Barristers Archives - Legal Cheek

BSB asks chambers to provide details on how they pick their pupils

Regulator keen to identify potential ‘unjustified’ barriers to the bar

4 days ago
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‘Ministry of Injustice’: Lawyers hold candlelight vigil over legal aid cuts

Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since 1 April

5 days ago
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Careers

‘Chambers will need to ensure pupils are prepared for the digital age’

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on 23 May, Charles Raffin, a commercial barrister at Hardwicke, explores how chambers will be training their rookies in light of the new tech wave

6 days ago
One to watch: Pupil barrister racks up hundreds of followers just days after launching anonymous Twitter account

Secret lawyer community grows

6 days ago
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Criminal bar remains resolute as over 90 chambers back direct action over legal aid cuts

Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since April 1

7 days ago
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Incredible BPTC handbook advises students to wear ‘double breasted’ jackets in their advocacy exam — and says they’ll be marked down for wearing ‘kinky boots’

Points also deducted for drinking from water bottles

Apr 16 2018 9:06am
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Porsche driver who killed top criminal barrister as he left Law Rocks gig jailed for one year

David Batcup was a tenant at Charter Chambers

Apr 13 2018 2:14pm
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Careers

Event: You’ve qualified — now where next?

Legal Cheek junior lawyer soft skills workshop and social, with Axiom, Hardwicke and Herbert Smith Freehills

Apr 12 2018 3:18pm
Expect ‘chaos’ to follow criminal barristers’ legal aid protest

Cases adjourned and judges sitting in empty courts — but if barristers don’t walk out ‘the justice system will never recover’

Apr 11 2018 1:37pm
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‘The system is desperate, as are we’: Criminal barristers to REFUSE new work in protest to legal aid cuts

Decision taken with ‘heavy hearts’

Mar 29 2018 1:37pm
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Careers

Ten secrets shared on how to secure pupillage

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s Secrets to Success event in Leeds, criminal barrister turned ULaw dean Tom Macdonald gives his top tips

Mar 27 2018 2:52pm
Pupillage places jump by 7%

New stats show 510 pupils started their training last year

Mar 27 2018 12:38pm
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Judge asked mini-pupil what her ‘favourite sex position’ was

Shocking claims of sexual harassment surface in magazine article

Mar 26 2018 12:14pm
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From law school boxing club to representing the most famous boxer in the country: A criminal barrister shares his story

Former amateur super-heavyweight now writing crime thrillers, too

Mar 26 2018 10:11am
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Barrister suspended after repeating criminal allegations against another lawyer in court robing rooms

He’s lodged an appeal

Mar 23 2018 3:03pm
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Carry on dining: Inns of Court qualifying sessions here to stay, says bar regulator

But more should be held outside London

Mar 23 2018 1:15pm
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The Secret Barrister’s debut book is the perfect deterrent for any aspiring criminal lawyer

An ‘irresistibly special’ career but one littered with heartache; Legal Cheek reviews Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken

Mar 20 2018 9:06am
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Careers

Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Pinsent Masons, Irwin Mitchell, Womble Bond Dickinson, Exchange Chambers and ULaw

Apply to attend our latest student commercial awareness event as part of the Secrets to Success series

Mar 19 2018 4:17pm

How many barristers does it take to change a lightbulb?

Bar funnyman Wigapedia returns to Legal Cheek to answer an age-old question…

Mar 15 2018 10:22am
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‘The financial anxiety was overwhelming’: Rocketing law school debts and poor salaries make legal aid work unsustainable for junior lawyers

New damning research

Mar 15 2018 9:09am
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Why I am in favour of unpaid pupillages

The regulator needs to update its approach

Mar 14 2018 9:02am
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Don’t forget about mental health in the diversity debate

LawCare speaks to junior lawyers struggling with stress, depression and drink problems on a daily basis. CEO Elizabeth Rimmer says the legal profession is due a culture change — and that this will have a positive impact on diversity

Mar 12 2018 10:36am
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Excitement builds ahead of next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2018

Profession prepares for big night at The Cheesegrater

Mar 7 2018 10:09am
Carried up chambers stairs and labelled as ‘stroppy’: Lawyers reveal what practice is really like when you’re disabled

Bringing unique benefits

Mar 5 2018 9:28am
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