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Queen’s University Belfast law graduate apologises after drinking goldfish in...
Aspiring solicitor who consumed pet expresses regret on Facebook. A Queen's University Belfast law graduate has become the first wannabe lawyer casualty of the NekNominate craze after a video of her...
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A legal dictionary for the up-and-coming professional: part two
Wigapedia returns with the second part of his glossary of key legal terms used in practice (part one is here). PART TWO: J-W Joint Settlement Meeting A meeting brought about by a joint agreement that...
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Has an Oxbridge law degree lost its value?
Final year Cambridge law students Zahra Mashhood and Loviisa Langdon consider the impact of recent moves by the legal profession to draw graduates from a wider pool. Most firms and chambers have, for...
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9 surprising historical facts about training contracts
A new blog on English legal history contains some fascinating titbits of information. 1. For almost 500 years the legal profession got by without training contracts From the mid-12th Century, when law...
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‘Not everyone who drops sh*t on you is your enemy’
During a journey from academia to management retiring University of Law president Nigel Savage has accumulated a few basic rules. This is his personal reflection. Having made the decision to retire as...
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Do you remember your first Lawgasm?
The Negative Lawgasm: An Obscenity Lawyer Valentine’s Sex Special I remember my first Lawgasm with absolute acuity. It came, appropriately enough for an obscenity lawyer, in a criminal law lecture. For...
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HM Courts & Tribunals Service embraces cutting edge gaming technology
This photo of a mystery Crown Court waiting room appeared on Reddit a few days ago. In the ensuing wave of comments, it was revealed that Doncaster Crown Court is apparently even more high-tech,...
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To have led DLA Piper from regional law firm to global behemoth must have taken considerable personality. But the man behind the transformation, Sir Nigel Knowles, has failed to convey any sense of...
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QC list 2014: Big jump in ethnic minority silks, but why so few women still?
Solicitor-advocate numbers up sharply too, but new appointments are mainly white male barristers. The Bar has taken a step towards remedying its extreme lack of diversity at senior level by appointing...
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Your Barrister Boyfriend names the 9 ‘hottest’ new QCs
Tumblr sensation Your Barrister Boyfriend has published a list of the best-looking lawyers who became QCs in yesterday's new silks round. The rankings, which follow the "hottest barristers in the Inns...
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A journey through a pimped-up legal profession with gangsta app Gizoogle
Gizoogle is a gangsta version of Google, through which a pimped-up version of the internet can be accessed. The lawyers who populate this realm do things differently... SLAUGHTER AND MAY GRAY'S INN THE...
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How to get people to give you money to become a lawyer
Millions of pounds worth of scholarships every year are offered by the Inns of Court and, increasingly, law schools. Getting a portion of the cash isn't as hard as students often imagine. Last week...
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Corporate lawyers can be divided into ‘grinders, minders and finders’
Advancing to the higher echelons of BigLaw requires an understanding of how professional services firms work, writes Norton Rose Fulbright partner Madhavi Gosavi. It was really hard to become a...
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Immigration solicitors on naughty step as 4 law firms receive High Court rebuke
A vintage few months for judicial spankings has yielded yet another lawyer takedown — and this time four law firms have been reprimanded in one judgment. A newly-released High Court judgment has seen...
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The car park in Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking is being demolished
Lord Denning fans will be sad to hear that the central London car park which featured in the famous Court of Appeal exclusion clause case is no more. Legal blogger Amy Woolfson took these pictures of...
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Linklaters courts controversy by backing cheerleading
Like sports and equalities minister Helen Grant, the magic circle giant is pro-cheerleading. One of the prizes in Linklaters' most recent 'Aspire' competition has been awarded to a group of...
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Would you admit to being the legal adviser on BBC drama Silk?
New series of Silk is the most unrealistic yet, despite guidance from top QC. The nation's criminal lawyers sought solace from each other on Twitter last night as they struggled to come to terms with...
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Event: If I knew then what I know now — at Inner Temple
On the evening of Monday 24 March seven contributors to the 'If I knew then what I know now' series will be gathering at Inner Temple to answer questions on how to make it to the top in law — or even...
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Revealed: How it went wrong between media lawyer Mark Stephens and his former...
A piece by Julian Assange's ghostwriter in the London Review of Books contains some juicy insights into the deterioration of the Wikileaks founder's relationship with star media solicitor Mark...
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8 deluxe networking events that only Oxbridge students will have heard of
Law firms' desperation to attract Oxford and Cambridge students has spawned some dazzling evenings-out. Sushi School — with Linklaters Cocktail Making and Tasting — with Clearly Gottlieb Chocolate...
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