Mooting Fails: ‘It’s Very Embarrassing…I Am Not Entirely Familiar With The...
Among the mooting clips recently placed on video-sharing site Vimeo by City Law School are these two gems, starring a student who'd clearly rather be somewhere else... The full collection of (mostly...
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‘I Fear That I Was Too Ready To Treat The View Of The Experienced As Gospel’
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 have spent...
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2012: ‘The Year Social Media Made It Onto The Legal Map’
Over a bottle or two of the finest Tesco Value red wine, the Legal Cheek team deliver their reflections on 2012 – and predictions for 2013... For editorial assistant Lucy Pether, a final year law...
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A Year In Stories: The Best Legal Cheek Posts Of 2012
We'll be back on Wednesday 2 January. In the meantime, here are some of our most memorable stories from 2012... January 'Trials of The 1%' To Begin As Occupy Allowed To Stay In Shoreditch Courthouse...
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Isn’t It Great To Be Back At Work!
Meanwhile on Twitter lawyers share their 2013 pain...
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Five Legal Market Predictions For 2013
1. More firms to stop paying students' law school fees Clarke Willmott's November decision to ditch its two-years-in-advance graduate recruitment policy – in favour of hiring trainees exclusively from...
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REVEALED: The Original South Korean ‘Lawyers Gangnam Style’ Video
When Southampton University law student Tommy Chuang posted his brilliant 'Lawyer Style' video on YouTube last month, we billed it as the first legal Gangnam Style parody. But it turns out that the...
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Bad Legal Aid Omen Of The Week
Go to the Ministry of Justice website, scroll to the bottom – and in the 'Topics' section, click on 'Legal Aid'... UPDATE: The MoJ have updated their site (see below for how it looked) Thanks to...
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Bar Council’s ‘Modern’ Replacement For Pupillage Portal Isn’t Looking So Modern…
When you set your standards as low as Pupillage Portal (the recently-retired pupillage application website), it doesn't take much to come up with an improvement. Sadly, this seems to be the philosophy...
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Solicitors Are Like GPs And Barristers Like Consultants, Says Eddie Stobart...
Eddie Stobart Lorries' move into offering legal services – via its newly-formed Stobart Barristers arm – has prompted it to issue a controversial definition of the distinction between solicitors and...
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‘Cocky’ Warwick Uni Law Student Fails In Bid To Become Countdown Supreme...
Yesterday Warwick Uni LLM student Mark Deeks narrowly lost his battle with a Cambridge maths student on daytime TV show Countdown. After the final question, a disappointed Deeks (pictured) found...
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‘It Has Taken Me Almost A Decade To Drop My Non-Public School Chippiness’
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 was in truth...
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Podcast: How Far Should Bar Hopefuls Follow Their Dreams?
Incredibly, Yusuf Solley landed the first pupillage he applied for – with the Government Legal Service (GLS) then paying his way through the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). But despite being...
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The Definitive Way To Decide Whether You Should Become A Barrister Or A...
Last week Eddie Stobart Lorries' newly-formed legal arm caused controversy by claiming that solicitors are like GPs and barristers like consultants. While there's some truth in this medical analogy,...
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BPTC Language Test Fudge Leaves Bar Hopefuls Mystified
Surprisingly, non-native English speakers don't have to sit a language test to gain admission to the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). Lucy Pether investigates To the uninitiated, this...
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Vac Scheme Application Forms: It’s All About The ‘Challenging Situation’...
Barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns shares his pupillage hunt wisdom with wannabe solicitors as they prepare to submit their vac scheme application forms before the 31 January deadline. As I come to the end...
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JOB ALERT: Commercially-Minded Third Six Pupils
From Baby Barristers: a leading barristers' chambers seeks third six pupils who have completed pupillage at strong commercial sets to fill a number of exciting positions. Excellent academic...
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Students Point Finger At ‘Stingy’ City Law Firms As Donation-Starved FRU...
Law students signing up as Free Representation Unit (FRU) advisers have been surprised to find that the cost of both the social security and employment adviser training days have risen from last...
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Top Barristers’ Chambers in National Newspaper ‘Pupilage’ Spelling Howler
An ad in yesterday's law section of The Times contained a rather embarrassing spelling mistake...
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‘I’m Glad I Didn’t Know Some Things I Said In Court Were Prattish: Ignorance...
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. One of the...
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