Tag: Barristers
Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Think Twice Before Publishing Poems Lampooning Women Drivers
As the editor of a gossipy, tabloid-ish website, my philosophy is that if anyone voluntarily...
Criminal Bar Association Takes Swipe At ‘Dickhead’ Law Student
On Easter Sunday, anonymous Twitter sensation @LawVicissitudes tweeted this cheekily blasphemous gag: What people don’t...
‘Who Breaks A Barrister Upon The Wheel Of An Eddie Stobart Lorry?
As I prepare to commence pupillage at a leading criminal law set in September, the government’s...
Video: Lindsay Lohan Isn’t Very Nice To Her Lawyer At All
“Why did you even say that?” whispers troubled star Lindsay Lohan accusingly to her lawyer,...
Law Firm Life: The Truth In A Pie Chart
From Rob Pollak, the brilliant former Skadden associate behind ‘Lawyers, can you go home?’, comes another...
Bar Student Outrage As Mock Paper Questions Feature In BPTC Ethics Exam
Exclusive: 24 hours after BPTC students completed Monday’s centrally set ethics exam, a mock paper...
The mismatch between Bar graduates and pupillages is about to get a whole lot worse…
One thing no one has mentioned in relation to the very serious travails of the...
1KBW divorce barrister offers priest work experience
“I should very much like to be a barrister so I could say things like...
Exclusive: Attorney General responds to Bar anger at his ‘foolish’ barristers comment
Legal Cheek‘s Kevin Poulter has just asked Attorney General Dominic Grieve what he meant by...
Do As I Say Not As I Do Advocacy Training: Starring Lord Sumption
Last month we analysed the “smug smile” and poor posture which blight Lord Neuberger’s delivery...
There Has Always Been A Bar Aptitude Test – And Training To Be A Barrister Is Free For Those Who Pass It
Amid all the debate about rising Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) fees and the new...
New Statesman Readers Slam ‘Insolent Bloody Human Rights Lawyers’ Following ‘Shyster’ Barrister’s Pro-Human Rights Blog
Yes, that’s New Statesman readers… 1 Crown Office Row barrister Adam Wagner, who also edits...
Lord Neuberger Is Trending! UK’s Top Judge Ousts Justin Bieber As Twitter’s Hottest Topic After Voicing Legal Aid Concerns
It’s not often that you get a member of the legal profession outperforming Justin Bieber...
Tooksgate: Michael Mansfield Releases Statement Saying He ‘Would Not Knowingly Have Become Involved In An Event That Charged Students’
Michael Mansfield QC, the star speaker at the now notorious paid-for pupillage application advice event,...
‘In Those Days Getting A 2:2 Wasn’t A Great Concern’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
Is The Criminal Bar Finally Eating Itself?
Forget the rights and wrongs of the decision by two Tooks’ barristers to start a...
‘We Need Some More Girls In Here: There’s Too Many Man, Too Many Many Man’ In The UK Supreme Court
The news that the latest three appointments to the Supreme Court are all men means...
Tooks QC Distances Himself From Colleagues’ ‘Ground Breaking’ How-To-Get-A-Pupillage Money Making Venture – But Mansfield Still Scheduled To Speak
On Friday we revealed that the directors of the company behind an event charging wannabe...
Tooks Chambers Barristers Start Company That Charges Bar Hopefuls £186 Each For Pupillage Application Advice From Michael Mansfield QC
When criminal barristers talk of having to diversify in order to survive, it’s generally assumed...
Courtroom Movie Mashup: Name That Film
How many of the films can you name in this freshly-posted law film medley from...
Harlem Shake Reaches The Legal Profession – But Which British Lawyers Will Be First To Embrace Craze?
If you’re not familiar with the ‘Harlem Shake’, fear not: all you really need to...