Tag: Bar Council
Pupillage application deadline extended (again) to Thursday 9 May
The Bar Council has extended the pupillage application deadline for a second time after disastrous...
Bar Council’s ‘Modern’ Replacement For Pupillage Portal Isn’t Looking So Modern…
When you set your standards as low as Pupillage Portal (the recently-retired pupillage application website),...
The 4 Bits Of The Bar Council Chair’s Inaugural Speech That Matter For Junior Barristers And Bar Wannabes
Last night’s speech by incoming Bar Council chair Maura McGowan QC was full of diplomatic...
Terrible Job Application Website Pupillage Portal To Close – And Be Replaced By ‘Pupillage Gateway’
Error-prone pupillage application website Pupillage Portal is to be put out of its misery –...
End Of The Day Round-Up
Released: Bar Barometer, trends in the profile of the Bar [Bar Council] Internet access is...
The Bar Conference In Tweets: Most Retweeted, Most Eye-Catching, Most Amusing
Amid the mutual back-slapping at Saturday’s 27th annual Bar conference, there was gossip, intrigue and...
The Law Firms Which Owe £5K To a Barrister 4 YEARS After He Was Instructed By Them
Legal Cheek has obtained records that show the names of 15 law firms which have...
Arab Lawyers Union’s Reported Decision To Honour Law Student Suicide Bomber Could Spark UK Response
A story has been doing the rounds on Twitter and in the Blogosphere over the...
Pupillage Portal Gets The Year And The Day Wrong As Chambers Make Their Graduate Offers
There was widespread disbelief earlier this year when, for the first time in its three-year...
Jobless Graduates Left At Whim Of Law Firms’ Make-It-Up-As-You-Go-Along Recruitment Procedures
Last month Kearns Solicitors placed an advert in Counsel magazine seeking LPC and BPTC graduates...
Bar Social Mobility Week: Northerners Need Not Apply
This week is Bar social mobility placement week, with 69 high-achieving students from low-performing state...
Don’t Fancy The BPTC? Well, You Could Try Nicknaming Yourself ‘Barrister’ Instead
My favourite character in the media storm that has embraced embattled Tory peer Baroness Warsi...
Five Ways To Solve The Pupillage Crisis
The chairman of the Bar Council was recently reported in the Evening Standard saying that...
Bar Council Chair’s Pupillage ‘Great Concern’ Sparks Evening Standard Letter Page Response Flurry
Yesterday’s Evening Standard featured several letters – including, naturally, a missal dispatched from Legal Cheek...
BPP Law School CEO Says Avoid Criminal Bar; Bar Council Chief Voices ‘Great Concern’ At Number Of Barrister Wannabes – Yet Still Students Keep Flocking To The BPTC
On Sunday BPP Law School chief executive Peter Crisp became the latest – and most...
Got a 2:2? Want To Be a Barrister? Well, You’ve Got a Chance
While researching my article about sitting the Kaplan BPTC aptitude test for the Guardian this...
Legal Profession Is ‘Bedazzled By The Legend Of London’
In reality, the capital’s lawyers are no better than their regional counterparts, says The Law...
Who Are You Calling a Paralegal?
The title of non-practising barrister needs to be given more weight to reflect Bar school...
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...
Make a Difference: Sponsor a Pupil Barrister For Just £3 a Day
Andrew Jackson, a barrister at 5 Pump Court Chambers, has come up with a compelling...
Sloppy Reporting Obscures Bar’s True Pupillage Problems
A contributing factor towards lack of diversity at the Bar, and the oversupply of wannabe...