Tag: Barristers
How to fund your way through the BPTC
By bagging two scholarships and working part-time, University of Law bar graduate Sam Frost was able to keep costs down as he pursued his barrister ambitions
Criminal law juniors take another knock as Supreme Court green-lights QASA
Controversial advocacy assessment regime loses final judicial review hurdle today
Top white-collar crime QC entangled in online intern swap embarrassment
Lawyers are flocking to recently launched site in a bid to bag little Hugo and Henrietta pre-gap yah work experience. But is this just hi-tech nepotism?
A dozen law-related tunes to beat the training contract application blues
The Judge trawls through his -- and his mates’ -- old vinyl collections in search of a soundtrack to ease the stress
Smooth-talking Gove charms lawyers over legal aid reforms and rule of law
Social media commentators almost fall in love with new Justice Secretary, primarily because he’s not Chris Grayling
Mini-pupil raises the bar with chocolatey chambers thank-you
Aspiring barrister delivers a chocolate and fruit-covered note in top culinary arse-licking gesture
Amal Clooney’s chambers-mate reported to be working on fees of £1.50 an hour
Doughty Street Chambers and Bindmans Solicitors highlight demise of legal aid -- while actor’s wife jets between New York and London
What are the best alternatives for students turned off the bar due to lack of pupillages and legal aid cuts?
Top solicitors and barristers advise undergrads at Legal Cheek Careers at Inner Temple
Twitter dismay over new justice committee chair’s defence of legal aid cuts
Former barrister Bob Neill unveiled as parliamentary justice committee chairman
Who is the mysterious cigar smoking London lawyer on Instagram?
Instagram user "Londonlawyer" is a social media mystery man, but is he actually a practising certificate-holder of any type?
The Judge Rules: Bar officialdom must tidy up the mess around ‘brand barrister’
Scraped through the BPTC but failed to bag a pupillage? Not to worry -- you can still call yourself a barrister
Top silk leads call for renegade criminal bar strike over legal aid cuts
Michael Mansfield QC lashes out at Criminal Bar Association decision to drop direct action plans
‘To be a good advocate you need courage above all’
As a junior barrister Herbert Smith Freehills' Tom Leech QC could never sleep before a hearing. But he kept going...
Ukip man calls himself ‘Barrister-at-Law’ despite not doing pupillage — BSB says it’s OK
Bar regulator relaxed -- and Bar Council silent -- about protecting professional title
County court notice flags up the lack of love between barristers and solicitors
Segregation attempt triggers social media outrage from the larger branch of legal profession
Smartphones have made overtime culture ‘endemic’ in law, finds research
Study released today blames phones and tablets for allowing partners to deprive associates of almost all sleep
Sacked gun-wielding magistrate’s fury at ‘double standard’ over BSB investigator’s Dirty Harry-style photo
AK-47 posing magistrate frustrated over his fate as staffer at bar regulator goes unpunished for Facebook gun pose
PM hit with social media flack for Magna Carta banalities
David Cameron’s 800th anniversary message from windswept Surrey car park wins little more than derision
Tory councillor fake barrister avoids jail, but gets 200 hours of scrubbing graffiti
Monika Juneja forged university and bar school qualifications to bag legal sector jobs -- and a top slot with local Conservatives
Exclusive Legal Cheek survey: 27% of lawyers take recreational drugs
And it’s not just a spliff round the barbecue — nearly 80% of users are keen on class-A gear
Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach
Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews