Tag: Blogs
Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: Mini-Pupillage…On a Sunday
At first, GDL student Anastasia Steal doubts the wisdom of Christopher Grey QC’s insistence that...
How Sticklers For The Norm Could Find Themselves Out Of Luck In The Training Contract Hunt
Earlier this year I got a training contract at a small, reputable firm in Buckinghamshire...
Edicts From The Ivory Tower: The Troubling Disconnect Between The SRA’s ‘Sophisticated’ Decision-Makers And Its ‘Over-Zealous’ Prosecutor Foot-Soldiers
A “wholly unjustified and unreasonable” decision to prosecute a small law firm for supposed failure...
Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: Shopping For Cable Ties And Rope In B&Q
GDL student Anastasia Steal bumps into Christopher Grey QC, head of Gray’s Inn Chambers, in...
Welcome To The ‘Envy Economy’ Of City Law Firms
I spend my days in the office listening to management speak. When I’m not going...
Leap To The Other Side: Camden New Journal Music Editor On How She’s Juggling Journalism And Law
For the past two years I have been leading a double life – part music...
Tweeting Like It’s 1984: Why Police’s Bright Idea To Ban Anonymous Bloggers Could Herald Orwellian Dystopia
Imagine a world where everything you say and write is stored indefinitely and attributable to...
How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt
Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that...
The Best Law School-Themed Animated Gifs
#WhatShouldWeCallMe is a brilliant Tumblr blog run by two anonymous law students. Most of the...
Finally, The Inns Of Court Are Occupied!
During the past year the light at the end of the tunnel grew so dim...
Feeling Important: Possible As a Trainee Solicitor?
TheTraineeComplex continues his bid to understand life as a City law firm trainee through reference...
Why The ‘Out Of Office’ Email Is Dead
I love holidays, but I hate missing opportunities. Unfortunately, the two often go hand in...
Pupillage Offer Day: How You’ll Feel…
…if you net that elusive pupillage And if you don’t…
Five Ways Barristers Can Treat Mini-Pupils Better
As I continue the Herculean battle to obtain pupillage, I broke a promise to myself...
Same Shirt, Different Day: Freudian Explanation?
Last Thursday, I wore the same shirt to work as I had on Wednesday. This...
Well-Being Corner: Why Five Minutes of (Non-Chargeable) Meditation Could Save Your Career
Editorial note: Former Halliwells trainee Marc Piano knows a thing or two about handling stress,...
A Shaft Of Light At The Junior Criminal Bar? Why New Advocacy Assessment Regime Could Be An Opportunity For Baby Barristers
As the Quality Assurance Scheme For Advocates (QASA) consultation rumbles on, the latest concern is...
Get a Training Contract Or Get Deported: The Fate Of The Foreign Law Graduate In The UK
If, like me, you’re not British or European and are applying for training contracts, you...
PODCAST: The Future Of Legal Blogging
This week’s #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast guest, City University’s Emily Allbon (pictured), is one of the pioneers...