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If You Can’t Bag a Pupillage in England Can You Do it Abroad?
Unable to secure a pupillage in London, Shafik Cassim has had more luck in Mauritius This...
Alternative Careers: Working for a Legal Charity
LawWorks’ Alasdair Stewart on why there’s more to life than training contracts When I started...
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...
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....
Why Law Graduates Can be Choosers
GDL graduate Cathryn Kozlowski on why she turned down a paralegal job With more and...
File-Sharers Start Religion to Exploit Legal Loophole
Follow @DiaryofaGDL Huffington Post columnist David Woodall wonders what will happen if Kopimism catches on...
Accutrainee Chief Hits Back at Critics
Follow @Accutrainee Founder of new cut-price training contract scheme responds to recent criticism from Legal...
Can Tension Between Legal Aid and Pro Bono Be Resolved?
Rather than criticise pro bono charities for “overselling” themselves, legal aid lawyers need to work...
SIX STEP GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARTY SALVATION
Don’t dance, or – even worse – have sex with a colleague; do mix your...
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...
OCCUPY THE LAW SOCIETY! (in a nice way)
Follow @pondcat Other than a short-lived campaign to occupy the Inns of Court, there are...
WHY THE OBSESSION WITH A-LEVELS?
Follow @cathrynkoz Cathryn Kozlowski focused on getting top music qualifications rather than top A-levels, but...
PRO BONO WEEK: OUT WITH A WHIMPER
Follow @AlasdairIS But despite the complaints from lawyers and disinterest from the press, the fact...
£65K FOR A PUPILLAGE?!
Follow @FellowsAdam Adam Fellows considers the discrepancies between pupil earnings, and asks whether the Bar...
BOOZERS: THEIR BRILLIANCE AND BAD BEHAVIOUR
Writing anonymously, a partner at a top London law firm reflects on the legal profession’s...
I DON’T WANNA BE IGNORED
Follow @DiaryofaGDL GDL student David Woodall isn’t convinced all work experience is worthwhile It dawns...
SOCIAL MOBILITY EFFORTS STILL IN A VACUUM
Follow @FellowsAdam The disconnect between the legal profession and school children is a hindrance to...
TOP 5 iPHONE APPS FOR LAW STUDENTS
Follow @dietjustice Diet Justice reviews some of the best iPhone Apps for lawyers-to-be I now...
LEGAL BODY IN FRESH ONLINE BLUNDER
Follow @pondcat First, the bar’s awful ‘Pupillage Portal’; now the solicitors’ regulator has run into...
‘YOU HAVE TO EAT DINNER TO QUALIFY AS A BARRISTER?!’
Follow @FellowsAdam Adam Fellows explains the eccentric world of the inns of court Despite the...