Tag: Barristers
David Allen Green Throws Twitter Tantrum After Rival Legal Blogger Pips Him To Orwell Prize Shortlist
In 2010, when City lawyer David Allen Green (AKA Jack of Kent) was shortlisted for...
Barrister Boyz Perform ‘I Want That Job Today’
They’re not so good at singing and they can’t get jobs as lawyers. Meet the...
Hard Times At The Bar: BSB Chief Baroness Deech Can’t Even Afford Postage Stamps
“I have to warn you followers of my blog, no more Xmas cards from me,...
Legal Education Review Chief Slams ‘Gross Inability’ Of BPTC Students
Senior members of the legal profession have a tendency to shy away from telling it...
Advocacy In Decline…And It’s Solicitors’ Fault, Says BSB Study
A whopping 78% of respondents to a Bar Standards Board (BSB) survey believe that standards...
Minimum Pupillage Award ‘Limits Flow Of Talent To The Bar’
Keep the minimum wage for trainee solicitors, but scrap it for pupil barristers, argues OccupyTheInns...
‘Lawyer Dog’ Meme Goes Viral
Legal Cheek‘s associate editor Emily Jupp, who by day works as a journalist in the...
‘Prostitute’ Lawyer Jailed For Running Belfast Brothel
Natacha Pociana, a qualified lawyer from Brazil, has been jailed for two months after admitting...
Apprentice Star Sparks Daily Mail Pupillage Coffee-Making Row
“If you had someone trained as a barrister, you wouldn’t have them running round making...
If Pupillage Portal Doesn’t Work Then It’s The New York Bar
OccupyTheInns ponders the merits of a high risk, yet potentially high reward, plan B This...
Dismissed: Wannabe Barrister’s Claim That Minimum Pupillage Award Is Discriminatory To Black Africans
Like many Bar graduates, John Iteshi couldn’t get a pupillage – or even an interview...
EXCLUSIVE: Cottaging At The Inner Temple – Police Patrolling Sex Venue Toilets
Inner Temple has been forced to call in the police to deal with groups of...
QC’s ‘Joke’ Lands Him In Trouble – But He’s Cleared Of Misconduct
As a coroner struggled to work her new iPad at an inquest for a man...
The Times Mistakenly Features Barrister In Story – And 2 Days Later Still Hasn’t Removed Her Name
On Monday, Lucy Reed, a barrister at St John’s Chambers in Bristol, was surprised to...
Killing Time In Pre-Pupillage Purgatory
Pupillage-less prospective barrister Jack Smith is wary of forking out yet more cash on a...
‘I’m Worried Having a Blog Could Repel Chambers’
King’s College law student Yi Bin Woh reckons Lord Neuberger’s recent warning to judges about...
How To Get An Inns Of Court Scholarship
BPTC student Jack Smith, who’s in receipt of a full scholarship from Lincoln’s Inn, explains...
Lord Neuberger Slams Judges For Appearing on MasterChef
Never upstage the boss. And that rule applies double when your boss is Master of...
Bar Social Mobility Scheme Strikes Blow For The 99%
Inner Temple’s work experience initiative is infused with the spirit of the Occupy movement, writes...
Times Law 100: It’s Oxbridge-Educated White Men And Shami Chakrabarti, Again!
Another year, another list of the UK’s top 100 lawyers by The Times. And once...
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...