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The Deal is Done: University Of Law Takes Over Oxford Brookes LPC
Exclusive: The University of Law will provide a Legal Practice Course (LPC) at Oxford Brookes from this September. The deal (which is still subject to Solicitors Regulation Authority approval) follows...
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‘Get a job wherever you can and you never know when your opportunity might...
In the latest instalment in the 'If I knew then what I know now' series, Norton Rose head of planning Nigel Hewitson charts his unlikely journey from local authority solicitor to City law firm partner...
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Is law really ‘very well suited to flexible working’?
Earlier this month Law Society chief Lucy Scott-Moncrieff caused some raised eyebrows when she claimed that the legal profession is "very well suited to flexible working". It's easy to say such things,...
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Law Firm Life: The Truth In A Pie Chart
From Rob Pollak, the brilliant former Skadden associate behind 'Lawyers, can you go home?', comes another diagramatical gem. There's more from Rob at 'Rob Complains About Things'.
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Video: Lindsay Lohan Isn’t Very Nice To Her Lawyer At All
"Why did you even say that?" whispers troubled star Lindsay Lohan accusingly to her lawyer, Mark Heller, in her latest court appearance on Monday. "Don't say anything else," she continues, in the style...
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Caveat-Laden Pledge Of The Week
Clients of Welsh law firm Tudor Williams & Co shouldn't get carried away...
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"Having your boobs out a little bit isn't fake but it's a little bit flirtatious and it gets you a few free drinks – and that is my case for fakery: case closed," argues wig-clad trainee solicitor...
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‘Churn That Bill Baby!’ Embarrassment As DLA Piper Billing Emails Emerge
There is embarrassment for DLA Piper this morning after emails emerged in a US court case which show the world's largest law firm's lawyers joking about how much they are charging a client. It is one...
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The 3 Step Guide To Launching A Social Media Hate Campaign Against A Law Firm
First start a blog – and call it '[insert law firm's name here] SUCK' Next, make a couple of videos slagging off said law firm – and post them on YouTube... Finally, open a Twitter account and...
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‘Sticking To What You Love Is A Better Formula Than Even The Best Laid Plans’
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. On the surface,...
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Why Geographicals Don’t Work
Back in 2007, after I'd spent a year flunking pupillage interviews upon completion of Bar school, I hatched a desperate plan – pretty much at random – to start a new life in Gibraltar. The half-baked...
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‘The Forces Of Conservatism In The Law Are Formidable But Not Unstoppable’
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. In 1981, IBM...
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Lawyer Who Fell Asleep In Court Blames Hippopotamus-Related ‘Spiritual...
A human rights lawyer who fell asleep during a hearing in the Ghanaian Supreme Court has put his doziness down to a "spiritual attack" which began following a trip to London where he had an unsettling...
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10 Reasons To Be Kind To Lawyers
It's Tuesday 9 April, which is of course Be Kind To Lawyers Day. At a time of change for the legal profession, this 24 hour window of goodwill towards solicitors and barristers has never been more...
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How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor
Congratulations. You got the training contract. You are now going to be a trainee solicitor at a commercial law firm, either in the City or elsewhere. What next? The first thing to consider is that...
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Did Rochman Landau Solicitor Use Firm Computer To Describe Himself As ‘UK’s...
Lawyers with political ambitions, beware... It has been revealed today that a Wikipedia description of solicitor-turned-Labour rising star Chuka Umunna as "UK’s Barack Obama" was made from a computer...
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‘How Dare You Submit An Exhibit Which Has Been Stapled Not Tied?’
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. I don’t interview...
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Podcast: Why Wannabe Barristers Should Do Their Time As Paralegals Before...
The path from the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to paralegal purgatory is a well trodden one. Sadly, most of those purgatory-dwellers never make it to pupillage heaven. But what if you were...
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Who Needs Chambers And Partners When You’ve Got Siralan?
Experts have been predicting the demise of legal directories for years. But market leading duo Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 have marched on, successfully navigating first the advent of the...
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The Home Office’s Spelling And Punctuation Shame (In A Press Release About...
As spotted by 1 Crown Office Row barrister Adam Wagner.
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