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Election latest: some voters aren’t that sold on lawyer candidates
One Tory newbie politico-barrister standing in Hampshire, and our old friend — the former telly producer turned Justice Secretary — come in for some stick The general election remains far to close to...
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9 hateful Daily Mail comments about lawyers prompted by the illegal cycling...
Further proof that Mail readers really, really hate lawyers Ed Miliband’s barrister wife, Justine Thornton, was yesterday skewered by the Daily Mail for breaking “countless cycling laws” on her commute...
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Law firm charges wannabe solicitors thousands for homemade diploma and...
Exclusive: The very expensive fortnight may leave students in more debt and still jobless A niche London practice is pitching a £2,000 homemade diploma at law students who haven’t secured training...
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Litigant-in-person files notice to ‘f*ck this court and everything it stands...
This expletive-fuelled — but strangely nearly cogent — notice to a US federal court judge may be the rudest official legal document ever One of the strongest arguments against the last government’s...
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Clifford Chance outstrips rivals in bid to field most charity walkers
Law firms can’t resist competing with each other — even over charity events, as a league table currently being updated on social media graphically illustrates London’s streets are soon to be flooded...
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Solicitor numbers rocket by 20% in face of tough economic climate
When will the bubble burst? There are 190% more practising today than 30 years ago Despite the worst economic crash for generations and the creeping use of legal process outsourcing, the UK’s biggest...
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Slaughter and May leaps to top of magic circle newly-qualified pay pile
King of the establishment firm hits psychologically important £70k mark, but still trails well behind Yanks in City Old-school tie magic circle firm Slaughter and May has leapt to the top of the young...
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The Judge Rules: Offering a glass of wine doesn’t amount to harassment
Women law students and young female lawyers doubtless have to battle leery male counterparts — but there are gradations of perviness Sex and sexism are always good value talking points — as Legal...
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Burges Salmon retains all 24 of its trainees and repeats pledge to boost...
Good times in Brizzle Bristol firm Burges Salmon — which claims to offer a utopian combination of City quality work and chilled out West Country living — announced today that it is to keep on 24 out of...
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Solicitor who called for all-Islamic airlines now wants City law firms to...
Huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ specialist says government should legislate to force mega-law firms into pro bono deal Magic circle law firms should launch pro bono criminal law practices to fill gaps...
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Legal Cheek election poll results: law students and lawyers back Labour
Ed Miliband’s margin over the Conservatives is narrow, but enough to give the red rose party an outright majority Ed Miliband will be striding into Downing Street on Friday — if Legal Cheek readers get...
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There was a lawyer in a cage at Liverpool Street station this morning
It’s amazing what you can stumble across in the rush hour at one of London’s busiest railway stations A video posted by Legal Cheek (@legalcheek) on May 11, 2015 at 12:29am PDT In a move reminiscent of...
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City law firm partner at the heart of Westminster affair shocker
Bercow v Bercow was the unexpected result from last week’s general election as Stephenson Harwood man allegedly falls for charms of speaker’s wife The latest unlikely legal profession Romeo has been...
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National law firm becomes first ever to flog shares on London stock exchange
Gateley confirms weekend rumours that it is about to set up its stall on the AIM market Scottish nationalists may be gearing up to use their new-found parliamentary muscle to mount one more heave...
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Students back code for TC offers timetable — law firms don’t
Signs that City graduate recruitment departments are already moving towards a training contract free for all as the regulator ditches existing guidelines Nearly nine out of 10 law students want law...
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5 ways to dodge work during your training contract — and still get retained
Pacing yourself is essential for a long and fruitful career: in a guest post an anonymous solicitor — who writes the must-read Corporate Drone blog — sets out the tricks 1. Medieval kings would build...
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City firms silent on whether they will follow PwC in ignoring A-level results
Big Four accountancy firm shocks recruitment market and stuns Square Mile law firms with its bid to boost diversity City law firms were stunned into silence this week when a Big Four accountancy...
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The Judge Rules: publicly listed law firms will mean even fewer training...
Gateley’s move this week closer to the door of the London Stock Exchange signals the advance of yet another factor law students and young lawyers will have to confront Think Gordon Gekko. Following...
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Exposed: mysterious lawyer charting conquests in sex autobiography is...
Exclusive: Twitter slip-up sees solicitor’s identity uncovered by Legal Cheek following anonymous Mail Online article A shadowy former City solicitor who has put the Square Mile on edge with an...
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Chuka ‘no’ shocka, Sir Keir declines – only Lamb remains as lawyer party...
But is former East Anglia employment partner actually being led to electoral slaughter? It has been a rollercoaster few days for lawyer political party leader hopefuls. First, the former Herbert Smith...
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