Tag: Students
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...
How not to become a smart casualty at a law firm open day
Is smart casual a trap? A law firm “encourages” me to turn up for their...
The College of Law has changed…
Some of the more disengaged College University of Law students may have found themselves rather...
‘The unacknowledged truth about advocacy is that it’s a sales job’
Casting my mind back 20 odd years to when I started out at the Bar is an uncomfortable experience. On any objective assessment I was a pompous little know-it-all...
After The BPTC Ethics Exam ‘Very Serious Issue’, Tumbleweed…
It has been a month since the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics exam,...
You Have To Go All The Way With The GDL – But An LLB Gives You Options
When I was 16, I received my GCSE results and discovered that I had got...
Is Flame-Grilling Your Bridges With Burger King Because You’re Going To Law School Such A Great Idea?
Once upon a time, before a bank called Lehman Brothers collapsed plunging the world into...
Law Revision #Pippatips
It’s exam time, and the legal blogosphere is awash with revision tip articles – rather...
Law Vicissitudes Meme Of The Week
DWF tells vac scheme candidates of taken-over firm Cobbetts that they need to re-apply to...
Podcast: Why Wannabe Barristers Should Do Their Time As Paralegals Before Doing The BPTC
The path from the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to paralegal purgatory is a well...
‘How Dare You Submit An Exhibit Which Has Been Stapled Not Tied?’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
The Company Charging Wannabe Lawyers Hundreds Of Pounds For Paralegal Job Interviews
As the odds of landing a training contract or pupillage grow longer, and wannabe lawyers...
Should A Third Class LLB From Kent Uni Not Count As A Degree?
A Kent University LLB graduate has been denied access to the Canadian Bar – which...