Tag: Barristers

Polite lawyers are actually the most aggressive, research finds
Saying 'respect' in court can in fact mean 'disrespect'

Legal Cheek’s most read stories of 2021
Crazy working hours, lockdown blues, uni rankings, NFTs -- and of course the usual dose of lawyers behaving badly

Your ultimate guides to training contract and pupillage applications this festive period
Legal Cheek careers resources reveal inside line on over 100 law firms and 50 chambers, and contain key graduate recruitment deadlines

What went down at the Legal Cheek-ULaw Winter 2021 Virtual Vacation Scheme
Lawyers share insights into practice areas including ESG, finance, legal tech, gaming and media law

A round-up of the best Xmas trees across the legal profession
From law firm lobbies to historic Inns of Court 🎄

Eco-protest barrister to go to European Court of Human Rights after contempt ruling upheld
'It’s no great surprise that the Supreme Court has decided to side with itself', embargo-breaker Tim Crosland says

High Court judge left unimpressed after barristers spoke too quickly
Bar students take note

BPP to offer free SQE and bar ‘bridge courses’
Tie-up with eight universities

Minimum pupillage awards to rise next month
A little over £19k for baby barristers in London

Re-think training and support of junior barristers, says incoming bar chief
WhatsApp groups no substitute for chambers camaraderie

Top QC asks Twitter to make his profile pic more ‘Christmassy’ — hilarity ensues
'This has won the internet for the day' 🤣

This pic of the MoJ’s Xmas tree hasn’t gone down well with criminal lawyers
'Utterly detached from the reality', wrote one barrister on Twitter, as crumbling courts and case backlogs continue to blight justice system

‘Dramatic increase’ in complaints about barristers social media posts
Overall BSB findings show reports are on the rise

Labour reshuffle: Former law textbook publisher appointed shadow justice secretary
Steve Reed replaces David Lammy who is promoted to shadow foreign sec

Five types of lawyer you’ve met this year
Which legal stereotype are you?

25 Bedford Row barristers to star in new Channel 4 documentary
The Defenders airs from spring

Barristers anger at Justice Sec’s selfie with roller-skating Xmas pud
Dominic Raab’s decision to send pre-recorded bar conference message (rather than attending in-person) has apparently not gone down well with lawyers

Barristers fall out over Middle Temple LGBTQ+ qualifying session
Huge trans rights row divides the bar

Bar report: Ethnic minorities find it harder to secure pupillage
'There is a need to tone down your blackness' during interviews, one junior barrister told researchers

Disbarment for barrister who asked fellow lawyer to lie about sex assault
Handed suspended sentence earlier this year