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‘Teaching is the most important thing I’ve done to improve my work as a lawyer’
When his bid to work himself up from the bottom of a supermarket chain stalled, Laurie Anstis decided to reconsider his early views on university education and pursue a career as a solicitor. I didn’t...
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Solicitors are UK’s 44th happiest professionals
Out of 274 occupations surveyed by the government, 'solicitor' is in the top 50 most satisfying. An attempt by the Cabinet Office to quantify happiness among professionals has delivered a boost to...
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Student’s vac scheme acceptance email is so bad that firm withdraws offer
Law student blows chances with terribly misguided email. When one wannabe was offered a vac scheme place for this summer by US law firm Morgan Minnock Rice & James, his delight was such that he...
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What your Instructions say Vs. what they mean
A guide to what instructing solicitors are really telling barristers. 1. “Counsel is instructed to advise generally” — We would like the benefit of Counsel’s insurance policy 2. “Counsel is instructed...
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Lawyers at Bar National Mock Trial Competition urge students to look beyond...
Citizenship Foundation's Bar Mock Trial final sees Northern Ireland's Aquinas Grammar School win national junior advocacy crown, as assembled lawyers warn wannabes of plight of criminal Bar and...
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Dissenters vent fury on Twitter after barristers strike legal aid deal with...
The news that the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) is calling off its direct action after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) agreed to postpone planned barrister fee cuts has enraged many lawyers, who have...
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7 insights from ‘If I knew at Inner Temple’ that will help you bag a job and...
The panel of leading lawyers at Monday's 'If I knew then what I know now' Q&A at Inner Temple offered students some thought-provoking and often unconventional pieces of advice. Here are seven...
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Chris Grayling to commence GDL after general election following training...
First ever non-lawyer Lord Chancellor will enrol as a law student after 2015 general election in order to become a solicitor at magic circle firm. Chris Grayling is set to join Slaughter and May after...
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Where next for LGBT in law?
The legal profession has made a huge amount of progress in its treatment of gay lawyers, but tricky issues remain, reports Alex Aldridge as he visits one of the leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
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The nation’s most charming Crown Court could become a wedding venue
Lincoln Crown Court may be booted out of its castle home and subsumed into a bland court centre. The Ministry of Justice is considering plans to turn Lincoln Crown Court into a wedding venue and...
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3 e-petitions that you may have missed
Prevent Grayling II, facilitate Silk IIII and make barristers wear their wigs in all cases: it has been a busy week for e-petitions... 1. Sign up here to make it mandatory that only a qualified lawyer...
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CV blind: Now there are 3 firms assessing wannabe lawyers without considering...
Top 30 outfit Macfarlanes joins Mayer Brown and Clifford Chance in exploring new recruitment method aimed at broadening profile of the typical big law firm trainee — as wider City diversity push...
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!Mitchell Bingo!
The Mitchell judgment* has triggered an explosion of litigation, with arguments raging over the meaning of various words and phrases contained within it. Wigapedia marks the fall-out from a decision...
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What magic circle trainees earned in 1988
When adjusted to take into account of inflation, £11,000 salary paid in 1988 by Clifford Chance to trainees (then known as "articled clerks") equates to just £24,988 today. As for the size of firms and...
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Do City law firm worker bees actually produce honey?
Or are branded jars just a ploy to keep lawyers sweet? Linklaters, whose own-brand honey appeared on Instagram last week, isn't the only City law firm to jar honey. Meanwhile, spotted in the Paris...
View ArticleTop QCs slam Pistorius prosecutor’s cross-examination style
Don't imitate approach of Gerrie Nel, urge three silks on Twitter. Gerrie Nel may have impressed the world's media with his "pitbull" style, but the Inns of Court aren't keen on how he operates. Last...
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Legal apprenticeships: ‘I fully intend to progress to partner’
Legal Cheek's Alex Aldridge meets three lawyers who embarked on the legal apprenticeship route before it became fashionable. Legal apprenticeships have been the big legal education news story of 2014....
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Google autocomplete reveals people’s true feelings about lawyers
"Hot" and "arrogant", yet ultimately "scum": The British public's view of solicitors, barristers and law students is rather confused (commentary in red). LAW STUDENTS ARE... SOLICITORS ARE......
View ArticleIt’s the 7 year anniversary of the best law video ever made
Since appearing on YouTube on 2 March 2007, a Donoghue v Stevenson-inspired parody of The Police's 'Message in a Bottle' has delighted tens of thousands. But, having been buried under reams of inferior...
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3 top QCs criticise plan to wear wigs during Friday’s day of action
A split has opened up between those who want to protest in full court garb, and those who don't. The organisers of Friday's strike want the lawyers attending to wear their wigs and gowns. CBA, LCCSA,...
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