Tag: Barristers
Leveson And The Internet: Would Regulation Be A Good Thing For Legal Bloggers?
There was a brilliant cartoon in The Sun over the weekend making light of the...
‘So Why Be A Lawyer? There Are Many Bad Reasons…’
Ed note: This is the sixth in a series of posts where leading members of...
Top Ten Funniest #Leveson Tweets
Amid the Twitter storm of earnest pontification which greeted the publication of Lord Justice Leveson’s...
BPP Law School Makes BPTC Student Resit Exams After Her Results Were Lost (And It Almost Remains A Secret)
BPP Law School generally does a good job of, er, ‘managing its reputation’. But even...
JOB ALERT: Russian-Speaking Paralegal
From Baby Barristers: a leading London-based international law firm seeks a paralegal who speaks fluent...
‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ Issues Challenge Based On The Life Of SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC
Viewers of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night heard Hugo...
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 –...
Barrister Who Accused Lord McAlpine Of Being a Paedophile Issues Grovelling Apology – As Peer’s Legal Team Confirms It’s Investigating Him
Earlier this month we revealed that one of the bloggers who wrongly named Lord McAlpine...
‘As Just A Normal Bloke I Couldn’t Imagine Myself Being Able To Make It Into This Exclusive Club’
Ed note: This is the fifth in a series of posts where leading members of...
Standards Slipping At The Bar…
Picture courtesy of must-follow legal tweeter Jeremy Hopkins.
Will It Soon Cost Nothing To Become a Lawyer?
Thanks to the trebling of undergraduate fees, the cost of legal education has reached new...
Lawyer Beats Astronaut In Survey Of Childhood Dream Jobs
A LinkedIn survey has found that law is the sixth most common dream job, making...
‘We Must End Oxbridge’s Stranglehold On The Bar And Look Instead To The Russell Group’
OccupyTheInns argues that the recent increase of Oxbridge representation among pupil barristers is bad news...
JOB ALERT: Immigration Paralegal
From Baby Barristers: a well-regarded London law firm seeks a law graduate to join its...
At The Criminal Bar You ‘Learn To Deal With Misogyny, Inequality And A Progressive Lack Of Quality’
Ed note: This is the fourth in a series of posts where leading members of...
‘Women Look To Men For Crucial Decisions’: Top Junior Barrister Stars In Anti-Women Bishops Video
Albion Chambers family law barrister Daniel Leafe has appeared in a video alongside his wife,...
The London Legal World Is a Small One (Just Ask I’m a Celebrity’s Nads And Hugo)
Watching I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night, I was unexpectedly...
Seven Celebs Sired By a Solicitor (Or Other Type Of Lawyer)
To celebrate the visit to London last week of Kim Kardashian – the daughter of...
Barrister Who Named Lord McAlpine On His Blog Removes Post And Braces Himself For Possible Legal Action
One of the bloggers who named Lord McAlpine in the wake of Newsnight’s report wrongly...
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...
Privileged Colleagues Who Don’t Need To Self-Publicise ‘Will Always Resent You For It’
Ed note: This is the third in a series of posts where leading members of...