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Which law firm trademarked its logo first?
They may share the same initials but that’s where the similarities end, according to Addleshaw Goddard and Anthony Gold Solicitors Logos are vitally important to law firms — from brand recognition to...
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Cardiff solicitors seek to wow clients with ‘Throwback Thursday’ childhood...
One wanted to be a Formula One driver, one wanted to be a doctor, another wanted to take over the world. They all ended up as lawyers Law firms seem hell-bent on embarrassing their solicitors and staff...
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The Judge rules: Legal profession awards — don’t they make you sick?!!!
They are professionally meaningless, expensive and at times messy — but should the awards ceremonies be pensioned off? When it comes to legal profession award ceremonies, Woody Allen’s remark in his...
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Nottingham Law School in bid to become first ever ‘teaching law firm’
University applies for alternative business structure licence, which would boost its student-run pro bono advice centre The third largest law school in the UK is bidding to become an alternative...
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Wannabe barrister sparks newspaper letter row over Justice Secretary’s record
City University law student and local council candidate triggers defence of Chris Grayling in MP’s constituency newspaper An anonymous newspaper letter in support of legal profession bête noir Chris...
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Manchester trainee solicitor moonlights as ‘Frozen’ ice princess
Self-confessed Disney addict spices up a life of personal injury files with a spot of make-believe for children’s parties A trainee solicitor at a Manchester personal injury law firm is leading a...
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From marshalling to murder: Queen Mary law dropout jailed for life
This time last year the former student at UK’s third highest-ranked law school was apparently marshalling at the Old Bailey — where he was sentenced today A law student who dropped out of Queen Mary...
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Now world’s most-famous journalist is hooked on Lord Harley of Counsel saga too
Glenn Greenwald — the man behind the Edward Snowden story — gripped by tale of Harry Potter-style solicitor-advocate The world’s top journalist has taken a break from shaking the establishment to its...
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Legal Cheek meets the first person to do the paralegal shortcut
Shaun Lawler tells Alex Aldridge about how he’s set to become one of the first four LPC graduates in the country to become a solicitor without doing a training contract After we reported last week that...
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1 Crown Office Row barrister in bid to become first Whig party MP for 150 years
Five years’ call junior to run for parliament representing newly “refounded” political party that was dissolved in 1868 When glanced at in a hurry, Alasdair Henderson’s website appears to suggest that...
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The law firm-funded LLM: Norton Rose Fulbright to sponsor Queen Mary masters...
Global giant extends funding beyond GDL and LPC costs to LLM fees Queen Mary University of London has done a deal with Norton Rose Fulbright that will see the firm cover the cost of two students’ fees...
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Hogan Lovells to sponsor undergrads in tie-up with LSE, York and Durham
Exclusive: Global law firm to award first and second years up to £18,000 in bid to broaden access to profession The London office of transatlantic giant Hogan Lovells has unveiled a partnership with...
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New breed press body throws out Lord Harley complaints
Newspaper watchdog rules that two Fleet Street tabloids and a regional publication did not breach its code of practice in reporting the elaborate claims of one of the country’s most renowned advocates...
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Clifford Chance’s website and the tale of the mysterious asterisk
There’s a little secret about the magic circle firm’s law firm of the year boast. Read on … Something interesting about global giant Clifford Chance emerged from Legal Cheek’s exclusive unearthing...
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Queen Mary students are the most commercially aware wannabe lawyers in Britain
London uni wins corporate law version of University Challenge Three students from Queen Mary University of London have beaten off competition from 112 teams across 42 different universities to win the...
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The Judge Rules: Law firm websites – bring back the good old simpler days
Modern cyber marketing is flashier, but it lacks the individualistic charm of the earlier generation Life was so much simpler in 1996. The Spice Girls and Oasis were in the charts. As were those cheeky...
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Lawyer fleeced for best part of €250,000 from client account in a scam as old...
Irish high court stops short of striking off Dublin solicitor because he was depressed — and paid the cash back Lawyers — pay attention. If you receive a letter from Nigeria offering you all the riches...
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Celestial gods snub legal London – City lawyers miss out on eclipse fun
Eclipse? What eclipse? That was the disappointed chorus from the heart of the legal profession planet; but Faroese lawyers were laughing Britons across the country morphed into amateur astronomers this...
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Leveson’s advice to wannabe advocates: stop bleating on about the blindingly...
On the eve of judging the Bar’s annual mock trial competition the President of the Queen’s Bench Division — and scourge of the tabloid press — speaks exclusively to Legal Cheek Not many judges achieve...
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A lawyer is backing a terrifying law to enforce public execution of gay people
Quirks in California’s referendum system have allowed the promotion of a dangerously homophobic bill, as local politicians call for lawyer proponent to be struck off Outraged calls are mounting for a...
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