Tag: Students
Amid “Heartache, Depression and Personal Bankruptcy”, Are We Finally Seeing The End Of The Criminal Bar?
Last night at the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) dinner at Middle Temple Hall, CBA chair...
Four Reasons Why The Trainee Minimum Wage Had To Go
You heard it here first, a full hour before any other publication, and it’s now...
BREAKING: Trainee Solicitor Minimum Wage Looks Like It’s About To Be Scrapped
15.20: I’ve just ducked out of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) meeting where a final...
‘Inaccuracies About the Legal Profession Make Me Cross’: BBC Drama Silk Returns To Torment Lawyers
Silk returned for its second series last night, enraging the country’s more pedantic legal professionals...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Legal Profession’s Transformation Could Be ‘King’s Cross-Like’
Within walking distance of central London, and just two hours from Paris by Eurostar, King’s...
‘Rushing More Ethnic Minority Students Into Pupillage Could Cause Culture Clash’
OccupyTheInns cautions against a “knee-jerk” reaction to a study that found ethnic minority students are...
GDL HELL: ‘With The Job Market The Way It Is, Passing Is Simply Not Good Enough’
The pressure is on as GDL exams near, but the more David Woodall reads, the...
Lawyers’ Pinterest Boards: Top Five
Since I discovered the new social networking site Pinterest – which is best described as...
You’ve Either Got It Or You Haven’t: The ‘Personality X Factor’ That’s Needed To Land a Pupillage
Orwell prize short-listed blogger Amanda Bancroft, a former barrister, on what differentiates the wannabes from...
Complain About The BSB At Your Peril, Bar Students – ‘Independent’ Complaints Body Is Chaired By BSB Member
A recent article, ‘EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Students Point Finger At Bar Standards Board Following ‘Disastrous’ And...
PODCAST: Scrap Trainee Minimum Salary And ‘Only The Rich’ Will Become Solicitors, Says Junior Lawyers Division Chief
The minimum trainee salary debate is developing into quite a fight – with the latest...
Berwin Leighton Paisner Trainee Posed as Evening Standard Journalist To Obtain Info In Olympics Dispute, Say Protesters
A trainee solicitor at Berwin Leighton Paisner has been reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority...
‘Fake’ Barrister Used Pub As Office And Joked His Wig Was ‘Itchy’, Says Prosecution
Last week, the trial of a law graduate charged with fraud for attempting to pass...
Want a Trainee? Law Society To Help London Trainees At Stricken Dewey & LeBoeuf Find New Firms
The Law Society is set to step in to assist trainees in the London office...
ADVICE: Your Uni Choices Are Fine, But Why The Narrow Focus On The Bar?
I recently received this email from a prospective law student… Read my response below.
Lord Phillips of Sudbury: ‘Impersonal’ and ‘Bureaucratic’ Legal Profession Is ‘In Crisis’
Veteran lawyers are always complaining that the profession is going to the dogs. But never...
Made in Chelsea: Millie’s Boyfriend Reveals Barrister Dream As Monday Excitement Builds For Times Law Prof Gary Slapper
I’ve written previously of my love for E4’s Made in Chelsea. But it seems that...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Orwell Prize Shortlisted Law Blogger Milly Bancroft On The Rise Of The New Media Set
On Tuesday, legal blogger Amanda “Milly” Bancroft found out, via Twitter, that she’d made the...
EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Students Point Finger At Bar Standards Board Following ‘Disastrous’ And ‘Unfair’ Exams
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has had a bad week. First, Richard Moorhead publicly slammed...
Deadline Disbelief As Pupillage Portal DOESN’T Go Down
There is widespread shock among Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students today after the Pupillage...
‘Lawyer Cat’ Meme In Threat To ‘Lawyer Dog’ Supremacy
Last Wednesday I brought you the news that the ‘Lawyer Dog’ meme had gone viral,...