Tag: Barristers
Podcast: Why Wannabe Barristers Should Do Their Time As Paralegals Before Doing The BPTC
The path from the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to paralegal purgatory is a well...
‘I Think The Person Who Wrote The Bar Aptitude Test Got The Answers Wrong’
Barrister-to-be Sodslaw sits the practice version of the new Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) –...
10 Reasons To Be Kind To Lawyers
It’s Tuesday 9 April, which is of course Be Kind To Lawyers Day. At a...
Lawyer Who Fell Asleep In Court Blames Hippopotamus-Related ‘Spiritual Attack’ Originating In London
A human rights lawyer who fell asleep during a hearing in the Ghanaian Supreme Court...
‘The Forces Of Conservatism In The Law Are Formidable But Not Unstoppable’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
Alternative Careers For Law Grads: Busker
Some poetry from self-styled “People’s Lawyer and the People’s Poet” David Neita popped up on...
Why Geographicals Don’t Work
Back in 2007, after I’d spent a year flunking pupillage interviews upon completion of Bar...
BSB In Data Protection Howler As It Divulges 1,268 Barristers’ Email Addresses
Just when you thought that the Bar Standards Board (BSB) had run out of embarrassing...
Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Think Twice Before Publishing Poems Lampooning Women Drivers
As the editor of a gossipy, tabloid-ish website, my philosophy is that if anyone voluntarily...
Criminal Bar Association Takes Swipe At ‘Dickhead’ Law Student
On Easter Sunday, anonymous Twitter sensation @LawVicissitudes tweeted this cheekily blasphemous gag: What people don’t...
‘Who Breaks A Barrister Upon The Wheel Of An Eddie Stobart Lorry?
As I prepare to commence pupillage at a leading criminal law set in September, the government’s...
Video: Lindsay Lohan Isn’t Very Nice To Her Lawyer At All
“Why did you even say that?” whispers troubled star Lindsay Lohan accusingly to her lawyer,...
Law Firm Life: The Truth In A Pie Chart
From Rob Pollak, the brilliant former Skadden associate behind ‘Lawyers, can you go home?’, comes another...
Bar Student Outrage As Mock Paper Questions Feature In BPTC Ethics Exam
Exclusive: 24 hours after BPTC students completed Monday’s centrally set ethics exam, a mock paper...
The mismatch between Bar graduates and pupillages is about to get a whole lot worse…
One thing no one has mentioned in relation to the very serious travails of the...
1KBW divorce barrister offers priest work experience
“I should very much like to be a barrister so I could say things like...
Exclusive: Attorney General responds to Bar anger at his ‘foolish’ barristers comment
Legal Cheek‘s Kevin Poulter has just asked Attorney General Dominic Grieve what he meant by...
Do As I Say Not As I Do Advocacy Training: Starring Lord Sumption
Last month we analysed the “smug smile” and poor posture which blight Lord Neuberger’s delivery...
There Has Always Been A Bar Aptitude Test – And Training To Be A Barrister Is Free For Those Who Pass It
Amid all the debate about rising Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) fees and the new...
New Statesman Readers Slam ‘Insolent Bloody Human Rights Lawyers’ Following ‘Shyster’ Barrister’s Pro-Human Rights Blog
Yes, that’s New Statesman readers… 1 Crown Office Row barrister Adam Wagner, who also edits...
Lord Neuberger Is Trending! UK’s Top Judge Ousts Justin Bieber As Twitter’s Hottest Topic After Voicing Legal Aid Concerns
It’s not often that you get a member of the legal profession outperforming Justin Bieber...