Tag: Barristers

Mystery law student bids over £6,000 to have lunch with Amal Clooney
They can bring six friends, according to reports
Aspiring barristers offered chance to win £12,000 pupillage bonus
Pupils vying for ICLR’s cash bonus will be judged on financial need and merit

Barrister training overhaul receives legal watchdog approval
Two-part BPTC a step closer

‘I felt hopeless and isolated’: Barrister opens up about battle with alcoholism
A candid account of one lawyer's journey to sobriety

I’m (not) lovin’ it: Criminal barristers could earn more serving Big Macs, suggests top QC
Some legal aid lawyers earning £5 an hour

Bar feeling angsty over its ‘testosterone overdose’
Top QC warns of BDE

Lord Chief Justice: ‘Call out’ sexism on the bench
As another barrister goes public with negative experience

From human rights barrister to judge – why I prefer being the decision maker
Ahead of ‘How to become a human rights lawyer’ on Wednesday in London, we caught up with ULaw academic and deputy district judge Anitra Hussain

#MeToo pioneer Charlotte Proudman reveals she received bottom spanking note on ‘judicial headed note paper’
It came shortly after the barrister went public with City solicitor's 'sexist' LinkedIn message

Brexit-backing former Brighton Uni fashion student raises £77,000 in fight against ‘top lawyers in the land’
Darren Grimes, 25, is appealing fine for breaking electoral law in EU referendum

‘Don’t act like you’re on a stag-do’ or ‘make repetitive jokes about breasts or skirts’, junior barrister tells male colleagues
Joanna Hardy offers nine practical pointers to improving retention of women at the criminal bar

Pupil barrister has wig tin confiscated by court security – Twitter reacts
'What level of tinpot jobsworthery brings this about?'

More action needed to tackle ‘hostile environment’ driving women from the bar
‘This stuff is not complicated, so let’s get on with it’, says Chris Henley QC

Pupillage Gateway deadline extended AGAIN in wake of IT problems
Aspiring barristers now have until 11am Monday to submit applications

Pupillage Gateway deadline extended as system struggles to cope with ‘unprecedented levels of traffic’
Aspiring barristers now have until 1:30pm today

Open thread: How to ace a pupillage application
Two Hardwicke pupil barristers advise

Privately-educated continue to dominate the bar
Barristers remain reluctant to reveal schooling background, BSB report suggests

The chambers with the best facilities in England — 2019 edition
The new Legal Cheek Junior Barrister Survey results — analysed

House of Commons barista paid more than average legal aid barrister
Civil service role comes with a salary of £23,290 plus benefits

Brexit could generate plenty of opportunities for future lawyers
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How will Brexit disarray affect future lawyers?’ event at ULaw Moorgate on Thursday, ULaw associate professor Trevor Tayleur casts an expert eye over the impending upheaval