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Fed up with the grind at the English bar? Perhaps this set of Kiwi jokers...
Pastafarians preferred, says an Auckland barrister in desperate bid to replace the last chap, who never fit in owing to odd film tastes Being cooped up in chambers at the other end of the world has...
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The Judge Rules: Politicians hate lawyers – and always have
A round-up of the party election manifestos demonstrates yet again that while the legal profession might have right on its side, the political establishment of all colours doesn’t give a monkey’s It...
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An LPC grad has made a gangster film about paralegals
Harnessing the drudgery of life at the bottom of the legal food chain to launch an alternative career From Lock Stock to Snatch, Legal Cheek has always felt that there is something missing from gritty...
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Breaking news (er … wind) — fart clears East Midlands courtroom
It’s Friday — so brace yourselves for a spot of scatological reporting In what doubtless recalled one of cinema’s most famous episodes — the campfire scene in Mel Brooks’s 1974 classic Blazing Saddles...
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City law firms retain more qualifying solicitors than before financial crash
There’s good news and bad in the figures — retention is rising, but overall training contracts numbers are still shrinking The good news: the UK’s big law firms have continued to build on 2014’s...
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Need legal advice? Would you like chips with that?
Welsh firm opts for fish and chip shop advert to haul in clients Nelson Myatt solicitors has clearly formed a view of its target market — if nothing else, clients of the Llandudno Junction-based firm...
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Top black lawyer charges columnist with racism over migrant “cockroach” slur
Controversial Sun newspaper hack Katie Hopkins and her editor are in the line of fire as Society of Black Lawyers makes incitement to racial hatred complaint to police A leading ethnic minority lawyer...
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Which Game of Thrones character is your law firm?
Maybe don’t use these in a training contract application As the fifth season of Game of Thrones gathers pace, we answer the question on the lips of every member of the legal profession: which Game of...
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Who insists on the poshest funerals? Yep, it’s the lawyers
Latest UK death research shows the legal profession beats bankers and generals by being keenest to splurge its way into the afterlife Fat cats in life; fat cats in death. That’s the view of lawyers...
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Trainee solicitors, barristers and law lecturers distil their exam preparation wisdom into seven-second Vine clips (click on the bottom right corner of each image to turn on the sound) Emma Reid,...
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Former watchdog tells legal execs to battle traditional lawyers for top...
Controversial plea from the ex-chairwoman of Bar Standards Board is bound agitate current barrister and solicitor leaders Legal executives should lead a “rebellion” against the last government’s legal...
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Kennedy QC v Starkey in almighty Magna Carta bust up on this morning’s BBC radio
Lawyer and historian go hammer and tongs, while Twittersphere lambasts Law Society for dropping definite article clanger regarding the 800-year-old document A cat fight broke out this morning between...
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Cambridge law grads are the biggest earners in the legal profession
Light blues outstrip ancient rivals Oxford by £7,000, while LSE comes second and even the Scots get a look in It’s not meant to be all about the money, but just in case it is, then prospective law...
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Aussie law school boldly heads for space – but in wake of Sunderland...
University of Adelaide today takes its specialist module to the launch pad warning of fears that it’s not that lonely in space after all Space used to be the final frontier — but now even law schools...
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The Judge rules: lawyer websites — little more than worthy vanity publishing
A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences They are bright, breezy, colourful and chock-a-block with...
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Meet the solicitor-pop star more popular than her magic circle law firm
Slaughter and May pop star associate puts her firm in social media shadows with latest catchy release Slaughter and May associate Serena Kern could teach the firm’s marketing department (such as it is)...
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City lawyer parliamentary candidate battles claims he over-egged experience...
Tory safe seat man in bid to refute allegations that his claim to have headed a magic circle department is a big fat exaggeration A solicitor and Conservative Party parliamentary candidate is battling...
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Bring on the revolution, cries former Appeal Court judge, imploring lawyers...
Timid approach from representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners A retired Court of Appeal judge has implored legal aid...
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Exposed: another possible supermarket case of outrageous passing off
Will the intellectual property law teams at two supermarket giants leap into their panda cars to clamp down on these cheeky independents? What is it about Tesco — once the poster boy of UK retail, now...
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Official figures: training contracts plummet by 12.5% over last decade
Tough conditions for wannabe solicitors continue — as stats show London tightens grip on training contract market Law firm training contracts have nosedived by nearly 12.5% over the last decade, as Law...
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