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The Best Explanation For Getting A 2:2 Ever
Last week's podcast on whether getting a 2:2 is fatal for wannabe lawyers got me thinking. Obviously, those in possession of a Desmond need to do loads of extra-curricular activities and work...
View ArticleWhat Mid-Life Crisis? Skadden Partner Quits Law Because He Has ‘Been Blessed...
"I have decided to start a new phase of my life. I do not plan to practice law," explains Garrett Waltzer, a California-based partner at international law firm Skadden, in a departure email leaked...
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‘Will Your Husband Mind If You Have To Work Late?’ Asked The Magic Circle...
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. The interview...
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North West Law Firm Records World’s First Solicitor Harlem Shake Video
Last week we detailed how several universities and law schools had recorded their own versions of the Harlem Shake, the latest viral video sensation (pictured below). Surely it was a matter of time,...
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The Secret Facebook Likes Of The Legal Profession
This month Facebook introduced its new 'Graph Search' tool, enabling users of the social network to mine it for information about other users. So we did a few lawyer-based searches of stuff you...
View Article‘We Need Some More Girls In Here: There’s Too Many Man, Too Many Many Man’ In...
The news that the latest three appointments to the Supreme Court are all men means Lady Hale remains the only woman member of the 12 strong bench. As grime collective Boy Better Know would doubtless...
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Cambridge Academic: Corporate Law Firms Need Less Top Graduates And More...
At a time when the legal services market is "going through the most tremendous upheaval that it has ever experienced", Cambridge University management fellow Tim Bellis has come up with an interesting...
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Hacking Trend Hits Law As North London Solicitors Firm Is ‘Attacked By Some...
These days, everyone seems to be getting hacked. From Facebook to Burger King to Highgate Hill Solicitors... That is, unless the team at Highgate Hill Solicitors actually were "attacked by some...
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Unlikely Piece Of Law Firm Artwork Of The Week
Amid the corporate swirls and twee etchings at HowardKennedyFSi's offices, where the Legal Cheek team was lucky enough to spend yesterday evening gorging on fine wine and canapés at the firm's merger...
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Cases Halted As Five Solicitors Become Trapped In Upstairs Room At...
There was yet more drama at Grimsby Magistrates' Court last week after five solicitors became trapped in an upstairs waiting room at the building. The incident, which forced a number of cases to be...
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EXCLUSIVE: Oxford Brookes To Close Its Legal Practice Course This Summer...
Oxford Brookes University is shutting down its Legal Practice Course (LPC) this summer, with no 2013-2014 course from September. The decision means that students mid-way through the two year part-time...
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Students At Stricken LPC Provider Oxford Brookes Set Up ‘OXILP Guerillas’...
Update – Thursday 7 March 2:30pm: Oxford Brookes students issue open letter describing decision to discontinue LPC as "irresponsible" and urging uni to delay closure (see below). Angry students at...
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Alternative Careers: Magic Circle Solicitor-Turned-Pro Boxer Launches...
After Laura Sapertsein (pictured) quit Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2007 to become a professional boxer (see video below), she found herself lamenting the "sexist attitude" of "the old men in...
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ADVICE: ‘With A Low 2:1 From Bristol, Is A City Training Contract Out Of My...
"I have a low 2:1 in law from Bristol University (mostly low 2:1s and high 2:2s, with a first in my dissertation) and I am unsure as to what level of firm I should be targeting," writes an LPC...
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Why The Ex-Cobbetts Trainees Are Not Safe Yet
Following this week's news of tough conditions being imposed on Cobbetts partners by acquiring firm DWF, former Halliwells rookie Marc Piano draws on his experience to predict what lies ahead for the...
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North West Law Firm Records World’s First Solicitor Harlem Shake Video
Last week we detailed how several universities and law schools had recorded their own versions of the Harlem Shake, the latest viral video sensation (pictured below). Surely it was a matter of time, we...
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The Secret Facebook Likes Of The Legal Profession
This month Facebook introduced its new 'Graph Search' tool, enabling users of the social network to mine it for information about other users. So we did a few lawyer-based searches of stuff you perhaps...
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Career Change Of The Week: From Armed Robbery Getaway Driver Who Was Jailed...
It's no secret that Khalid Missouri, a partner at Brixton law firm LLM Solicitors, is an ex-con, having been jailed for seven years in 1993 for acting as the getaway driver in an armed robbery of a...
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Celeb Lawyer Mark Stephens Hits Back After Comedian Accuses Him Of Stealing...
After Hugo Chavez died last week, comedian Stephen Grant tweeted this gag about the former Venezuelan President: "In honour of the passing of Hugo Chavez, I have had his initials inscribed onto my...
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BREAKING: University Of Law In Advanced Talks To Take Over Stricken Oxford...
Exclusive: The College University of Law is at an advanced stage of negotiations to take over the stricken Oxford Brookes LPC, which last week we revealed was to close. The deal is said to be...
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