Tag: Students

Lord Neuberger’s Judicial Assistant Lifts The Lid On Supreme Court Life

Amid the glow of the UK Supreme Court’s psychedelic carpets (the work of Sgt Pepper’s...

Jan 30 2013 1:17pm

What Supreme Court Justices Read In Their Spare Time…

Encouraging to see Private Eye making an appearance in the UK Supreme Court Justices’ library....

Jan 30 2013 10:04am

Law Society President: Women Lawyers Who Work Flexibly At City Firms Are ‘Put Onto The Slow Stream’

Law Society president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff raised eyebrows in the City last week when she suggested...

Jan 23 2013 4:28pm

Court Of Appeal Dismisses Latest Case Of Litigant-In-Person Bar Graduate

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a libel case brought by a pupillage-less Bar graduate...

Jan 23 2013 11:03am

PODCAST: How To Schmooze Your Way To Partnership Riches

When pushed to get out and flaunt their wares, many lawyers tend to think (but...

Jan 18 2013 4:02pm

Top Barristers’ Chambers in National Newspaper ‘Pupilage’ Spelling Howler

An ad in yesterday’s law section of The Times contained a rather embarrassing spelling mistake…

Jan 18 2013 10:01am

Students Point Finger At ‘Stingy’ City Law Firms As Donation-Starved FRU Hikes Adviser Training Price By 23%

Law students signing up as Free Representation Unit (FRU) advisers have been surprised to find...

Jan 17 2013 1:16pm

Will The Next Generation Of Apprentice Lawyers Become Solicitors Or Legal Executives?

Over Christmas, the announcement by minister for skills Matthew Hancock that school-leavers students will soon...

Jan 17 2013 10:51am

JOB ALERT: Commercially-Minded Third Six Pupils

From Baby Barristers: a leading barristers’ chambers seeks third six pupils who have completed pupillage...

Jan 16 2013 1:45pm

Vac Scheme Application Forms: It’s All About The ‘Challenging Situation’ Question

Barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns shares his pupillage hunt wisdom with wannabe solicitors as they prepare to submit...

Jan 16 2013 11:18am

The Definitive Way To Decide Whether You Should Become A Barrister Or A Solicitor

Last week Eddie Stobart Lorries’ newly-formed legal arm caused controversy by claiming that solicitors are...

Jan 14 2013 12:41pm

Podcast: How Far Should Bar Hopefuls Follow Their Dreams?

Incredibly, Yusuf Solley landed the first pupillage he applied for – with the Government Legal...

Jan 11 2013 4:03pm

‘It Has Taken Me Almost A Decade To Drop My Non-Public School Chippiness’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...

Jan 11 2013 11:14am

‘Cocky’ Warwick Uni Law Student Fails In Bid To Become Countdown Supreme Champion – Then Jousts With Host

Yesterday Warwick Uni LLM student Mark Deeks narrowly lost his battle with a Cambridge maths...

Jan 10 2013 10:26am

Bar Council’s ‘Modern’ Replacement For Pupillage Portal Isn’t Looking So Modern…

When you set your standards as low as Pupillage Portal (the recently-retired pupillage application website),...

Jan 9 2013 10:49am

‘I Look Forward To Meeting You On 31 Sept As Well’: Cambridge Law Student Taunts ‘Sloppy’ Law Firm Grad Recruiters

As a strategy to land a job, Sebastian Salek’s decision to pen an article for...

Jan 8 2013 11:36am

Bad Legal Aid Omen Of The Week

Go to the Ministry of Justice website, scroll to the bottom – and in the ‘Topics’...

Jan 8 2013 10:34am

REVEALED: The Original South Korean ‘Lawyers Gangnam Style’ Video

When Southampton University law student Tommy Chuang posted his brilliant ‘Lawyer Style’ video on YouTube...

Jan 7 2013 11:36am

Ex-Wannabe Lawyer Sells His Name On eBay In Bid To Pay Off Massive US Law School Debts

“If you want my first name to be ‘Bob’s Supermarket’ and my last name to...

Jan 7 2013 10:26am

Shearman & Sterling: ‘We Never Offered Email Scandal Trainee An NQ Solicitor Job; He Resigned Over The Summer’

Yesterday we brought you news of the updated LinkedIn profile of Shearman & Sterling ‘spit...

Jan 4 2013 10:02am