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Will The Next Generation Of Apprentice Lawyers Become Solicitors Or Legal...
Over Christmas, the announcement by minister for skills Matthew Hancock that school-leavers students will soon be able to become lawyers grabbed the national headlines. At first, I assumed newspapers'...
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Students Point Finger At ‘Stingy’ City Law Firms As Donation-Starved FRU...
Law students signing up as Free Representation Unit (FRU) advisers have been surprised to find that the cost of both the social security and employment adviser training days have risen from last...
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PODCAST: How To Schmooze Your Way To Partnership Riches
When pushed to get out and flaunt their wares, many lawyers tend to think (but rarely say) stuff like: "I did not go into law to become a salesperson." These snobs are doomed for the scrapheap,...
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A Corporate Lawyer’s Guide To Leaving The Office
Brilliant stuff from former Skadden associate Rob Pollak. There's more from Pollak on his blog, Rob Complains About Things.
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Fired Allen & Overy Lawyer-Turned-Sex Novelist Tells Of New Life in 2 Room...
Pursuing your dreams can come at a price. Deidre Dare (real name: Deidre Clark) used to earn over £130,000 a year as an associate in Allen & Overy's Moscow office. Then she started blogging,...
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Women Lawyers Earn £50K Less Than Their Male Counterparts
The average female lawyer is paid £51,396 less per year than the average male lawyer, according to a new survey. It's worth bearing in mind, though, that the survey – by legal recruiter Laurence...
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Law Society President: Women Lawyers Who Work Flexibly At City Firms Are ‘Put...
Law Society president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff raised eyebrows in the City last week when she suggested that some of its law firms had promoted "mediocre men" who in a true meritocracy "would never even...
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‘I Had No Idea How Important And Interesting Law Is While I Was Studying It...
Ed note: This is the latest post in the 'If I knew then what I know now' series, where leading members of the legal profession share their wisdom with the next generation of wannabes. If I knew then...
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Will Apprenticeships Cheapen The Title Of Solicitor?
On Wednesday, Law Society chief Lucy Scott-Moncrieff revealed to Kevin Poulter that the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) is "almost certain" to identify non-graduate routes to qualification...
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Julian Assange’s Mum Labels David Allen Green A ‘Troll’– Borat-Themed Bust-Up...
Solicitor and New Statesman legal correspondent David Allen Green suffered a bruising weekend on Twitter after Assange supporters took umbrage at his views on the high profile extradition case. The...
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The Lawyer ‘Hot 100′ Pics Meet With Lukewarm Reaction
Every year The Lawyer magazine butters-up a bunch of upwardly mobile solicitors and barristers by including them in its 'Hot 100'. As part of the fun, the chosen few get to enjoy a celeb-style...
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What Supreme Court Justices Read In Their Spare Time…
Encouraging to see Private Eye making an appearance in the UK Supreme Court Justices' library. Disappointingly, though, Heat was nowhere to be seen. There's more on the Supreme Court this afternoon...
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Caption Contest: CILEX’s Belly Dancing President Nick Hanning
Over the weekend, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) president Nick Hanning was snapped shaking his booty with a belly dancer at the Junior Lawyers Division's (Moroccan-themed) annual...
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Lord Neuberger’s Judicial Assistant Lifts The Lid On Supreme Court Life
Amid the glow of the UK Supreme Court's psychedelic carpets (the work of Sgt Pepper's album cover designer Peter Blake), former Linklaters trainee Cameron Sim tells me what it has been like to spend...
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Unfortunate Law Firm Slogan Of The Week
As the legal world reverberates with the extraordinary news that Cobbetts is set to enter administration, the firm may want to consider revising its tagline.
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George Carman QC’s Grandson: ‘I’m Struggling To Choose Between UCL And Durham...
This week we received a cry for help from the wannabe lawyer grandson of the late, great "gorgeous" George Carman QC. Charlie Carman's email is below, followed by advice from Legal Cheek's world-weary...
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‘I Wish I’d Known That I’d Eventually Get A Training Contract’
In the latest instalment of the 'If I knew then what I know now' series, Financial Times general counsel Tim Bratton laments worrying so much about his early job hunt failures. I wish I'd known...
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Toupée-Wearing QC Sues Solicitor Who Allegedly Made Remark About His...
9-12 Bell Yard silk Herbert Kerrigan QC is taking legal action against a solicitor for comments made about him during a guest lecture at Edinburgh University. Robin Davidson, who works for the...
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Ecstasy And Cocaine Possession Pupil Barrister Henry Mostyn Joins Cleary...
In July we revealed that 4 New Square had rejected Henry Mostyn for tenancy following his arrest with cocaine and ecstasy while queuing outside a Shoreditch nightclub. What was next for the Eton and...
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