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The 10 best law student meltdowns on Vine

While lawyers have been slow to embrace iPhone app Vine, law students have seized upon...

17 September 2013 09:33

Exeter University confirms that it was one of its professors who had his law lecture remixed

As universities return for autumn, beware, lecturers, of the smartphone-wielding student with video-editing skills. And,...

16 September 2013 11:17

Starting pupillage: ‘So much to learn but hopefully a chance to teach a little too’

Two years after being called to the Bar, OccupyTheInns prepares to become a fully-fledged barrister...

16 September 2013 09:34

Morning round-up: Monday 16 September

Judges must quit £3,000-a-night luxury lodgings and stay at B&Bs, as ministers seek to slash...

16 September 2013 07:47

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