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The spelling and grammar shame of Apprentice contestant’s new legal brand

While Dynamo Legal founder Alex Mills has great eyebrows, the 22 year-old entrepreneur – who’s a...

2 May 2013 09:23

TV Edwards lets paralegals go weeks after shelling out for their police station accreditation training

Exclusive: In the latest sign of how hard law firms are being hit by government...

1 May 2013 13:15

Newspapers’ categorisation of lawyers: a cut-out-and-keep guide

When The Observer conferred silk upon ‘Loverson’ barrister David Sherborne (who’s not a QC) on...

1 May 2013 10:05

Five terrible comedy law student videos

As is traditional at this time of year on the other side of the pond,...

30 April 2013 09:40

Pupillage application system fail – yet again

Update: the Pupillage Gateway deadline has been extended, for a second time, to Thursday 9...

29 April 2013 11:53

How not to become a smart casualty at a law firm open day

Is smart casual a trap? A law firm “encourages” me to turn up for their...

25 April 2013 09:59

End of the day round-up

Keir Starmer to step down as Director of Public Prosecutions in October [CPS] UK gov’s...

24 April 2013 17:43

When tweeting from a law firm Twitter account, be sure not to wish ‘death to all police’

A Canadian criminal lawyer is at the heart of a media storm after several highly...

24 April 2013 14:11

Separated at birth? ‘Loverson’ barrister David Sherborne and his client Peter Andre

Or perhaps that orange glow is less about genes and more down to, er, grooming…...

24 April 2013 09:59

Leaked CPS email details security breaches in robing room strewn with 999 tapes, confidential files and deodorant cans

Judging by an email leaked to us over the weekend, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)...

23 April 2013 12:40