Tag: Barristers
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Not being allowed to work from home among top COVID-19 concerns to lawyer-wellbeing helpline
LawCare stats released to mark start of Mental Health Awareness Week
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Over 60% of legal staff want to work from home post-lockdown
Not having to commute top reason for ditching the office
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The challenges ahead for online courts
Hardwicke barrister Andy Creer discusses changes to the way advocacy is delivered during the COVID-19 crisis and the new skills future barristers will require
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COVID-19: Bar exams to go online
But not before August
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How COVID-19 will impact law students
ULaw pro-vice chancellor Peter Crisp provides a big picture overview and draws parallels between the 2008 financial and coronavirus crises
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Aspiring barrister left devastated after receiving pupillage offer in ‘error’
Holly Hickman had already informed her family and friends
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UK legal vacancies plunge 75% during pandemic
Job applications also tumble, new research reveals
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Call for pupillage candidates to get more emotional support
Junior barrister Malvika Jaganmohan urges chambers to ditch 'rejection by silence' as she reflects on her own personal battles in candid blog post
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Bar Council clarifies position on whether law centres are proper lawyers
Statement on coronavirus funding sparks commotion online
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City Law School to tempt law firms with ‘salad bar SQE’
James Catchpole, Associate Dean and LPC Director, is thinking creatively about changes to solicitor and barrister training
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Legal Twitter reacts after ‘white van man’ questions Keir Starmer’s ‘working class’ roots
Posts pic of barrister and Labour leader wearing traditional legal get-up
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Bar bigwigs take temporary pay cuts in wake of COVID-19
Bar Council and BSB tighten belts as they brace for ‘significant drop in income’
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Research: Over 70% of young barristers won’t survive six months in practice
Bar Council warns future of the bar looks 'bleak' in wake of pandemic
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Barristers lose it over Quiz courtroom blunders
'Was that a gavel I just heard?'
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Pro bono group pits solicitors against barristers in ‘virtual fitness challenge’
Raising funds for charities impacted by COVID-19 in the process
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Inns of Court to launch emergency relief fund for junior barristers
Wealthy foursome will also 'relieve hardship' on chambers' rental obligations
Veteran family law barrister suspended for twice breaking family court injunction
Sami Ur Rahman convicted of breaching non-molestation order taken out by ex-girlfriend
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Lawyers lead country as Raab steps in for hospitalised PM and Starmer wins Labour crown
Ex-Links associate and Doughty Street barrister in the spotlight
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London’s Ely Place Chambers to close after 20 years
Some barristers mull launching 'virtual' set
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30% of pupillage places in limbo, COVID-19 survey finds
Barrister hopefuls face anxious wait