Tag: Students
How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor
Congratulations. You got the training contract. You are now going to be a trainee solicitor...
10 Reasons To Be Kind To Lawyers
It’s Tuesday 9 April, which is of course Be Kind To Lawyers Day. At a...
Why Law Students Should Probably Not Tweet About Killing Politicians
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Indeed, among some people opposed...
He’s Got 284 Law Student Problems But A Twitter Follower Shortage Ain’t One
In just two months, with a mere 284 tweets, anonymous law student ‘LawVicissitudes’ has taken...
‘The Forces Of Conservatism In The Law Are Formidable But Not Unstoppable’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
Alternative Careers For Law Grads: Busker
Some poetry from self-styled “People’s Lawyer and the People’s Poet” David Neita popped up on...
Why Geographicals Don’t Work
Back in 2007, after I’d spent a year flunking pupillage interviews upon completion of Bar...
Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Think Twice Before Publishing Poems Lampooning Women Drivers
As the editor of a gossipy, tabloid-ish website, my philosophy is that if anyone voluntarily...
Revision Meme Of The Week – Brought To You In Association With UKIP
Via Sophie Stratford
Criminal Bar Association Takes Swipe At ‘Dickhead’ Law Student
On Easter Sunday, anonymous Twitter sensation @LawVicissitudes tweeted this cheekily blasphemous gag: What people don’t...
‘Sticking To What You Love Is A Better Formula Than Even The Best Laid Plans’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
The Anonymous Twitter Account Causing A Storm Among Nation’s Law Students
Law students don’t get out much, preferring instead to pour their energies into work –...
‘Who Breaks A Barrister Upon The Wheel Of An Eddie Stobart Lorry?
As I prepare to commence pupillage at a leading criminal law set in September, the government’s...
Quote Of The Day
“Having your boobs out a little bit isn’t fake but it’s a little bit flirtatious...
Trouble In The University Of Law’s Facebook Paradise
Very occasionally, amid the extremely polite chatter of the University of Law’s official Facebook page,...
‘Thinking Is A Skill Which Came To Me Very Much After I Graduated’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
‘I Opened My EU Law Paper And I Cried. I Actually Cried’: Exam Preparation Tips Gleaned From Bitter Experience
Bristol University lecturer Steven Vaughan has drawn on his own past failures to compile this...
Bar Student Outrage As Mock Paper Questions Feature In BPTC Ethics Exam
Exclusive: 24 hours after BPTC students completed Monday’s centrally set ethics exam, a mock paper...
The mismatch between Bar graduates and pupillages is about to get a whole lot worse…
One thing no one has mentioned in relation to the very serious travails of the...
EXCLUSIVE: Executive committee of the UK Law Students Association quits after huge bust-up with governors
There is chaos at the UK Law Students Association (UKLSA) – whose patrons are Lord...
BPP hit by setback in bid to become a uni as union says move would put students ‘at risk’
Most law students claim to be indifferent to whether the places where they do their...