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‘Cocky’ Warwick Uni Law Student Fails In Bid To Become Countdown Supreme Champion – Then Jousts With Host

Yesterday Warwick Uni LLM student Mark Deeks narrowly lost his battle with a Cambridge maths...

10 January 2013 10:26

Solicitors Are Like GPs And Barristers Like Consultants, Says Eddie Stobart Lorries

Eddie Stobart Lorries’ move into offering legal services – via its newly-formed Stobart Barristers arm...

9 January 2013 12:17

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),...

9 January 2013 10:49

How Bad Does Your Wide-Ranging Crime Spree Have To Be To Prevent You From Becoming A Solicitor?

Last week a Bradford solicitor was jailed for five years for paying off witnesses in...

8 January 2013 15:20

‘I Look Forward To Meeting You On 31 Sept As Well’: Cambridge Law Student Taunts ‘Sloppy’ Law Firm Grad Recruiters

As a strategy to land a job, Sebastian Salek’s decision to pen an article for...

8 January 2013 11:36

Bad Legal Aid Omen Of The Week

Go to the Ministry of Justice website, scroll to the bottom – and in the ‘Topics’...

8 January 2013 10:34

Solicitors Regulation Authority Fuses Judaism And Islam To Create New Religion

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) latest diversity survey has an eye-catching new ‘Jewish Muslim’ option...

7 January 2013 16:55

Ex-Wannabe Lawyer Sells His Name On eBay In Bid To Pay Off Massive US Law School Debts

“If you want my first name to be ‘Bob’s Supermarket’ and my last name to...

7 January 2013 10:26

Leaked Email: Hogan Lovells Partner Orders Associates To Be At Their Desks By 9am – Even If They’ve Been Working Late

Corporate lawyers pride themselves on being able to swan into work late. The trade off,...

4 January 2013 11:46

Shearman & Sterling: ‘We Never Offered Email Scandal Trainee An NQ Solicitor Job; He Resigned Over The Summer’

Yesterday we brought you news of the updated LinkedIn profile of Shearman & Sterling ‘spit...

4 January 2013 10:02