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@ChrisGrayling: an apology on behalf of the legal profession
Meet Chris Grayling, a Kent-based maths tutor and writer who has endured a tough time from the nation's lawyers of late. Not only does Chris share the Justice Secretary's name, but they also have a...
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How NOT to screw up your vac scheme assessment day
The anonymous trainee solicitor-to-be behind the hugely popular Twitter account @LawVicissitudes shares the wisdom he gleaned from multiple assessment day fails — and, eventually, one success. I...
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Day of action: ‘My uni mates went to magic circle firms, I chose the criminal...
23 Essex Street junior Vicky Gainza finds the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) threat to withhold work from striking barristers scary — but not as scary as the alternative of doing nothing to prevent...
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‘No one left the firm unless they’d been turned down for partnership,...
In a varied career that has spanned practising as a solicitor, financial journalism and the training of lawyers, Hogan Lovells' Chris Stoakes has learnt to follow his heart. Back when I was looking for...
View Article10 Vine messages for Chris Grayling
We asked protesters at today's London demonstration against the legal aid cuts for their seven-second messages to Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. Actor Maxine Peake (aka Martha Costello QC in BBC...
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Which universities did the winners of Clifford Chance’s CV Blind competition...
Magic circle firm reveals where the successful 20 studied. The winners of this year's 'Intelligent Aid' limb of Clifford Chance's 'CV Blind' competition have been announced, with 20 successful...
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The law students providing legal advice to the Silicon Roundabout
What's it like advising east London tech entrepreneurs about the law? A new venture by Queen Mary University of London is matching up poverty-stricken start-ups and experience-hungry law students in a...
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Clarke Willmott partner to leave firm after calling for ‘dedicated Islamic...
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent mid-tier outfit condemns views expressed by partner Jamie Foster and says it has accepted his notice, which was offered "prior to his tweet". On Sunday Clarke Willmott partner...
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Take a deep breath and do some colouring in
An oldie but a goodie to exacerbate ease the pain of returning to work from the Easter bank holiday — or, in the case of revision-swamped law students, not having a bank holiday at all. Via Office Spam.
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The 8 best law firm names in England
Amazingly, these law firms are all real. PARTRIDGE ALLEN GODLOVES SOLICITORS PRICE MISTRY WRIGHT HASSALL AJ CARELESS SOLICITORS MOON BEEVER MEMERY CRYSTAL RUPERT BEAR MURRAY DAVIES SOLICITORS
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DWF launches video interview — doubling number of wannabe trainees it considers
Exclusive: DWF becomes the first big UK law firm to incorporate video into its formal training contract interview process. In the latest example of the legal profession attempting to widen the breadth...
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Fancy a chat with Robbie Savage?
Leeds law firm Blacks hires Match of the Day pundit Robbie Savage and publishes "direct line" to ex-Premiership star on its website. Savage is, as it happens, just one of a host of former footballers...
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The emerging etiquette of the training contract video interview
As DWF uses video interviews in order to assess more training contract candidates, and other big firms including Bird & Bird and Hill Dickinson trial similar initiatives, we consider how best to...
View Article9 revision tips from people who have nailed law exams
A group of trainees, lawyers and law lecturers distil their exam preparation wisdom into seven-second Vine clips (click on the top left corner of each image to turn on the sound). Felicity Maxwell,...
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Riverview Law to offer 10 training contracts and 10 apprenticeships this year
Exclusive: New legal market entrant to take on first ever trainees after being granted Alternative Business Structure (ABS) license. In an encouraging move for wannabe lawyers, one of the best known...
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9 charmingly vulgar lawyer personalised number plates
Because it's important that other road users know you're a lawyer. Vulgar! Brilliant! No! Yeah! *Shudders* *Smiles approvingly* Really? Really! Lame Claim! Arghhh! Ye-haa! Jeers Cheers! Narcissistic...
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Why lawyers need to shower more
Survey of City solicitors finds that they are at their most creative while showering. Commercial lawyers have identified showering and their commute into work as the two points in their day where they...
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Junior solicitor releases rap album about how much he hated his training...
'Square Meal, Square Mile' details solicitor's unhappiness during TC at top 10 City outfit. A rookie solicitor who says he trained at a leading global law firm based in the City of London has made a...
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There is a lawyer performing in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
Junior corporate lawyer Sebastiano Paù-Lessi is representing Switzerland as his whistling fiddler alter ego "Sebalter". A Swiss lawyer is on the verge of a place in Saturday's grand final of the...
View ArticleThe Mitchell decision and the breakdown of meaning
Following the recent further spate of Mitchell-related decisions, it has been determined after careful study of the ratio in each ruling that judges are simply making this stuff up as they go along. So...
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