Tag: Students
‘The tide may flood law firms, but I remain unconvinced that it will engulf the Bar’
The profession which I am to join in September as a pupil barrister is facing...
Legal Tumblrs: Because lawyers can do LOLcats too
Tumblr, the home of the animated gif and the LOLcat, is suddenly everywhere following its...
‘New Fathers 4 Justice’ set to disrupt London Legal Walk
Protest group New Fathers 4 Justice is promising to send a team of superheroes to...
‘Why I turned down a place to study law at Manchester University to become a legal executive’
Is Rhys Bevan crazy? Why would anyone in their right mind reject a place at...
‘I’ve come quite a long way since leaving Hull University with a Desmond’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
‘I won’t be working for a corporation that views defendants as tongue-and-rectum sausage pate to be stuffed through the machine’
A rookie criminal barrister contemplates an uncertain future… The spirit of Thatcherism looms large over...
BSB powerless to intervene in Westminster School’s mini-pupillage auction
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said that there is nothing it can do to...
How to write a successful law blog – and land a job off the back of it
As Hardwicke Building found out last week, lawyers who enjoy writing in their free time...
When a covering letter crosses the line from charmingly quirky to wacky
In a tough graduate law job market, there’s an argument for injecting a little personality...
‘Despite their unbridled ambition and long hours, my Clifford Chance contemporaries ended up leaving too’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
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...
Westminster School auctions a mini-pupillage – current bid £750
Struggling to secure work experience in the ultra-competitive environment of the Bar? Well, thanks to...
Too much education: why BPP is wrong to damn its graduates to perennial studentdom
A turning point in my life was when I ran out of excuses to do...
Guildhall Chambers becomes latest set to stop offering criminal pupillages
Bristol-based Guildhall Chambers has followed London set Charter Chambers in withdrawing its criminal pupillage for...
‘You pay a price for putting your head above the parapet’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
Pupillage application deadline extended (again) to Thursday 9 May
The Bar Council has extended the pupillage application deadline for a second time after disastrous...
Run Grayling Run
As a gesture of goodwill, we’ve included* Chris Grayling in our team for the London...
TV Edwards lets paralegals go weeks after shelling out for their police station accreditation training
Exclusive: In the latest sign of how hard law firms are being hit by government...
Newspapers’ categorisation of lawyers: a cut-out-and-keep guide
When The Observer conferred silk upon ‘Loverson’ barrister David Sherborne (who’s not a QC) on...
Five terrible comedy law student videos
As is traditional at this time of year on the other side of the pond,...
Pupillage application system fail – yet again
Update: the Pupillage Gateway deadline has been extended, for a second time, to Thursday 9...