Tag: Barristers

The legal profession has a problem with fake Twitter followers too

As regular Legal Cheek readers will know, the problem of fake Twitter followers — identified...

Aug 7 2013 9:26am

Could the legal aid reforms improve life for baby barristers?

It’s a confusing time for future legal aid barristers. On Friday a lucky few obtained...

Aug 6 2013 2:18pm

Barrister creates two YouTube homages to himself: which one do you prefer?

YouTube is a tricky medium to get right. Still, full marks to 33 Bedford Row’s...

Aug 6 2013 9:23am

5 ways to announce to the world that you’ve bagged a pupillage

Friday was, of course, pupillage offer day. For the lucky ones, there was delight, followed...

Aug 5 2013 9:00am

Tooks withdraws mini-pupillage due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’ — and rules out placements for 2014

In the latest sign that all is not well at Tooks Chambers, Michael Mansfield QC’s...

Aug 2 2013 11:17am

Angel Chambers family law barrister in top bodybuilding competition win

Christina Chinnock of Angel Chambers in Swansea has scooped one of the top prizes at...

Jul 31 2013 12:37pm

‘We would be foolish indeed to sneer at the principle of the barrister hottie’

After overcoming his initial scepticism, OccupyTheInns — who will shortly be commencing pupillage — is...

Jul 31 2013 11:23am

18 year-old becomes youngest ever barrister after passing BPTC

Gabrielle Turnquest, 18, will become the youngest person in the history of the English and...

Jul 30 2013 1:33pm

Lawyer files petition at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to challenge the unfair trial of Jesus Christ

A Kenyan lawyer has petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to...

Jul 30 2013 8:59am

Barrister puts wig and gown on eBay and issues dramatic warning to Bar wannabes

A junior barrister has ended her career in dramatic style by placing her “Ede and...

Jul 29 2013 8:13am

Hotties of the week: ‘Melting barrister’s clerk’ slams ‘boiling barrister’

This week has seen not only the return of the “Barrister Hottie Experts”, but a...

Jul 26 2013 9:31am

How should chambers and law firms reject applicants?

Recently we received this email from a disgruntled pupillage-seeker… How did the pupillage-seeker know they...

Jul 24 2013 12:37pm

‘Your Barrister Boyfriend’ reveals 5 more ‘barrister hotties (or notties?)’ nominated by readers

The authors of the seminal ’21 hottest barristers in London’ — hosted on the YourBarristerBoyfriend Tumblr...

Jul 24 2013 9:07am

The most error-strewn tweet announcing a new DPP ever?

Someone at “The Tomes” seems to have been in a little bit too much of...

Jul 23 2013 11:05am

How anonymous social media sensations can avoid getting sued

Amid the thrills of YourBarristerBoyfriend’s sensational arrival on the scene last week, there were —...

Jul 22 2013 12:22pm

‘You need an offer…but you only need one’

It took a stint working in marketing, a brief spell as a criminal barrister and...

Jul 19 2013 11:55am

What’s going on at Tooks Chambers?

Rumours are raging about the future of Tooks Chambers. Yesterday Respect Party politician Lee Jasper...

Jul 19 2013 9:48am

Legal job website of the week

“We don’t list law jobs everyone wants,” reads the mission statement of US legal job...

Jul 18 2013 2:09pm

‘Your Barrister Boyfriend’ Tumblr names ‘the 21 hottest barristers in London’

A Tumblr called YourBarristerBoyfriend has produced what it terms “the first ever official Barrister Hottie...

Jul 17 2013 9:03am

All the ‘common sense’ BCAT does is increase the cost of qualifying as a barrister

Having just sat the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) — which must be taken by...

Jul 16 2013 1:14pm

Yet another top barrister quits Tooks…

The exodus began last autumn when Tim Moloney QC, Adrian Waterman QC and Tatyana Eatwell...

Jul 16 2013 9:15am