Tag: Bar
Legal Profession Is ‘Bedazzled By The Legend Of London’
In reality, the capital’s lawyers are no better than their regional counterparts, says The Law...
Bar Should Be Restricted To Russell Group Graduates
Why incur the cost and hassle of an aptitude test to limit entry onto the...
Pupillage In The Provinces? Thanks, But No Thanks
London-based pupillage hunter OccupyTheInns thinks taking a position in the regions could be a bad...
Becoming a QC: Easy as £4,200 inc VAT
The congratulations email received by today’s new QCs comes with…a bill for £4,200 (inclusive of...
EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Providers’ Wildly Differing Exam Lengths Provoke Unfairness Accusations
BPTC students are up in arms about the wildly differing lengths of exam times between...
Who Are You Calling a Paralegal?
The title of non-practising barrister needs to be given more weight to reflect Bar school...
Lord Justice of Appeal Slams MasterChef Hopefuls
When BBC series MasterChef set its contestants the task of cooking a qualifying session dinner...
‘Solicitor Advocates Are Destroying The Junior Bar’
If advocacy is your calling, don’t try to force the creation of a single, merged...
‘It’s More Likely To Be The QCs Getting Under Clerks Feet Than The Pupils’
Jeremy Hopkins, a clerk at a top commercial chambers, responds to last week’s controversial piece...
#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...
Camilla Becomes Honorary Barrister – as BPTC Fees Rise to £16.5K For The Proles
As the cost of doing the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) rises another notch to...
Time For Barristers To Put Hands in Their Pockets
Pupillage should be the test for Bar wannabes, not interviews – and wealthy barristers should...
Bar Overplays The Independence Card
Gratuitous individuality threatens to hold chambers back at critical period for the legal market, writes...
MP Demands Action After Legal Cheek Reveals £81K Theft Barrister is Still Practising
Today in the House of Commons, Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland will call for...
EXCLUSIVE: £81K Theft Barrister is STILL PRACTISING While On Bail Awaiting Sentencing
A barrister awaiting sentencing after admitting stealing £81,500 from his former chambers represented a client...
Son of ‘End of Lawyers’ Author Susskind is…a Law Student
Like the popular astrologist Shelley von Strunckel, legal futurologist Richard Susskind OBE makes his living...
Barrister Rebuked for Impersonating Top QC
Yesterday the High Court dismissed barrister David Leathley’s appeal against the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB)...
‘If You Want to Be an Actor and Earn Some Money, Become a Barrister’
Recently the actor Philip Glenister (pictured below), of Life on Mars and Mad Dogs fame,...
Errors, Unhappy Staff & Mediocre Students: BPTC Monitoring Results
Legal Cheek brings you the parts of the Bar Standards Board report the providers won’t...
Don’t Believe the Law School Scholarship Hype
Yesterday a press release from the College of Law appeared in my inbox, headed COLLEGE...
MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?
Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good...