Tag: Barristers
The Hazards Of Law Blogging When You’re Married To Boris
On Thursday, 1 Crown Office Row barrister Marina Wheeler wrote a post for the UK...
Amid “Heartache, Depression and Personal Bankruptcy”, Are We Finally Seeing The End Of The Criminal Bar?
Last night at the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) dinner at Middle Temple Hall, CBA chair...
Eddie Stobart Lorries Launches Barrister Arm
The deregulation of the legal market has thrown up its most unlikely result yet: haulage...
‘Inaccuracies About the Legal Profession Make Me Cross’: BBC Drama Silk Returns To Torment Lawyers
Silk returned for its second series last night, enraging the country’s more pedantic legal professionals...
Could The Days of Lawyers Charging Clients For The Time They Spend Gossiping On Twitter Be Over?
During a brief spell working as a paralegal at Clyde & Co in 2006, I...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Legal Profession’s Transformation Could Be ‘King’s Cross-Like’
Within walking distance of central London, and just two hours from Paris by Eurostar, King’s...
‘Rushing More Ethnic Minority Students Into Pupillage Could Cause Culture Clash’
OccupyTheInns cautions against a “knee-jerk” reaction to a study that found ethnic minority students are...
Lawyers’ Pinterest Boards: Top Five
Since I discovered the new social networking site Pinterest – which is best described as...
You’ve Either Got It Or You Haven’t: The ‘Personality X Factor’ That’s Needed To Land a Pupillage
Orwell prize short-listed blogger Amanda Bancroft, a former barrister, on what differentiates the wannabes from...
SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC Makes Made in Chelsea Debut
There has been much excitement in the legal world about the fact that Made in...
Complain About The BSB At Your Peril, Bar Students – ‘Independent’ Complaints Body Is Chaired By BSB Member
A recent article, ‘EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Students Point Finger At Bar Standards Board Following ‘Disastrous’ And...
‘Fake’ Barrister Used Pub As Office And Joked His Wig Was ‘Itchy’, Says Prosecution
Last week, the trial of a law graduate charged with fraud for attempting to pass...
London Election Day: Full List of Lawyer Candidates, Including The Fisher Meredith Partner Standing For UKIP
Last week, I wrote a piece for The Guardian profiling three of the lawyers vying...
Paperless Dream Is Over At Rolls Building As ‘Cutting Edge’ E-Filing System Is Axed
Much has been made of how modern the new “state-of-the-art” Rolls Building court complex is....
ADVICE: Your Uni Choices Are Fine, But Why The Narrow Focus On The Bar?
I recently received this email from a prospective law student… Read my response below.
‘Glory, Glory, Legal Cobra!’
Ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of the highest echelons of the...
Made in Chelsea: Millie’s Boyfriend Reveals Barrister Dream As Monday Excitement Builds For Times Law Prof Gary Slapper
I’ve written previously of my love for E4’s Made in Chelsea. But it seems that...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Orwell Prize Shortlisted Law Blogger Milly Bancroft On The Rise Of The New Media Set
On Tuesday, legal blogger Amanda “Milly” Bancroft found out, via Twitter, that she’d made the...
EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Students Point Finger At Bar Standards Board Following ‘Disastrous’ And ‘Unfair’ Exams
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has had a bad week. First, Richard Moorhead publicly slammed...
Deadline Disbelief As Pupillage Portal DOESN’T Go Down
There is widespread shock among Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students today after the Pupillage...
‘Lawyer Cat’ Meme In Threat To ‘Lawyer Dog’ Supremacy
Last Wednesday I brought you the news that the ‘Lawyer Dog’ meme had gone viral,...