Tag: Barristers

Cyber-hacked barristers win High Court judgment against ‘persons unknown’
Judge orders mystery criminals to hand over any info they may have obtained

Barrister apprenticeships? Quite possibly says pupillage expert
There are barriers to overcome, but these are not 'insurmountable'

‘Significant funds’ drained from bar charity’s bank account without permission
Exclusive: Bridging the Bar says cash has since been returned

Bar aptitude test ‘not effective filter’ of weak wannabe barristers
Fail rate of under 1%, report finds

‘Cancelled’ barrister cleared of misconduct over tweet that got him kicked out of chambers
But fined £500 over separate tweet about Muslims

Pupil barrister pay hits £75,000 as top London sets boost awards
Rises at One Essex Court, Monckton, Matrix, 7KBW, 39 Essex and Outer Temple

What we learnt during The Legal Cheek-ULaw Summer 2021 Virtual Vacation Scheme
Southampton University student Juliet Griffiths gets insights into commercial law

Pupil barrister numbers down nearly a third in 30 years
757 in 1991 ⤵️ 542 in 2020

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