Tag: Barristers
Image of top chancery QC giving penis-themed PowerPoint presentation surfaces online
The story behind the unusual picture
BPP unveils two new LLM programmes tailored to practice as a solicitor or barrister
And both are eligible for government student loans
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
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
Cornerstone Barristers ups pupillage award by 25% to £50,000
Chambers responsible for saving Fabric nightclub chucks extra cash at its pupils
Poll: 70% of lawyers are unhappy Article 50 has been triggered, compared to 36% of the population
Legal profession staying true to its pro-EU ways
BPP forced to replace this Friday’s BPTC opinion writing exam after students were accidentally sent a video recording of two tutors discussing mark scheme
Exclusive: Students now 'more anxious' about the assessment
Plymouth High School for Girls pupils crowned Bar Mock Trial champions
Devon sixth formers emerge victorious in final presided over by Sir Brian Leveson
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’
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
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
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
Lady Hale stars alongside Mock the Week comedian Hugh Dennis in play about an Oxford law student
Sir Brian Leveson will be in it too
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
Click here for ‘Guilty’ plea: Automated convictions legislation in Commons today
MPs to debate proposed online procedures, virtual hearings and much, much more
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
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%
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
Scanning a defendant’s brain can establish mens rea, claim neuroscientists
Will the results be used in the courtroom?
‘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