Tag: BPTC

Pictures emerge of proposed Lincoln’s Inn ‘education bunker’

But no official comment on price tag or suggestions that inns are getting back into vocational training game

Aug 20 2015 9:41am

Bar students are getting even worse at ethics, official report shows

If four-year trend continues, more than half of those on the BPTC are likely to fail ethics module at first go next year

Aug 18 2015 9:02am

Pupillage Gateway might not move to January after all

Bar Council in possible U-turn over centralised application switch

Aug 12 2015 12:02pm

Former refugee with first class law degree bids to crowdfund BPTC

Plucky east Londoner needs £12,000 to do bar course

Aug 12 2015 9:31am

Uni of Law ditches Birmingham part-time BPTC just six weeks before start date

Exclusive: Students with part-time places told to head to London instead

Aug 7 2015 11:04am

A new law school is being built in a bunker under Lincoln’s Inn to deliver a not-for-profit BPTC

Exclusive: Inns of Court fight back against private law schools

Jul 16 2015 10:48am

Bar student from failed judicial review advertises himself as an ‘employment lawyer’

Exclusive: Religious minister and former car-worker-turned BPTC student caught up in ongoing row over barrister title

Jul 14 2015 9:58am

Anger and confusion as hundreds of students unexpectedly fail the BPTC ethics module

Exclusive: Litigation is in the air as the Bar Standards Board refuses to review the marks

Jul 13 2015 12:23pm

Bar student forced to re-sit entire BPTC after failing just one module

Birmingham High Court ruling means that students failing part of course will be forced to cough up for another round of full fees

Jul 8 2015 12:34pm

The 19 stages of the BPTC

A journey through the sorrow and the joy of the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)...

Oct 24 2013 9:46am

All the ‘common sense’ BCAT does is increase the cost of qualifying as a barrister

Having just sat the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) — which must be taken by...

Jul 16 2013 1:14pm

BSB: Ethics exam that contained mock paper questions is ‘not invalid’

Finally, a month and a half after the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics...

May 9 2013 3:02pm

After The BPTC Ethics Exam ‘Very Serious Issue’, Tumbleweed…

It has been a month since the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics exam,...

Apr 18 2013 1:18pm

‘Who Breaks A Barrister Upon The Wheel Of An Eddie Stobart Lorry?

As I prepare to commence pupillage at a leading criminal law set in September, the government’s...

Mar 26 2013 11:59am

Bar Student Outrage As Mock Paper Questions Feature In BPTC Ethics Exam

Exclusive: 24 hours after BPTC students completed Monday’s centrally set ethics exam, a mock paper...

Mar 20 2013 9:32am

There Has Always Been A Bar Aptitude Test – And Training To Be A Barrister Is Free For Those Who Pass It

Amid all the debate about rising Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) fees and the new...

Mar 13 2013 1:59pm

Court Of Appeal Dismisses Latest Case Of Litigant-In-Person Bar Graduate

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a libel case brought by a pupillage-less Bar graduate...

Jan 23 2013 11:03am

Fighting The ‘Facebook Mentality’: Why Barristers Should Be Proud Of Their Refusal To ‘Share’ Diversity Data

I see barristers’ refusal to embrace diversity monitoring has been described as “embarrassing” and “pathetic”....

Dec 18 2012 10:40am

JOB ALERT: Clinical Negligence Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a top London law firm seeks a paralegal for its clinical negligence...

Dec 17 2012 1:15pm

Will It Soon Cost Nothing To Become a Lawyer?

Thanks to the trebling of undergraduate fees, the cost of legal education has reached new...

Nov 21 2012 2:32pm