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14 Jun 2011, 1:00 am
It all started with a post by Alex Aldridge on The Guardian website: “Why barristers balk at the ‘box-ticking’ of continuing professional development“, followed up by Adam Wagner on the UK Human Rights Blog in a post entitled “Blogging (and maybe tweeting) should be part of Continuing Professional Development“, and subsequently the Law Gazette. [read post]
16 Jan 2011, 8:00 am
What to do with your law intern Alex Aldridge in The Guardian: Employers are under pressure to up their game when it comes to temporary placements When courts and politics collide Michael White in The Guardian: The case that triggered the Oldham byelection highlights the way in which courts are now getting involved in all sorts of matters that were once the exclusive domain of politics Is Michael White right in his subtle, implicit, assertion that the courts and parliament are… [read post]
22 Dec 2012, 7:41 am
I did, however, enjoy the kind invitation from Alex Aldridge of Legal Cheek to contribute to his excellent “If I knew then” series: If I knew then what I know now: ‘I was too ready to treat the view of the experienced as gospel’ And this duck had absolutely nothing to do with me… despite views expressed to the contrary on twitter by surprisingly many! [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 10:11 am
Alex… I, who am about to drink, salute you - an amusing article! [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 2:24 pm
And this from Editor of Legal Week, Alex Novarese is excellent: If judges don’t want to get involved in politics, maybe they should stop giving speeches I enjoy popping over to Alex Aldridge’s latest blog Legal Cheek. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 3:28 pm
” Read more… Alex Aldridge has a most interesting piece in The Guardian about Acculaw – a new initiative to cut the costs to law firms of training. [read post]
7 Jul 2012, 9:23 pm
Alex Bailin QC writes in the Guardian: The law catches up with Libor “The process for setting Libor is pretty much unregulated. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 11:33 am
” The era of the high-rolling criminal barrister is over Alex Aldridge writes in The Guardian: “A handful of criminal barristers still make big money, but the rest may have to diversify if they want to eat” As it happens, I am doing a podcast with Nichola Higgins, Chair of The Young Barristers, on Wednesday about the new CPS plans and the pleasures and difficulties of a career for young barristers at the Criminal Bar. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 8:58 am
On the subject of the two year law degree, which I have offered a view on in an earlier post [Law Review: College of Law to offer two year law degree] - Alex Aldridge writes : Students weigh up the two-year law degree British terror suspects banned from returning to UK In the wake of re-branding Control Orders to TPIMs – which even Rumpelstiltskin couldn’t arrange for anyone to spin into golden PR for Clegg, the government has come up with another wheeze. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 4:26 am
And Legal Cheek hones in on a current problem issue for legal education… Restricting The BPTC To Students Who’ve Already Bagged a Pupillage Wouldn’t Breach Competition Law… The plight of thousands of aspiring barristers who invest large sums of money to undertake the BPTC, but are increasingly unlikely to secure pupillage, has encouraged a lively debate in and around the profession (see, for instance, contributions from The Law Horse, Alex Aldridge and BPP… [read post]
24 Nov 2011, 2:39 pm
Law’s problem with alcohol is slowly being addressed – but is still hush-hush | Alex Aldridge I read with interest this brutally honest and well written account of alcoholism - Law Society Gazette: Anthony Bogan, a former Law Society Council member who stood for President in 1996, endured the terrifying realisation that he was an alcoholic, but found that there was light at the end of the tunnel AND FINALLY… a few blogs and articles which caught my… [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 1:54 am
Alex Aldridge, writing in The Guardian, notes…. [read post]
23 Apr 2011, 9:17 am
While The Bar may well have an oversubscription problem for the time being… the law schools are hyperventilating with this revelation by Alex Aldridge… From oversubscribed to undermanned: are we facing a shortage of lawyers? [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 2:49 pm
And finally… I did enjoy this article by Alex Aldridge in The Guardian… Cherie Blair seeks ways to open up the law to working-class students The Guardian: Widening access to the legal profession is not easy, but Blair has a message to convey: ‘If I can do it, so can you’ Well.. not quite finally… this rather unpleasant banker is worth a look at…. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 7:32 pm
" I read an article this evening by Alex Aldridge called "The Job Squeeze. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 5:39 am
Angelo Racoma) ‘Financial Times’ GC Finds Value in Social Media – http://bit.ly/ihysQ4 (Alex Aldridge) Firefox and Chrome Add “Do Not Track” Tools To Their Browsers – http://rww.to/iaDsbV (Audrey Watters) Global CIO: FedEx CIO Explains The Real Power Of Cloud – http://bit.ly/fofh94 (Chris Murphy) In Another Blow At Content Farms, Google Could Let You Block Domain Names From Searches - http://read.bi/f4c2gR (Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry) Microsoft… [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 10:21 am
In the light of recent riots, I enjoyed reading his blog post: The Scarman Report – 30 Years On Alex Aldridge, a journalist specialising in law and education, has his own blog and, pleasingly, has taken up podcasting - Round my kitchen table: Tesco law – stacking shelves by night, giving legal advice by day? [read post]
6 Nov 2011, 10:59 pm
The Occupy Movement protests After legal action against the Occupy Movement protesters was suspended, Alex Aldridge, writing for the Guardian, considers whether the potential upcoming legal dispute will be akin to a David v Goliath battle. [read post]
3 Nov 2020, 3:05 am
This ancient custom of unknown provenance, explored by Alex Aldridge writing in Legal Cheek in 2016, is one of many quaint practices still alive at the bar. [read post]
28 May 2012, 4:08 am
I select two for you to have a look at: NorthpodLaw and Alex Aldridge and Kevin Poulter’s Legal Cheek podcasts. [read post]
