Tag: Advice
Vac Scheme Application Forms: It’s All About The ‘Challenging Situation’ Question
Barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns shares his pupillage hunt wisdom with wannabe solicitors as they prepare to submit...
ADVICE: ‘My Writer Husband Is Demanding That I Do a Justine Thornton’
Dear Auntie Em, Since the Labour Party conference earlier this month, my husband has been...
ADVICE: ‘How Can I Get a First Class Degree?’
‘Mike’, who has just begun an undergraduate law degree, wants to know what it takes...
How To Face Down Dirty Tactics During a Vac Scheme
Over the weekend, ‘The Budding Lawyer’ wrote of the dirty tactics he had fallen victim...
‘Does Grindr Count As An Extra-Curricular Activity?’
The other day, desperate for something memorable to put in the gaping ‘outside interests’ section...
ADVICE: ‘Could An Artistic Legal CV Help Me To Stand Out From The Crowd?’
Dear Auntie Em, This post on The Student Room asking if legal CVs could be...
ADVICE: Are Big Law Firms Still Old Boys’ Clubs?
I received this email from a prospective Open University law student the other day… My...
‘I’m Worried I Might Lose The Lucrative Part-Time Office Manager Job That Has Kept Me Afloat Through Law School’
Dear Auntie Em, To date, I have just about made ends meet at law school...
Can You Get Into a City Law Firm From An Ex-Poly?
Can you get into a City law firm from an ex-poly? And how much will...
ADVICE: Your Uni Choices Are Fine, But Why The Narrow Focus On The Bar?
I recently received this email from a prospective law student… Read my response below.
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....
‘The Prestige Factor’: Queen Mary or Durham For Law?
Last week I received this email from a student: “The prestige factor” is a major...
#RoundMyKitchenTable Exam Special: How Do You Revise And Apply For Jobs?
Taking a rare break from revising for his Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams, barrister-to-be...
Can One Fart in The Ladies at Work? Auntie Em Advises…
Dear Auntie Em, This one is a little bit embarrassing, I’m afraid. Okay, so let’s...
‘I WANT TO NET A STUNNER, 25, TOO!’ Auntie Em Advises…
Dear Auntie Em, I read with great interest your piece dated 6 February, ‘Barrister, 40:...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: Learning the office politics game
Follow @emilyjupp Dear Auntie Em, I’ve started recently as a trainee at a law firm...
Escape Routes From The Law: Doing a Hollywood
For the legions of training contract hunters out there, being a lawyer is a dream....
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: I wish I’d never started the LPC
Hi Auntie Em, I’m midway through the Legal Practice Course (LPC), having just reconvened after...
Keeping Up With Law’s ‘Made in Chelsea’ Set
LPC student Cat Pond doesn’t fancy joining the Sloanes, but what are the alternatives for...
AUNTIE EM’S HOMESPUN ADVICE FOR LAWYERS: ‘I got drunk and told my colleagues I hate them’
Dear Auntie Em, At last month’s office Christmas party I got very drunk and told...