Tag: Students
7 things that you should know about Clifford Chance’s ‘CV blind’ programme
This morning Clifford Chance created a stir with news of its ‘CV blind’ policy, which...
The strange case of the vanishing pupillages
In the most recent pupillage application round Weir House Chambers advertised for “up to two...
Before submitting your BPTC application you should read this…
Wannabe barristers who are due to submit their Bar Professional Training Course (BTPC) applications tomorrow...
Interview: Glamour model and law student Vanessa Knowles on her quest to bag a training contract
In autumn we reported on the glamour model who has used an Amazon Wishlist, and...
‘One might have been forgiven for thinking I’d set up a brothel’: 12 KBW rookie barrister slams King’s College after losing lectureship over his university appeals business
A rookie barrister has become embroiled in a very public war of words with King’s...
A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The competitively-tendered trial of Lord Chancellor Scrooge
WaitroseLaw returns with the final instalment of her festive fable (you can read the whole...
‘Training contracts were hard to come by: 147 applications resulted in 147 rejections’
The 90s recession proved a blessing in disguise for Lancaster University senior law lecturer Angus...
The Something Must Be Done Act 2014
Lawyer and blogger David Allen Green has had enough of tiresome legislation and meddlesome courts…...
This is what happens when law students who share a flat have a huge bust-up over a rabbit
A leaked bust-up between three London flatmates — who happen to be law students at...
How to speak lawyer: a guide for trainee solicitors and pupil barristers
The relationship between a trainee/pupil and their supervising lawyer is a complex one, fraught with...
A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The Barrister Hottie Ghost of Christmas Past
Waitrose Law returns with the second instalment of her legal profession festive fable (part one...
‘Turning a story round as a journalist is closer to the process of preparing a late brief for a trial than I ever imagined’
Changing careers isn’t easy, says Catherine Urquhart of her switch from journalist at The Times...
Podcast: Do you have a better chance of landing a training contract if you do your law degree in London?
The growing separation between recovering London and the struggling rest of the country poses an...
12 of the least glamorous court buildings in England and Wales
Certain courts will never grace the pages of glossy law school brochures — with good...
The roaring eBay trade in law school notes
Following our recent story about the Kennedys solicitor who’s flogging her old GDL and LPC...
Is this the most whirlwind pupillage application schedule ever?
Several pupillage hopefuls have alerted us to the incredibly fast pupillage application schedule being operated...
The number of students enrolling on the LPC is down 8.4% this year — with the course on average only 44% full
Amid continued concerns about the numbers of training contracts available, fewer students are doing the...
‘I was offered pupillage at the second chambers I applied to’
Unlike his friend, who crashed his hired Jaguar into the chambers where he was interviewing,...
The story of a law lecture: in 15 (possibly ill-judged) smartphone photos
The law students of England and Wales have tweeted some amazing pictures of what they...
Podcast: How barristers can make an impact on social mobility
We gathered together Young Barristers’ Committee chair Hannah Kinch, Citizenship Foundation programme manager Paul Bower...
Chair of Young Barristers’ Committee says she’d still advise students without wealthy parents to go to the criminal Bar
EXCLUSIVE: Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council chair Hannah Kinch has made a robust...