Tag: Barristers

Barrister apprenticeships? Quite possibly says pupillage expert

There are barriers to overcome, but these are not 'insurmountable'

Sep 10 2021 11:09am

‘Significant funds’ drained from bar charity’s bank account without permission

Exclusive: Bridging the Bar says cash has since been returned

Sep 9 2021 9:25am

Pupil barrister pay hits £75,000 as top London sets boost awards

Rises at One Essex Court, Monckton, Matrix, 7KBW, 39 Essex and Outer Temple

Aug 4 2021 10:47am

What we learnt during The Legal Cheek-ULaw Summer 2021 Virtual Vacation Scheme

Southampton University student Juliet Griffiths gets insights into commercial law

Jul 28 2021 4:26pm

Pupil barrister numbers down nearly a third in 30 years

757 in 1991 ⤵️ 542 in 2020

Jul 28 2021 11:33am

Dominic Cummings brands legal Twitter royalty as ‘charlatans’

Former Downing Street adviser lashes leading lawyers over Brexit views

Jul 26 2021 1:05pm

Top judge slams BSB over ‘injustice’ to student wrongly kicked off bar training course

Ryan Eve vindicated in High Court after regulator's blunders

Jul 23 2021 11:30am

Applications now open for Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair

Leading chambers and law schools return on 9 October for UK's biggest bar careers event

Jul 20 2021 9:54am

Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic

Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

Jul 16 2021 10:24am

Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers

'Mfs in the 1700s saw this hairstyle and were like YOOOO 🔥🔥🔥'

Jul 8 2021 10:51am

Royal baby tweet barrister cleared by London law firm

Family Law Cafe finds no evidence of 'discriminatory practice' in relation to CEO's post

Jul 2 2021 2:23pm

Top quality work with great work/life balance: Lawyers make the case for the North West

A panel of experts explain why the region’s thriving legal scene should be on students’ radar

Jun 22 2021 2:18pm

BBC takes ‘fresh look’ at the legal profession with new podcast for aspiring lawyers

‘Not All Lawyers Have Law Degrees’ champions atypical routes into law

Jun 21 2021 11:04am

Former BBC legal correspondent joins London chambers

Clive Coleman becomes associate tenant at 23ES

Jun 17 2021 10:21am

Hardwicke to rebrand as Gatehouse Chambers after discovering name has slavery links

Lord Hardwicke was co-author of 1729 legal opinion relied upon by slave owners

Jun 15 2021 12:03pm

‘The bar must do better at giving pupillage applicants feedback’

BTC graduate and aspiring barrister Kieran Alker recounts his 'frustrating' experience and suggests a way to improve the process

Jun 10 2021 9:20am

Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence

Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Jun 8 2021 12:00pm