Tag: Barristers

BPP unveils two new LLM programmes tailored to practice as a solicitor or barrister

And both are eligible for government student loans

Apr 5 2017 9:20am

Online petition calling on government to shelve late opening hours for courts hits target of 2,000 signatures

Lawyers with young children could be placed at a disadvantage

Apr 4 2017 10:09am

Aspiring barrister who documented her BPTC struggles in new BBC programme is appealing Inner Temple’s decision to deny her a scholarship

Leila Taleb is from a working class family in Bradford and is trying to raise £14,500 for her fees

Apr 3 2017 12:58pm

Cornerstone Barristers ups pupillage award by 25% to £50,000

Chambers responsible for saving Fabric nightclub chucks extra cash at its pupils

Apr 3 2017 10:22am

Plymouth High School for Girls pupils crowned Bar Mock Trial champions

Devon sixth formers emerge victorious in final presided over by Sir Brian Leveson

Mar 27 2017 12:19pm

Backlash against tax QC who said the legal system allows men to ‘rape almost with impunity’

Criminal lawyers described the comment as ‘ill judged’, ‘unfair’ and ‘poor’

Mar 27 2017 11:02am

BSB approves radical reforms that could see BPTC split in two and law school attendance made OPTIONAL

Over 500 barristers signed an open letter in support of the proposals

Mar 24 2017 12:33pm

Law student undergrads are more Tory than law student postgrads

But a Legal Cheek survey reveals practising lawyers would vote Liberal Democrats if an election was called tomorrow

Mar 24 2017 9:11am

Non-white, female lawyer at 11KBW says she’s ‘fed up’ with people doubting that she’s a barrister

Harini Iyengar asked 'Wow, are you actually a barrister?' in Temple today

Mar 23 2017 1:32pm

There are a lot of barristers running in this Thursday’s City of London elections

Over half of the 22 candidates vying for Farringdon Without ward are lawyers

Mar 22 2017 9:17am

Click here for ‘Guilty’ plea: Automated convictions legislation in Commons today

MPs to debate proposed online procedures, virtual hearings and much, much more

Mar 20 2017 12:37pm

Double trouble: Cocaine conspiracy lawyer who was disbarred last month has now been struck off by SDT

Omar Khan slapped with a three-year prison term last spring

Mar 17 2017 2:47pm

Average BPTC fee drops by just £72 as law schools release 2017/18 prices

ULaw cuts course cost by 8% but Northumbria and Cardiff increase theirs by 6%

Mar 17 2017 1:51pm

EU citizens should be given ‘unrestricted access’ to UK jobs after Brexit, the Bar Council says

Bar chiefs urge negotiators to protect the free movement of people

Mar 16 2017 9:10am

Scanning a defendant’s brain can establish mens rea, claim neuroscientists

Will the results be used in the courtroom?

Mar 14 2017 12:31pm

‘There is no incentive for junior lawyers to qualify into criminal law’, says Junior Lawyers Division

And there will be even less incentive after MoJ pay reforms

Mar 13 2017 2:23pm