Tag: Barristers

Actor parents of Sherlock star encouraged him to go into law, but the closest he came was to preside over Judge Rinder's wedding

Top end of the junior bar is dominated by Oxford and Cambridge -- to a far greater extent than leading law firms

A new frontier for social media?

The deadline is now noon on Wednesday

Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first

There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date

As 2TG award hits £67,5000, Hardwicke and 11 Stone Buildings also boost pupil money triggering a potential cash arms race for top talent

Criminal law specialist promotes second series of Judge Rinder by telling the nation that short-term forecast is going to be "terribly cold, terribly wet and thoroughly miserable”

Study shows that confidence is far more important than sounding testosterone-fuelled when wooing judges and juries

A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge

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It has been a vintage year for legal news and gossip -- but how much of it do you remember?

Now for a Jackson reforms-themed Christmas sing-a-long

Providers are coining it from foreigners with woeful English language skills, while regulators stand by, argues star student

When should a gun photo cost you your job?

Small wooden hammer is not restricted to the US, it emerges

As the 'Do they know it's Christmas' single is criticised for its "cultural ignorance", WaitroseLaw wonders if its message would be better-suited to stressed-out lawyers

Can you guess which one it is?

Now this is a law-themed Christmas tree

“Please stick to driving trains” comment comes just weeks after “white van man” Twitter storm

Lawyer wine experts recommend two German pile ‘em high supermarkets for deals on fizz and other fine wines