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Interview: Ian Ashley-Smith on how he became a judge without getting a degree
There are ways to make it to the top in law without a glittering academic record — or indeed hardly any academic record at all Days after Ian Ashley-Smith had become the first chartered legal executive...
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#ThrowbackThursday: ‘Fat boy’ and ‘Mr Hairpiece’— classic 90s lawyer spat...
Nearly 20 years on and the lawyer bust-up to end all lawyer bust-ups has resurfaced on viral video site Break.com The do things differently in America — but they do things really differently in Texas....
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Legal pic of the day
What a bank holiday means to pupil barristers Image via Bristol-based pupil barrister Jack Harris. The full ‘Legal pic of the day’ collection is here.
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Top junior lawyer calls on Law Society to fight for return of trainee minimum...
As a new team arrives at beleaguered Chancery Lane, Legal Cheek sets out the issues solicitors’ profession leaders should be addressing for the benefit of law students and young lawyers It’s all change...
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Legal aid slasher Grayling nominated for the ice bucket challenge
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan nominates the bête noir of much of the legal profession to take a drenching — while other luminaries are also in the spotlight Every legal aid lawyers’ dream is...
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A post-drinking binge kebab could cut domestic violence and accidents, argues...
Social services take note — kebabs should be promoted to the front line in the battle against domestic violence. At least, that’s the view of a licensing lawyer in Scotland A consultant at 158-year-old...
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Legal executive chief leads lawyers in ice bucket challenge
Jury still out on whether Justice Secretary Grayling as well as Law Society and Bar Council top dogs will get wet They may have spent years being dismissed by solicitors and barristers as the invisible...
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Baker & McKenzie cuts training contract numbers by 12% as new Belfast support...
EXCLUSIVE: Outsourcing stifles training contract growth at City law firms — reductions in London graduate intake at Baker & McKenzie and Allen & Overy following Northern Ireland support office...
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Social mobility report’s shallow analysis of legal profession
Headline figures slam judiciary for being public school-educated toffs, but provide little insight demographics of wider sectors It’s the latest report dominating conversation around academia — the...
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Solicitor-advocate who judge slammed for dressing ‘like something out of...
Speaking exclusively to Legal Cheek, Alan Blacker — who also goes by the title Lord Harley — hits back at Crown Court judge who questioned his appearance, title and qualifications Yesterday evening...
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9 reasons why ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’ has the best LinkedIn CV of any lawyer...
There may be confusion about the right of solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker to call himself ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’. But the man — who was criticised last week for dressing ‘like something out of Harry...
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Drugs conviction puts student’s legal career in peril
Legal profession regulatory bodies take a dim view of class-A convictions, but cases are assessed individually A 22-year-old law student is ruing a recent night out in a Portsmouth club as it resulted...
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What should we do with the Inns of Court’s empty law libraries?
Middle Temple’s library alone costs £725,000-a-year to maintain — and is quieter than ever now all those books are available online First the government had a pop at public libraries as part of its...
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Law Society launches cheesy ad campaign to alert punters that solicitors do law
Latest wheeze from Chancery Lane prompts a look at the marketing gurus’ clichéd view of lawyers and the legal profession It may be in a state of tenuous flux — with a stand-in chief executive and a...
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Lord Harley of Counsel issues ‘interim statement’ as his extraordinary...
Lord of LinkedIn saga gets a new chapter Solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker has returned to LinkedIn to issue an “interim statement” after his apparently serious ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’ online CV went...
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Training contract turbulence — some firms boost numbers, others slash
EXCLUSIVE: The latest training contract rises at CMS Cameron McKenna and Irwin Mitchell contrast with drops at Freshfields and other top City outfits as targets are announced for 2014-15 recruitment...
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DAC Beachroft junior solicitor struck off after revealing police caution for...
Rookie City lawyer had been advised that no one would find out, but she (eventually) told the truth — and now her legal career is over In June 2012 Anna-Louise Butcher was caught stealing a pair of...
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Solicitors Regulation Authority finally issues statement about ‘Lord Harley...
Professional regulator indicates that it may act as more questions raised over the LinkedIn CV of solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker (who goes by the title of ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’) As questions...
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Whoever is behind this top restaurant’s doggy bag ‘indemnity form’ needs some...
“I confirm that I will be taking away the flambé into the HOME for the CONSUMPTION” Oxford bistro Brasserie Blanc — which is co-owned by celeb chef Raymond Blanc — is asking diners who take home food...
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The lessons of legal sat nav
What if you combined lawyers with the latest in satellite navigation technology? Take a sat nav… Add a lawyer… #76132034 / gettyimages.com And you have #LegalSatNav. The hashtag has its roots in the...
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