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Legal Cheek High Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor 2. 10 Reasons To Be Kind To...

13 April 2013 15:48

End Of The Day Round-Up

Sir Edward Garnier MP, ex-Solicitor General, tries to amend out key sections of the Defamation...

12 April 2013 17:39

Law Vicissitudes Meme Of The Week

DWF tells vac scheme candidates of taken-over firm Cobbetts that they need to re-apply to...

12 April 2013 16:36

Podcast: Why Wannabe Barristers Should Do Their Time As Paralegals Before Doing The BPTC

The path from the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to paralegal purgatory is a well...

12 April 2013 14:15

‘How Dare You Submit An Exhibit Which Has Been Stapled Not Tied?’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...

12 April 2013 09:50

Morning Round-Up: Friday 12 April

Criminal barrister responds to Grayling’s idea that barristers’ legal aid fees should not exceed the...

12 April 2013 07:48

End Of The Day Round-Up

David Wolfe QC has defended QASA, but Simon Myerson QC doesn’t rate what he had...

11 April 2013 17:39

Did Rochman Landau Solicitor Use Firm Computer To Describe Himself As ‘UK’s Barack Obama’ On His Wikipedia Page?

Lawyers with political ambitions, beware… It has been revealed today that a Wikipedia description of...

11 April 2013 13:32

The Company Charging Wannabe Lawyers Hundreds Of Pounds For Paralegal Job Interviews

As the odds of landing a training contract or pupillage grow longer, and wannabe lawyers...

11 April 2013 10:06

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 11 April

Breaking Bad could get spin-off based on criminal lawyer Saul Goodman [Unreality TV] A tracksuit...

11 April 2013 08:16