Tag: Barristers

Dominic Cummings brands legal Twitter royalty as ‘charlatans’
Former Downing Street adviser lashes leading lawyers over Brexit views

Top judge slams BSB over ‘injustice’ to student wrongly kicked off bar training course
Ryan Eve vindicated in High Court after regulator's blunders

Applications now open for Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair
Leading chambers and law schools return on 9 October for UK's biggest bar careers event

Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic
Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers
'Mfs in the 1700s saw this hairstyle and were like YOOOO 🔥🔥🔥'

Royal baby tweet barrister cleared by London law firm
Family Law Cafe finds no evidence of 'discriminatory practice' in relation to CEO's post

London barristers’ clerk goes Insta-official with Love Island’s Dr Alex George
Posted matching pics hours apart

Top quality work with great work/life balance: Lawyers make the case for the North West
A panel of experts explain why the region’s thriving legal scene should be on students’ radar

BBC takes ‘fresh look’ at the legal profession with new podcast for aspiring lawyers
‘Not All Lawyers Have Law Degrees’ champions atypical routes into law

Former BBC legal correspondent joins London chambers
Clive Coleman becomes associate tenant at 23ES

Hardwicke to rebrand as Gatehouse Chambers after discovering name has slavery links
Lord Hardwicke was co-author of 1729 legal opinion relied upon by slave owners

‘The bar must do better at giving pupillage applicants feedback’
BTC graduate and aspiring barrister Kieran Alker recounts his 'frustrating' experience and suggests a way to improve the process

Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence
Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Family barrister suspended following ‘offensive and unacceptable’ Royal baby tweet
Joanna Toch apologises after ill-judged remark

Keir Starmer reveals boozy lunch with ex-Doughty Street chamber mate Amal and George Clooney
Labour leader appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories last night

Henry Hendron avoids disbarment — again
Scandal-hit barrister reprimanded for continuing to work during suspension over drug offences

Supreme Court launches paid internship for underrepresented aspiring barristers
Week-long scheme will see bar hopefuls shadow judicial assistants

City Law School suspends two-part bar course following low student sign-ups
Exclusive: Budding barristers prefer full and part-time options

Barristers to share Gray’s Inn with 300 kids as new primary school gets go-ahead
To open amid top chambers next year, with kiddies lunching in historic hall

Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister avoids prison
Tim Crosland slapped with £5k fine for leaking Heathrow judgment

Bar group looks to tackle workplace abuse with ‘active bystanders’
All Rise project creates special pin badge as visible sign of support