Tag: Barristers
Re-think training and support of junior barristers, says incoming bar chief
WhatsApp groups no substitute for chambers camaraderie
Top QC asks Twitter to make his profile pic more ‘Christmassy’ — hilarity ensues
'This has won the internet for the day' 🤣
This pic of the MoJ’s Xmas tree hasn’t gone down well with criminal lawyers
'Utterly detached from the reality', wrote one barrister on Twitter, as crumbling courts and case backlogs continue to blight justice system
‘Dramatic increase’ in complaints about barristers social media posts
Overall BSB findings show reports are on the rise
Labour reshuffle: Former law textbook publisher appointed shadow justice secretary
Steve Reed replaces David Lammy who is promoted to shadow foreign sec
Five types of lawyer you’ve met this year
Which legal stereotype are you?
25 Bedford Row barristers to star in new Channel 4 documentary
The Defenders airs from spring
Barristers anger at Justice Sec’s selfie with roller-skating Xmas pud
Dominic Raab’s decision to send pre-recorded bar conference message (rather than attending in-person) has apparently not gone down well with lawyers
Barristers fall out over Middle Temple LGBTQ+ qualifying session
Huge trans rights row divides the bar
Bar report: Ethnic minorities find it harder to secure pupillage
'There is a need to tone down your blackness' during interviews, one junior barrister told researchers
Disbarment for barrister who asked fellow lawyer to lie about sex assault
Handed suspended sentence earlier this year
Don’t scrap the bar aptitude test, urges Bar Council. Up the pass mark instead
BSB mulls ditching entry exam after report found fewer than 1% of wannabe barristers fail to pass it
First practising female barrister commemorated with London blue plaque
Lady Hale unveiled the historical marker
‘Cruella de Vil QC’ hits back at Boris Johnson after PM takes pop in conference speech
Prime Minister's 'frivolous speech' ignored 'serious issues' in justice system, says blogging barrister Matthew Scott
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‘The pressure to be mentally strong can be dangerous’
BTC student Natasha Kirkpatrick reflects on her own personal challenges ahead of the launch of bar mental health support network BLEMI
Competition for pupillage fiercer than ever, Bar Council report finds
Number of applicants chasing each pupillage spot 'steadily increasing' every year
New name, new home: one leading London chambers on its major shake-up
Joint heads of Gatehouse Chambers, Brie Stevens-Hoare QC and PJ Kirby QC, invited Legal Cheek’s Phoebe Mather for an exclusive tour of the set’s new home and to discuss its recent rebranding
£6 million up for grabs as Inns open bar scholarship applications
You've got to be in it to win it 🤑
Magistrate rebuked for calling junior barrister ‘huffy’ after she was mistaken for defendant three times in one day
Jacqueline Mitchell handed formal warning for 'ill judged' tweet