Tag: Barristers
Official survey: bar students are rubbish at ethics
Latest figures show tumbling pass rates on vocational course exam -- with bar regulators scratching their heads over the cause
It turns out that Britain’s top comedians are desperate to be barristers
Edinburgh Festival show in which comedians go head-to-head in boozy moots has run extended amid stars’ desperation to have a go
Exclusive interview: Judge Rinder on life as Britain’s newest reality TV star
2 Hare Court barrister Rob Rinder talks to Legal Cheek about being the UK’s answer to Judge Judy
An 8 step Pinterest guide to what to wear during legal work experience
King’s College London student Jessy Howard reports from the mini-pupillage and law firm work placement front line via Legal Cheek‘s new ‘Lawyer Looks’ Pinterest board
Tory councillor charged with faking law degree and bar course qualification
Legal Cheek broke the original story of Bar Council investigation flaws that led to arrest as Monika Juneja now faces seven counts
Court canteens — menus range from the ridiculous to the dangerous
Court canteens — menus range from the ridiculous to the dangerous
The 7 best moments from Judge Rinder’s impressive ITV debut
2 Hare Court barrister -- who hopes to be the UK's answer to Judge Judy -- has star quality
Political blog Guido Fawkes attacks Oxford Uni Labour club chair for doing vac schemes at top City law firms
Law student's social media footprint used by popular right-wing blog to make 'champagne socialism' accusations that don't quite hit the mark
Legal pic of the day
On today's centenary of the start of the first world war, this photo shows members of the Inns of Court Regiment being drilled in Hertfordshire during the conflict
A window into wannabe barristers’ torment on Pupillage Offer Day
Bag a pupillage and you’ve made it into the secret garden of the bar; fail and you’re just another BPTC grad sucker — no wonder wannabe barristers are nervous today
Judge told barrister to nip down to Chinese takeaway — for an interpreter
Glitch in outsourcing services blamed for lack of Mandarin speaker in trial at Cardiff Crown Court
Squatted magistrates court which hosted Occupy’s ‘trial of the 1%’ to become a luxury hotel
Two-and-a-half years on from the Occupy movement's foray into the provision of justice, the 1% get their revenge as spate of court sell-offs continues
Law: the fantasy Vs the reality
Life as a solicitor or barrister isn't always what it seems
Research: young barristers are much cleverer than older ones
New figures give weight to the suspicion that the senior bar is full of not-so-bright slackers from privileged backgrounds
The spiritual home of Wednesbury Unreasonableness is for sale
West Midlands cinema at heart of Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp goes on the market
This sign for the toilets in the Royal Courts of Justice goes beyond everyday sexism
Female advocates, male non-advocates and wheelchair users are all flummoxed by this sign for the toilets at the Royal Courts of Justice
There is a real billboard advertising the services of Saul Goodman’s junior lawyer self — and the phone number works
Seemingly innocuous lawyer advert is in fact a clever publicity stunt for Breaking Bad spin-off
Throwback Thursday: Lord Denning and Noddy on ‘Jim’ll Fix It’
Following the popularity of the video of Slaughter and May in 1981, we have continued our trawl of YouTube and unearthed a 1985 episode of ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ starring Lord Denning and Noddy — which thankfully has a happy ending
Let’s break free from the cultural imperialism of US legal dramas and stop imagining that English judges use gavels
Even a respected broadsheet falls into the trap of thinking British judges bang away like their Yankee counterparts
A reading from the Book of Mitchell
Wigapedia draws upon Biblical inspiration to follow the twists and turns of the Jackson reforms
Transcript emerges of huge bust-up between judge and ‘breathtakingly arrogant’ barrister that has shocked the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has torn into a criminal barrister and referred him to the Bar Standards Board for getting into a slanging match with a Crown Court judge — but what did the pair actually say to each other?