Tag: Students

Entry To The Bar: ‘Let The Cream Rise To The Top’

OccupyTheInns disagrees with the call made by Mr Justice Burton at Saturday’s Young Bar Conference...

Oct 10 2012 10:10am

‘They Were Lovely!’ Bar Students Suck Up To Wills And Kate

Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Middle Temple, their first public outing since...

Oct 9 2012 8:24am

Young Bar Chief’s ‘Be The Best’ Cry Has a Hollow Ring To It

David Nicholls, the chairman of the Young Barristers’ Committee (YBC), has issued a call for...

Oct 5 2012 10:19am

Legal Cheek’s Poetry Corner

To mark National Poetry Day, we put out a call on Twitter for law-related verse....

Oct 4 2012 4:27pm

ADVICE: ‘How Can I Get a First Class Degree?’

‘Mike’, who has just begun an undergraduate law degree, wants to know what it takes...

Oct 4 2012 12:12pm

Amateur Porn Filmed In Top Law School Library

More crazy stuff from across the pond, this time involving an amateur porn model who...

Oct 4 2012 9:00am

Great British Bake Off Star John Whaite Rejected Eversheds To Pursue Baking Dream

This evening John Whaite will fight it out for a place in the semi-finals of...

Oct 2 2012 4:20pm

Law Graduate Launches Online Begging Campaign To Save Him From Living With His Parents Until He’s 40

In Britain, law graduates who have failed to secure jobs as solicitors/barristers either toil away...

Oct 2 2012 12:03pm

Fleein’ To The…Aegean? Graduate Job Strategy Of The Week

Spotted over the weekend on thestudentroom.co.uk… “Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knows how...

Oct 1 2012 12:09pm

Five YouTube Clips Every Wannabe Barrister Should Watch

Pupil barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns reveals some unlikely heroes as he advises Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)...

Sep 28 2012 11:09am

The Graduate Diploma in Law: At First It Makes You Happy…

Assorted scenes from week one, term one, of the GDL And a taster of week...

Sep 25 2012 1:06pm

Rookie Solicitor Who Once Won The Premier League Nets Spot On John Terry FA Disciplinary Panel

Life for most two-year qualified solicitors revolves around photo-copying, filing and tea-making. However, when you’ve...

Sep 24 2012 11:19am

How To Survive The Bar Professional Training Course

After finally securing a pupillage over the summer, OccupyTheInns returns to offer his words of...

Sep 21 2012 12:21pm

At Last, Some Good News For Jobless LPC Graduates: If You’re Convicted Of a Crime, You’ll Get a Lighter Sentence Than Other People

Last month, BPP Law School Legal Practice Course (LPC) graduate Victoria Lawson admitted stealing more...

Sep 20 2012 9:25am

Survival Tips For Baby Barristers At The Publicly Funded Bar

Last week, David Cameron’s former chief-of-staff, Alex Deane, explained to Legal Cheek why he tired...

Sep 14 2012 1:00pm

Blogger: ‘At #WSSocialMedia & Law Event. Panel Includes Lawyer Who Threatened To Jail Me For Reporting The Truth’

Legal Cheek roving reporter Cat Pond reviews yesterday’s Weber Shandwick ‘Social Media & the Law’...

Sep 13 2012 10:29am

How Sticklers For The Norm Could Find Themselves Out Of Luck In The Training Contract Hunt

Earlier this year I got a training contract at a small, reputable firm in Buckinghamshire...

Sep 12 2012 12:29pm

Edicts From The Ivory Tower: The Troubling Disconnect Between The SRA’s ‘Sophisticated’ Decision-Makers And Its ‘Over-Zealous’ Prosecutor Foot-Soldiers

A “wholly unjustified and unreasonable” decision to prosecute a small law firm for supposed failure...

Sep 11 2012 1:11pm

Ladies, This Could Be Your Big Chance: Rugby-Playing Law Student Seeks ‘Fun’ This Sunday In London

Spotted yesterday on Craigslist… The post continues: “Hey 🙂 I’m a good looking, rugby playing...

Sep 11 2012 9:10am