better...
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Who puts a speed camera on their Christmas card?
Joyless law firm Christmas card of 2013 goes to Brian Koffman & Co Solicitors for this charming festive scene... As spotted by @TomBloxhamMBE. Follow @TomBloxhamMBE At the very least, Brian Koffman...
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A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: ‘I see an insurance company call centre...
Waitrose Law returns with the third instalment of her legal profession festive fable (here are parts one and two) PART THREE Scrooge awoke again as the great bell chimed the hour of Two. Though no...
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The Something Must Be Done Act 2014
Lawyer and blogger David Allen Green has had enough of tiresome legislation and meddlesome courts... Government and parliament waste too much time passing legislation. Last year there were 31 public...
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‘Training contracts were hard to come by: 147 applications resulted in 147...
The 90s recession proved a blessing in disguise for Lancaster University senior law lecturer Angus MacCulloch... If I knew then what I know now...I’d hope that I’d be a bit more confident and...
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Former Allen & Overy partner jailed for 17 years after pleading guilty to...
A former partner at magic circle firm Allen & Overy has been sentenced to over 17 years in jail after he admitted sexually molesting a six year-old boy and distributing child pornography over the...
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A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The competitively-tendered trial of Lord...
WaitroseLaw returns with the final instalment of her festive fable (you can read the whole fable in one place here) PART FOUR The Spirit led Scrooge silently through a tangle of streets that he did...
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The irresistibility of the competition lawyer
It's safe to assume that few lawyers have successfully charmed members of the opposite sex by lecturing them in excruciatingly boring detail about their job. Yet this is the precise scenario which the...
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