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Inspiring confidence.
Do City law firm worker bees actually produce honey?
Or are branded jars just a ploy to keep lawyers sweet?
Recruitment events: it’s not the law firms who want the booze, it’s the students
Cambridge University Law Society duo respond to backlash generated by Legal Cheek article about alcohol-fuelled Oxbridge social events put on by law firms.
Bar Council and BSB apologise for mistake over tenancy decline statistic
Incredible 64% fall in tenancies is based on incorrect data admit embarrassed regulators, as they issue an apology.
Pupil barrister live-tweets his own case
A Bahamas-based baby barrister broke new ground on social media yesterday.
Number of tenancies at the Bar plunges
Update: Incredible 64% fall in tenancies is based on incorrect data say embarrassed regulators, as they issue an apology.
There must be a better name for it than ‘CV blind’…
'CV blind' may be the least politically-correct name for a diversity initiative ever. As a third law firm announces that it is assessing candidates without reference to their educational backgrounds, we asked Twitter for alternative monikers.
CV blind: Now there are 3 firms assessing wannabe lawyers without considering their grades
Top 30 outfit Macfarlanes joins Mayer Brown and Clifford Chance in exploring new recruitment method aimed at broadening profile of typical big law firm trainee — as wider City diversity push gathers pace.
Where next for LGBT in law?
The legal profession has made huge amounts of progress in their treatment of gay lawyers, but tricky issues remain, discovers Alex Aldridge as he visits one of the leading LGBT network in the City.
Lady Gaga provides a glimpse into the future of law
Mindful, perhaps, of the changes sweeping through the legal profession, Lady Gaga elected to dress as a futuristic barrister over the weekend as part of her 28th birthday celebrations.