Tag: News
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“There’s nothing wrong or illegal in favouring Oxbridge candidates” [Legal Cheek comments] Garden Court pupil...
‘Unless your dad is senior partner you are the only person in your firm who truly cares about your career’
With work thin on the ground after the 2008 crash, corporate lawyer Danvers Baillieu found...
7 things that you should know about Clifford Chance’s ‘CV blind’ programme
This morning Clifford Chance created a stir with news of its ‘CV blind’ policy, which...
The strange case of the vanishing pupillages
In the most recent pupillage application round Weir House Chambers advertised for “up to two...
Morning round-up: Friday 10 January
Law firm Clifford Chance adopts “CV blind” policy to break Oxbridge recruitment bias [The Independent]...
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Spending a night in Tottenham after the Mark Duggan inquest [Vice] Mark Duggan Inquest: The...
This lawyer sounds just like Kermit the Frog
Can you tell the difference between the voice of Alfred Kwinter (“Canada’s premier legal expert...
Morning round-up: Thursday 9 January
Mark Duggan’s family reacts with fury to inquest verdict of lawful killing [The Guardian] The...
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Peers set to block law on being annoying in public [BBC News] The extremely wide...
Before submitting your BPTC application you should read this…
Wannabe barristers who are due to submit their Bar Professional Training Course (BTPC) applications tomorrow...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 8 January
Two guilty over abusive tweets to Caroline Criado-Perez [BBC News] Was South Square barrister Lucy...
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“No one is a bad public speaker, only untrained” (via @jamiesusskind) [The Guardian] At last,...
How to get the Daily Mail onside
If demonstrating your desperation through a strike doesn’t change the mind of your foes, simply...
Interview: Glamour model and law student Vanessa Knowles on her quest to bag a training contract
In autumn we reported on the glamour model who has used an Amazon Wishlist, and...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 7 January
Is there a case for the legal system to turn to European-style justice? [The Telegraph]...
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Corporate solicitor turned away from Ashes test match due to alleged inappropriateness of her dress...
WalkOut4Justice: In pictures
This is how the first strike in the Bar’s history looked
This is why criminal lawyers are striking today
This year some public sector workers will receive pay rises. Criminal barristers and solicitors, meanwhile,...
Morning round-up: Monday 6 January
Lawyers protesting outside courts over legal aid cuts [BBC News] Criminal barristers should have justice,...
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“Why law?” It’s the question every would-be law student dreads [The Guardian] Barrister David Lonsdale...
The law firm at the heart of the Nick Griffin bankruptcy
Today it has been widely reported that BNP leader Nick Griffin has been declared bankrupt....