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Stats show firms and chambers target small pool of privately educated recruits
Fewer than 9% of law graduates went to private schools, but up to 40% of young lawyers at City legal practices and commercial sets were privately educated Further evidence has emerged suggesting top...
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Solicitor’s dalliance with Ched Evans debate pulled from Internet
Twitter storm rages as Irish footballers’ association whips contentious article from its website Solicitor Stuart Gilhooly is the latest commentator to pile into the controversy raging around convicted...
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Magic circle firm throws a ringer into charity cycling competition — and wins
Freshfields enters a fitness trainer into Tour de Law competition, who, funnily enough, manages to cycle faster than just about everyone else Hats off to Anglo-German global law firm beast Freshfields...
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Chelsy Davy waves good-bye to Allen & Overy — and the law?
Prince Harry’s former girlfriend has jacked in City legal practice amid suggestions that she probably found it just that little bit too boring The on-off-on-off squeeze of the Prince of Mayfair...
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Official figures show yawning pay gap between women and men lawyers
Male barristers and judges bag a whopping 77% more dosh in general than their female counterparts, while the chaps on solicitor side are 25% better off As the testosterone settles following...
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Solicitor investigated for conducting ‘fictitious’ litigation — including...
This is really bizarre A London solicitor is being investigated by the police after conducting three years’ worth of extremely bizarre fake litigation that a judge has described as “breathtaking”....
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The Apprentice Review: First solicitor axed from show blames exit on Lord...
Lauren is out, leaving legal profession’s hopes resting on shoulders of ex-magic circle solicitor Felipe Last week’s episode of The Apprentice closed with a warning from Lord Sugar to St Albans family...
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Revealed: people who are interested in law love anchovy paste, budgies and...
Pollsters YouGov produce a ridiculous e-fit of those keen on things legal — pet birds, reindeer steak and Pixie Lott also get a big look in Set a group of clip-board-toting boffins off on a mission to...
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‘Lord Harley of Counsel’ makes formal complaint against judge who criticised...
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office is investigating grievance of controversial solicitor Solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker — who goes by the name of “Lord Harley of Counsel” — has hit back at the...
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How a new generation of LGBT lawyers are helping students get into the City
Where issues of sexuality are relevant in the training contract application process wannabe lawyers should feel confident to be open, advises Hogan Lovells solicitor Charlotte Cartwright — who’ll be a...
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Wannabe solicitor wins enough to pay his way through law degree and LPC with...
Nottingham University law undergraduate is quids in after scooping £35k prize following previous £8k win Gurning under the weight of £9,000-a-year undergraduate tuition fees, after which follow Legal...
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Irate Lord Justice Jackson uses Court of Appeal judgment to issue lawyers...
Top judge snaps after wading through “35 pages of rambling prolixity” Aghast at the poor standard of modern legal writing in the higher courts, one of the country’s leading judges has gone...
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Exclusive interview: sacked BBC Apprentice solicitor on her journey from...
Lauren Riley fell foul last week of Alan Sugar, but the two-and-a-half-year qualified solicitor reckons she’s still got big plans More than half the student contemporaries of BBC Apprentice star Lauren...
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Joshua Rozenberg photo-bombs Andrew Mitchell at the RCJ following ‘Plebgate’...
Days after bagging yet another honorary doctorate, BBC Law in Action presenter is in the news again Auntie’s legal man gets everywhere. One moment Joshua Rozenberg — the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Law...
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Research: Majority of law grads now become paralegals before doing a training...
New pre-trainee tier is becoming the norm More law graduates work as paralegals before doing a training contract than go directly to the trainee solicitor stage — with 60% of wannabe lawyers passing...
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Slaughter and May is increasing its Christmas bonuses — but not by as much as...
Jealous? Just remember that Slaughter and May lawyers are themselves seething with resentment at Skadden lawyers Magic circle giant Slaughter and May has announced that it is upping bonuses in a move...
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Lawyers help out London start-ups with free advice session at the Google Campus
Alex Aldridge takes notes as Hogan Lovells, Hardwicke and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives assist young entrepreneurs at Legal Cheek‘s pro bono clinic Despite spending the past hour and a...
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Ex-Slaughter and May lawyer fired from The Apprentice for ‘trying to be too...
Second solicitor ditched from hit BBC show by lawyer-loathing Lord Sugar Felipe Alviar-Baquero, the former City lawyer, has been fired from The Apprentice. The exit of Alviar-Baquero, who has worked at...
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The Apprentice Review: Bye-bye lawyers, it was fun, but in the end you were...
As legal profession interest in The Apprentice evaporates, our blogger looks back on the last hurrah of ex-Slaughter and May man Felipe as he follows family solicitor Lauren to the exit Felipe...
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Exclusive interview: Felipe from The Apprentice on why he quit City law to...
Former Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May man learned lots from private practice, but doesn’t miss it — he tells Legal Cheek Rarely has such debate been generated by the departure of a...
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