Tag: Students
Legal Education Review Chief Slams ‘Gross Inability’ Of BPTC Students
Senior members of the legal profession have a tendency to shy away from telling it...
Minimum Pupillage Award ‘Limits Flow Of Talent To The Bar’
Keep the minimum wage for trainee solicitors, but scrap it for pupil barristers, argues OccupyTheInns...
SOLD: College Of Law Cashes In At Younger Generation’s Expense In Private Equity Deal
Introducing Baroness Helena Kennedy last night at the College of Law’s “Diversity at the Bar”...
‘The Prestige Factor’: Queen Mary or Durham For Law?
Last week I received this email from a student: “The prestige factor” is a major...
‘Prostitute’ Lawyer Jailed For Running Belfast Brothel
Natacha Pociana, a qualified lawyer from Brazil, has been jailed for two months after admitting...
If You Put Trainee Solicitors On Housing Benefits, You Cut The Price Of Law School, Right?
Following the announcement by the Law Society that trainee solicitors on housing benefit is “not...
Trainee Solicitors: Heading Downmarket?
The Law Society has said that trainee solicitors on housing benefit is “not the type...
Jobless Law Graduate Releases YouTube Ballad
How tragic unemployment is. And what terrible things it can do to people, especially the...
The Worst Training Contract Pitch Ever?
“It took me five years to finish that law degree, thanks to rugby,” British Lions...
Killing Time In Pre-Pupillage Purgatory
Pupillage-less prospective barrister Jack Smith is wary of forking out yet more cash on a...
William Hague’s Ex-Advisor Christopher Myers Bags DLA Piper Training Contract
Christopher Myers, who in 2010 was forced to resign as special advisor to married foreign...
Racist Tweet Law Student Avoids Jail – But Career Prospects Damaged
Newcastle University law student Joshua Cryer has been sentenced to a two-year community order for...
‘I’m Worried Having a Blog Could Repel Chambers’
King’s College law student Yi Bin Woh reckons Lord Neuberger’s recent warning to judges about...
How To Get An Inns Of Court Scholarship
BPTC student Jack Smith, who’s in receipt of a full scholarship from Lincoln’s Inn, explains...
Bar Social Mobility Scheme Strikes Blow For The 99%
Inner Temple’s work experience initiative is infused with the spirit of the Occupy movement, writes...
Got a 2:2? Want To Be a Barrister? Well, You’ve Got a Chance
While researching my article about sitting the Kaplan BPTC aptitude test for the Guardian this...
The GDL: Too Much Whine, Not Enough Time
Wannabe lawyers need to be more Margaret Thatcher and less Nick Clegg if they are...
An LLM Can ‘Count Against’ Training Contract Hunters
LLMs are intellectually tough, time-consuming and not all law firms like them, warns LegalAware Students...
Law Student Changes Plea And Admits to Sending Stan Collymore Racist Tweets
Newcastle University law student Joshua Cryer (pictured) has confessed to sending “grossly offensive” tweets to...
Fashion Law: It’s Booming, Darling
Jobless LPC students and law graduates, have you considered fashion law? Suddenly, everyone seems to...
The Sun Launches X-Factor-Style Law School and Training Contract Competition
In a move that some may view as a sign of the legal profession going...