Tag: Barristers

Under-promoted, oddly-timed and confusing to outsiders: why the bar is not making the most of its scholarships
There’s £5 million, for those in the know

Three more high profile speakers announced for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Hardwicke’s PJ Kirby QC, Brighton Uni LLB lead Zoe Swan and Frances Bennett, pioneer of Burges Salmon's legal apprenticeships scheme, to appear at Kings Place London on 22 May

Durham Uni law academic sparks furious Twitter debate after claiming high-profile rape allegation wasn’t necessarily ‘false’
Criminal law expert stirs up controversy online

Top QC who branded unpaid internship ‘plain wrong’ offers aspiring barristers two weeks paid work experience
‘I should put my money where my mouth is’, says Jaime Hamilton

London chambers offers ‘unpaid’ internship lasting up to six months
Exclusive: But 9KBW will cover wannabe barristers' travel expenses

Should I stop chasing pupillage?
'I feel like I am going backwards'

#5JobsIHad: Social media trend sees lawyers reveal unusual previous careers
Christmas grotto elf, haunted house scarer, life drawing model and even a bouncer!

Criminal barrister reveals emotional toll of life at the bar in candid tweets
‘We are expected to brush away the trauma of one case and pick up the next’

Last chance to buy first release tickets for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Only five weeks to go until day-long event at Kings Place London on 22 May

Jailed sex assault barrister disbarred
Clyde Stevens handed 10-year prison term in 2017

New trade union targets overworked junior lawyers
Legal Sector Workers United wants trainees and pupils to help fight oppression and inequality

Exchange Chambers to double pupillage intake next year
Northern behemoth to take on six pupils in 2020

Why one barrister quit her job to become a successful restaurateur
Nisha Katona had been practising for 20 years

City lawyer whose ‘sexist’ LinkedIn message sparked media frenzy switches firms
Alexander Carter-Silk made headlines in 2015 after praising Charlotte Proudman's 'stunning' profile photo

Doughty Street’s Amal Clooney lands UK foreign office role
Human rights barrister appointed media freedom envoy

Child porn barrister who claimed Nazis planned to blow up the Queen fails to overturn disbarment
No return to the bar for Michael Shrimpton

Sexism from judges exaggerated, says Lord Chief Justice
Small number of examples give 'false impression'

Be prepared to forge your own path to legal practice
A panel of lawyers reveal their unconventional routes into law

Six bar big hitters to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Dedicated barrister session to feature practitioners from Hardwicke and Cornerstone, alongside BPTC heads, academics and Inns' director