Tag: Students
Camilla Becomes Honorary Barrister – as BPTC Fees Rise to £16.5K For The Proles
As the cost of doing the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) rises another notch to...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Tattoos, Converting to Law in Your Late 20s & Office Politics
This week podcast hosts Alex Aldridge and Kevin Poulter are joined by Daniela Valdez, an...
Is The LNAT Fit For Purpose?
Barrister-to-be Jack Smith, whose LNAT score didn’t correspond with his other academic results, isn’t convinced...
Son of ‘End of Lawyers’ Author Susskind is…a Law Student
Like the popular astrologist Shelley von Strunckel, legal futurologist Richard Susskind OBE makes his living...
What Are Law Recruitment Fairs For?
The trauma of the City law milkround drove law graduate Jade Ferguson to explore other...
LSE Students in Freedom of Expression Battle as They Refuse to Remove Jesus and Mohammed Cartoons
The London School of Economics (LSE) Student Union Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society (LSESU ASH)...
Alternative Careers: Working for a Legal Charity
LawWorks’ Alasdair Stewart on why there’s more to life than training contracts When I started...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Twork Experience, Fairy Tales & City Lawyer Fat Cats
Earlier this week, law student David Woodall set out some etiquette for asking lawyers for...
Wannabe Lawyer Sends Letter of Rejection To Oxford Uni
A state-school pupil who was invited to Oxford University for an interview for a place...
Keeping Up With Law’s ‘Made in Chelsea’ Set
LPC student Cat Pond doesn’t fancy joining the Sloanes, but what are the alternatives for...
Do You Know the YouTube Law Student Cyclist?
Update 4pm: the law student cyclist is Danny Shine (thanks to @piombo). Yesterday, the Telegraph...
Don’t Suppose You Have Any Work Experience Opportunities? #GizAJob
Is it acceptable to ask for work experience through Twitter, asks GDL student David Woodall....
Legal Education: It’s All About Emotions
As the legal education review continues, two Nottingham Law School lecturers are calling for a...
Errors, Unhappy Staff & Mediocre Students: BPTC Monitoring Results
Legal Cheek brings you the parts of the Bar Standards Board report the providers won’t...
GRADUATE RECRUITMENT: ‘I WOULDN’T START FROM HERE’
Follow @legalaware Initiatives like PRIME won’t change fact current system writes off talented students far...
MORE TO LIFE THAN LAW
Follow @pondcat Law graduates’ transferable skills give them an advantage in the non-legal job market,...
MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?
Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: TAKING A GAP YEAR TO SECURE A TRAINING CONTRACT
Law graduates Flora Duguid and Cathryn Kozlowski have both opted to take gap years before...
OCCUPY THE LAW SOCIETY! (in a nice way)
Follow @pondcat Other than a short-lived campaign to occupy the Inns of Court, there are...
GOOD LAW SCHOOLS HAVE PROPER DISABILITY POLICIES
Follow @legalaware But disabled students also have a part to play in improving institutions’ behaviour,...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: ALTERNATIVE CAREERS TO LAW
Dan Hoadley and Alex Aldridge, both of whom trained as barristers before going into journalism...