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#RoundMyKitchenTable: Orwell Prize Shortlisted Law Blogger Milly Bancroft On The Rise Of The New Media Set
On Tuesday, legal blogger Amanda “Milly” Bancroft found out, via Twitter, that she’d made the...
EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Students Point Finger At Bar Standards Board Following ‘Disastrous’ And ‘Unfair’ Exams
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has had a bad week. First, Richard Moorhead publicly slammed...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 27 April
Judges can and should be involved in pro bono – Law Society Gazette Rupert Murdoch...
Deadline Disbelief As Pupillage Portal DOESN’T Go Down
There is widespread shock among Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students today after the Pupillage...
If You Can’t Go To The Best Uni In Town, Should You Find a Smaller Town?
Following last week’s Queen Mary v Durham debate, I received this email from another student....
Morning Round-Up: Thursday 26 April
Male air steward sues British Airways because colleague called him ‘darling’ – The Telegraph Will...
‘Lawyer Cat’ Meme In Threat To ‘Lawyer Dog’ Supremacy
Last Wednesday I brought you the news that the ‘Lawyer Dog’ meme had gone viral,...
David Allen Green Throws Twitter Tantrum After Rival Legal Blogger Pips Him To Orwell Prize Shortlist
In 2010, when City lawyer David Allen Green (AKA Jack of Kent) was shortlisted for...
Morning Round-Up:Wednesday 25 April
‘This is such fun’: Leveson QC revels in James Murdoch confrontation – The Guardian ‘I’ve...
Barrister Boyz Perform ‘I Want That Job Today’
They’re not so good at singing and they can’t get jobs as lawyers. Meet the...
Chartered Legal Execs Swear Rule Of Law Oath – Other Lawyers To Follow?
For the first time in English legal history, newly qualified lawyers have sworn their version...
Hard Times At The Bar: BSB Chief Baroness Deech Can’t Even Afford Postage Stamps
“I have to warn you followers of my blog, no more Xmas cards from me,...
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 24 April
My favourite time of year: pupillage application time – mikehillbarrister.com Bar Standards Board’s ‘research’ is...
Over 10% Of Time’s ‘100 Most Influential People in The World’ Are Lawyers, But None Are Brits (Adele Gets a Slot, Though)
“What, no Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers?!” I bellowed after scanning Time Magazine’s list of...
Legal Education Review Chief Slams ‘Gross Inability’ Of BPTC Students
Senior members of the legal profession have a tendency to shy away from telling it...
Morning Round-Up: Monday 23 April
Margaret Mountford on Theresa May’s Abu Qatada mistake – The Mirror Terror case lawyers who...
Ambivalent Germans Fret Over Bribery Rules As Freshfields Launches London 2012 Tie-Up
Last night, with just 99 days to go to the London Olympics, Anglo-German law firm...
Advocacy In Decline…And It’s Solicitors’ Fault, Says BSB Study
A whopping 78% of respondents to a Bar Standards Board (BSB) survey believe that standards...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 20 April
Jedward’s law student brother joins pair at premiere – Mail Online Bring back barrister immunity...
VIDEO: Jonathan Djanogly “Giggled and Grinned” Through Legal Aid Asbestos Victims Debate
Oh dear, Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly has put his foot in it again… The extraordinary...
Minimum Pupillage Award ‘Limits Flow Of Talent To The Bar’
Keep the minimum wage for trainee solicitors, but scrap it for pupil barristers, argues OccupyTheInns...