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

Jun 24 2015 2:25pm

Criminal law juniors take another knock as Supreme Court green-lights QASA

Controversial advocacy assessment regime loses final judicial review hurdle today

Jun 24 2015 1:42pm

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?

Jun 24 2015 11:27am

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

Jun 24 2015 9:31am

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

Jun 23 2015 1:00pm

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

Jun 23 2015 10:11am

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

Jun 22 2015 3:50pm

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

Jun 22 2015 1:35pm

Twitter dismay over new justice committee chair’s defence of legal aid cuts

Former barrister Bob Neill unveiled as parliamentary justice committee chairman

Jun 19 2015 2:00pm

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?

Jun 19 2015 10:59am

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

Jun 19 2015 9:46am

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

Jun 18 2015 3:38pm

‘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...

Jun 18 2015 11:16am

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

Jun 18 2015 9:26am

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

Jun 17 2015 11:01am

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

Jun 16 2015 1:16pm

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

Jun 16 2015 11:45am

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

Jun 15 2015 3:58pm

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

Jun 15 2015 1:54pm

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

Jun 15 2015 12:00am

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

Jun 12 2015 1:28pm