Tag: Students

Inner Temple votes to cut library space by nearly 60% so it can build a lecture theatre

Move comes as rumours of not-for-profit BPTC continue to swirl

Nov 2 2015 4:07pm

Why is nobody talking about this Friday’s Inns of Court scholarship deadline?

£5 million in cash and rent-free flats in central London up for grabs, but publicity is minimal

Nov 2 2015 12:06pm

Training contract interview horror stories

Students share howlers to mark Halloween

Oct 30 2015 2:38pm

The unintentionally positive effects of the Witchcraft Act are still being felt today

Laws against witchcraft were pivotal in the creation of modern concepts of evidence; they also gave women a voice in court as witnesses

Oct 30 2015 10:00am

Not accepting students with 2:2s is ‘discriminatory’, argues top legal academic

Dr Steven Vaughan says degree class doesn’t tell the whole story

Oct 30 2015 9:09am

Blogging ex-judge gives exclusive insight into one of most influential cases of past 150 years

Former Court of Appeal man reveals what it was like to decide Re A (conjoined twins)

Oct 29 2015 12:24pm

Humans star Gemma Chan reveals that she nearly joined Slaughter and May

Oxford law graduate did vac scheme at magic circle firm

Oct 29 2015 11:27am

The top 15 law fair freebies of 2015

The stash creating the biggest stir on campus

Oct 29 2015 9:51am

New Legally Blonde film could feature Elle Woods as a Supreme Court judge

Reese Witherspoon has serious ambitions for her character

Oct 28 2015 10:41am

Supreme Court hears joint enterprise case that could shake up criminal law syllabuses

Key legal principle could be overhauled -- and the whole process is being charted live via video and social media

Oct 28 2015 9:53am

Smart-dressing Royal Holloway law student slams ‘tracksuit slob’ classmates for judging her

Fresher goes public with pain at "passive-aggressive" remarks from casually-dressed peers

Oct 27 2015 9:29pm

Author of criminal law bible profiled in Mail Online as relationship guru

Jonathan Herring -- of ‘Criminal Law: Texts, Cases and Materials’ fame -- has diversified

Oct 27 2015 2:25pm

Most Lists 2016: There are lots of junior women solicitors, but everywhere else in legal profession is dominated by men

Being a partner, a QC or even a rookie barrister is largely a man's game

Oct 27 2015 9:10am

Charlotte Proudman blames uni drinking societies for lack of women lawyers

High profile junior barrister says boozey bonding blocks female influence -- but figures suggest other causes may be to blame

Oct 26 2015 3:49pm

Why lawyers are so angry about the quiet change to the Ministerial Code

Government's continued disdain for the law raises temperature of human rights debate

Oct 26 2015 2:03pm

Freshfields is doubling its office space in Manchester

Magic circle giant gets serious about northshoring trainee-level work

Oct 23 2015 12:04pm

White Book envy: ULaw students aghast as they get online version while BPP kids receive print edition

Exclusive: Part-time BPTC students want practitioner texts they can lug around

Oct 23 2015 10:40am

New official ‘online hub’ tells young barristers to lose weight and stop 5-day benders

Young Barristers' Committee venture does, however, contain some useful snippets of advice

Oct 23 2015 9:09am

Landlord issues owners of ‘Fuckoffee’ café with legal threat over ‘offensive’ sign

South London coffee shop told to remove sign from exterior of building immediately

Oct 22 2015 2:55pm