Tag: Barristers

UK legal vacancies plunge 75% during pandemic
Job applications also tumble, new research reveals

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

Bar Council clarifies position on whether law centres are proper lawyers
Statement on coronavirus funding sparks commotion online

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

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

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’

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

Barristers lose it over Quiz courtroom blunders
'Was that a gavel I just heard?'

Pro bono group pits solicitors against barristers in ‘virtual fitness challenge’
Raising funds for charities impacted by COVID-19 in the process

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

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

London’s Ely Place Chambers to close after 20 years
Some barristers mull launching 'virtual' set

30% of pupillage places in limbo, COVID-19 survey finds
Barrister hopefuls face anxious wait

Former Attorney General records children’s bedtime story while in lockdown
Soothe your little ones to sleep with the distinctive dulcet tones of Geoffrey Cox QC

Drunk deputy head of chambers headbutted junior female colleague outside Calvin Klein underwear store
Details of assault conviction for suspended Rashid Ahmed now revealed

Meet the pioneers shaking up the legal industry
This month’s launch event shone a spotlight on stars from Cleary Gottlieb, Reed Smith, Clyde & Co, 11KBW and Obelisk

Remote hearings resource hub launches in wake of virus pandemic
Richard Susskind-led platform comes as lawyers turn to tech to keep justice system functioning

A poem: Rime of the ancient barrister
With apologies to the legendary poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Home-working Serjeants’ Inn QC drafts hilarious ‘legal notice’ to kids
Prompting other lawyer parents to do the same