Tag: Barristers

Inns of Court strike bar course deal with King’s College London
First cohort of budding barristers start this September

Revealed: The best chambers for training and quality of work 2020
The results from the latest Legal Cheek Junior Barrister Survey are in

Research: Half of lawyers suffer ‘Sunday night fear’
Over 60% calling in sick as a result

BSB to introduce single pupil barrister recruitment timetable
Standardised approach will be 'fairer', says regulator

Bar diversity latest: white, male and privately educated
Profession becoming gradually more diverse, says regulator -- but 'more to be done'

Watch out for ‘deepfake’ evidence forgery, family lawyer warns
Byron James says his client's voice was manipulated to create fake recording of threat to other side

Lost luggage judge Peter Smith is back at the bar
He retired from the High Court amid controversy in 2017

Give all law students unconscious bias training, top judge suggests
As part of a range of measures put forward by senior French and British figures to improve progression of women in law

Don’t risk ‘dying a martyr’ for your home town accent, warns barrister who rose from poverty
Hashi Mohamed argues that changing the way you speak to get on life doesn't mean compromising your identity

Junior barrister offers her top 15 tips to pupillage interview success
Accept it's a competition but don't sweat the small stuff, says Red Lion Chambers' Joanna Hardy

SRA waited three years to stop disbarred bomb hoax barrister from working for solicitors
Exclusive: Michael Shrimpton has been arguing cases in court despite being disbarred

French lawyers dance in protest to government pension reforms
Jiving for justice!?

Calls to lawyer wellbeing helpline continue to rise with stress, depression and bullying among top concerns
Over half of callers to LawCare were trainees, pupils or junior lawyers

Piers Morgan could face prosecution over ‘unhinged’ criticism of Meghan Markle, says The Secret Barrister
Outspoken broadcaster branded Duchess 'a piece of work' and 'spoiled brat'

Grade II listed building in heart of legal London to get new lease of life… as a Wetherspoons
Cheap booze for bazzas ?

Mental health charity LawCare teams up with Sheffield and Open University academics to launch wellbeing course
Free for law students and lawyers

Garden Court barrister to sue police after being arrested on uni picket line
Franck Magennis accuses cops of an 'outrageous breach of civil liberties'

Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister
Daniel Sokol says that many unis ban legal reps from attending

How to become a clinical negligence QC
Two Serjeants’ Inn barristers, who made it to the top via strikingly different routes, share their advice and reflections

Top barristers reveal what students need to know as they make pupillage applications
Practitioners from no less than 13 leading London sets share their insights as the Pupillage Gateway re-opens

13 tips for Pupillage Gateway applicants from a junior barrister
'Don’t say you are fluent in French just because you once successfully ordered two lagers in Dieppe'