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Legal Cheek high five: the week’s most read stories

1. Video: Clifford Chance trainee in ‘f*cking people over for money’ YouTube boast 2. Solicitor,...

14 September 2013 10:31

‘No I don’t want to take that file home this weekend, why don’t you do it Mr Head of Department?’

UCL legal academic Richard Moorhead wonders if his rocky spell in private practice would have...

13 September 2013 11:19

Video: Clifford Chance trainee in ‘f*cking people over for money’ YouTube boast

A Clifford Chance trainee is in serious trouble after he was filmed boasting about his...

13 September 2013 09:30

What lawyers can learn from legal dramas

As the return of hit BBC barrister series Silk nears, WaitroseLaw considers the practical lessons...

12 September 2013 13:28

Event: If I knew then what I know now — at the Google Campus

On the evening of Thursday 10th October six authors of posts in Legal Cheek‘s ‘If...

12 September 2013 09:08

10 things to do before starting law school that are mostly enjoyable

Columnist and academic Professor Gary Slapper recommends ten ways for law students to grasp the bigger picture before they become mired in the detail of study

11 September 2013 11:00

Don’t you step into my courtroom wearing blue suede trainers, judge tells lawyer

Recently we reported on the judge who sent a defendant to the cells for wearing...

11 September 2013 08:38

Incorrect tweet forces BPP to reveal how many of its grads bagged training contracts

Lawyer2B has a piece today detailing the employment rates of the biggest Legal Practice Course...

10 September 2013 12:48

Why do you need a degree to do the Graduate Diploma in Law?

In Saturday’s The Times, Giles Coren argued that formal education is pretty much worthless —...

10 September 2013 09:20

Solicitor who finished training contract last year is made a partner by City law firm

Most solicitors have to wait the best part of a decade to become a partner....

9 September 2013 11:46