Tag: Students
Networking: it’s crucial for law students — and you might pull
Aspiring barrister Amy Woolfson shares the wisdom she has gleaned while honing her networking skills at law events
Judge Dread’s coming to town
A chap standing for the bench in the home of country music bears some striking resemblances to the man with the Lawgiver pistol and purveyor of summary executions
LPC applications fall by 10% despite 8% rise in training contracts
Decline in LPC applications suggests that students don't believe recent increase in training contract numbers will be sustained.
11 tweets from the #hipsterlaw hashtag that are probably too hilariously ironic for most lawyers to understand
A hashtag spawned by Sean Jones QC took off this morning.
7 spectacular legal typos
When jargon goes very wrong indeed...
Pupil master cracks Jimmy Savile ‘mitigating circumstances’ gag on student advice forum — nobody laughs
TheStudentRoom message board removes barrister's ill-judged quip...after we got a screenshot.
Chambers beware – mini-pupillages and the confidentiality horror
Bar Council warns barristers in 22-page guidance that mini-pupils should sign undertakings before arriving at chambers
We need to talk about paralegals
The children of the financial crisis could pose a danger to law firms if their ambitions aren't accommodated.
The best photos from London Legal Pride
Saturday's gay pride celebration saw a record 30,000 revellers march through central London. Among them was a large contingent from the legal profession.
Law graduate launches bid to crowdfund her LPC in return for Twitter follows and signed photos
London-based wannabe solicitor seeks to raise £15,000.
Wannabe solicitor with murder conviction is allowed to do the LPC
High Court clears way for Selwyn Strachan — who was released from prison in Grenada in 2009 after Amnesty International slammed his "fatally flawed" trial — to become a solicitor.
11 eyebrow-raisingly honest tweets from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain’s trainee-controlled Twitter account
15 hour days and "being sent to buy lingerie on the weekend": trainee solicitors reveal what life at big law firm is really like.
Student pulls out of GDL for a bid at the catwalk
Times are tough for law students – which is possibly why one has said sod it, I’ll splurge my student loan on cosmetic surgery
Chambers bowls dress-code googly at aspiring pupils
A prospective barrister is traumatised by the requirement to arrive at a formal interview in “informal” clobber
Lawyers celebrate anniversary of Magna Carta with a #Jelfie
What better way to mark the anniversary of the ancient charter of the liberties of England — which turned 799 yesterday — than with a "jelfie" (justice selfie)?
Under-publicised scheme which pays almost a third of wannabe lawyers’ university fees quietly opens
City law firm's bursary for state school students who are the first generation in their family to go to uni pays £2,500 a year -- and application requires only a 750-word essay.
Tuning up for the bar – law student in bid to serenade his way into chambers
Pupillage-hunter croons via YouTube about the tribulations of searching for that elusive first step to a career in chambers.
Anger and confusion as Durham students are given the wrong land law exam
Of all subjects, it had to be land...
12 famous cases in emoticons
There is a Twitter account which is telling the story of classic English cases through the medium of emoticons. Here are 12 of the most memorable reports…
Cambridge University criminal law exam features Fifty Shades of Grey prequel
Underage drinking and awkward fumbles in a sex club, starring a 15 year-old Christian Grey — just your typical Cambridge law exam.
Telegraph journalist seeks to explain lack of social mobility at the Bar
This extract from Flora Watkins’ piece on state schools versus private schools is illuminating of a certain mindset that continues to exist within the legal profession.