Tag: Barristers

LawCatz: New TV chat show aims to demystify the legal world with the help of lawyers

Pilot to air on Sky next month, according to programme’s creator

Sep 6 2018 8:53am

ULaw appoints ex-Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger as chancellor

He stepped down from the UK's top bench last year

Sep 4 2018 7:59am

How two years as a county court advocate helped me secure pupillage

Luke Blease appeared in more than 70 courtrooms across the country, including before High Court judges in the Royal Courts of Justice

Sep 3 2018 1:53pm

Film review: The Children Act

'I loved the quiet and careful cameos by those unseen people who make our legal system work', says barrister and writer Sarah Langford

Aug 28 2018 10:49am

BPTC student calls for the immediate introduction of ‘unlimited’ exam resits

Online petition claims the regulator’s recently-announced assessment tweaks are ‘prejudicial’ towards those currently completing the course

Aug 21 2018 12:04pm

Barristers hit back at Victims’ Commissioner’s claim cameras in court will help curb ‘aggressive’ cross-examination

Filming needs to be 'handled with care and sensitivity', warns Baroness Newlove

Aug 20 2018 1:42pm

Barristerspeak decoded: A guide for solicitors, students and clients

Legal Cheek’s resident funny man Wigapedia returns with another helpful translator

Jul 25 2018 12:17pm

Top QC who starred in courtroom docudrama to take over as head of CPS

Max Hill to replace Linklaters-bound Alison Saunders

Jul 24 2018 12:53pm

Great British Bake Off winner turns back on celeb cooking career to study the BPTC

Manchester law grad John Whaite won series three of the hit cookery show -- now he wants to become a barrister

Jul 24 2018 9:04am

QC seeks BPTC grad to walk their dog

£18,000 worth of training for this?

Jul 23 2018 9:18am

Are all barristers as rude as the ones I work with?

One junior clerk hopes there are nicer lawyers out there

Jul 20 2018 10:30am

The Hearing Podcast: From Birmingham barrister to ‘Father of the House’

Remainer rebel Ken Clarke talks law and politics

Jul 19 2018 10:14am

Legal profession ‘poorly equipped’ to help disabled training contract and pupillage hunters

Level of support remains 'a lottery', new research suggests

Jul 16 2018 11:34am

Chambers ‘Law Camp’ gives sixth-formers a taste of life at the bar

Students from underrepresented backgrounds assigned barrister mentors as part of myth-busting two-day workshop

Jul 12 2018 1:19pm

Brick Court Chambers to show England’s World Cup clash against Croatia during posh summer soirée

Football's coming home... to a major gallery near you

Jul 11 2018 10:08am

From BPTC to lawtech — the upsides of having a ‘Plan B’

Nicola Jane Smith reflects on life after law school and the seemingly never-ending hunt for pupillage

Jul 11 2018 8:53am