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Carried up chambers stairs and labelled as ‘stroppy’: Lawyers reveal what practice is really like when you’re disabled

Bringing unique benefits

Mar 5 2018 9:28am
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Suspended chemsex junior barrister fined £250 after posting on Facebook that he’d had lunch at Middle Temple

Exclusive: Henry Hendron tells Legal Cheek he intends to challenge sanction

Mar 2 2018 10:02am
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Wannabe barrister who lied about masters degree and work experience in pupillage application is disbarred

She claimed to have helped ten prisoners escape the death penalty

Feb 28 2018 4:12pm
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Barristers brave sub-zero conditions to celebrate new silk status

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Feb 26 2018 3:44pm
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It’s only the cost of a posh bottle of plonk: Bar Pro Bono Unit urges barristers to donate in practising certificate renewal push

What else would £30 get you in legal London?

Feb 26 2018 10:24am
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Top London chambers are STILL failing to pay living wage

Exclusive: New ads show sets continue to pinch pennies when it comes to support staff

Feb 21 2018 8:59am
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British junior barrister who started death penalty internship just weeks ago now assisting on Florida school shooter case

Exclusive: Jodie Woodward is a tenant at London’s 15 New Bridge Street

Feb 20 2018 2:08pm
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Rule-breaking barrister avoids suspension after telling tribunal her printer broke down

She represented a client in court without a valid practising certificate

Feb 14 2018 3:03pm
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Don’t ditch dining! Inns of Court give wannabe barristers opportunity to mingle, says Bar Council

But BSB proposals could call time on compulsory qualifying sessions

Feb 14 2018 12:05pm
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Revealed: 2,089 wannabe barristers submit 14,516 applications for just 224 pupillage spots

‘May the odds be ever in your favour’

Feb 12 2018 9:06am
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Embrace your inner Branson and Zuckerberg, barristers told

Middle Temple wants members to come across less pompous

Feb 6 2018 10:06am
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Lawyers share their biggest humiliations, from dozing in court to falling off chairs in interviews

It’s all to show failure is normal

Feb 5 2018 11:33am
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Old Square Chambers ups pupil pay by a quarter in London and Bristol

Exclusive: Rookies will now earn £50,000

Feb 5 2018 9:49am
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‘Redouble your efforts’: Top social mobility charity calls for more action after new stats reveal privately-educated barristers still dominate

Training costs a big barrier

Jan 30 2018 10:16am
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Serjeants’ Inn Chambers bumps pupillage award by 22% to £55,000

Exclusive: Clinical negligence specialist throws extra £10,000 at its baby barristers

Jan 30 2018 9:06am
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Careers

Five pupillage application form essentials

Three pupil barristers at Hardwicke reveal how they made it over the line

Jan 29 2018 1:26pm
Privately-educated kids continue to dominate bar despite two thirds of barristers snubbing regulator’s request for schooling info

Overrepresented among pupils, barristers and QCs

Jan 26 2018 2:55pm
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Revealed: The best barristers’ chambers for training

The results of the Legal Cheek Pupil and Junior Barrister Survey are in

Jan 23 2018 12:07pm
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Twitter explodes with inspirational #mypathtolaw stories

And some that aren’t so inspirational

Jan 22 2018 11:55am
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QC launches scathing attack on Judge Rinder for ‘denigrating the law’

But many silks disagree

Jan 19 2018 10:58am
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London barristers more than twice as likely to secure silk than Northern peers

Top QC concerned there may be a pattern of under-representation

Jan 19 2018 9:13am
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From black belt to the bench: Martial arts expert, 37, appointed to judiciary

Don’t mess with Siew Ying Loke

Jan 15 2018 9:12am
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Careers

My life as a commercial barrister in Manchester

It’s worth considering the advantages of joining a set in a major city outside London as opposed to doing pupillage in the capital, says Exchange Chambers’ David Williams

Jan 12 2018 3:29pm
Google Street View gets V sign from Kings Chambers window

He was simply explaining ‘two important points’, apparently

Jan 11 2018 8:58am
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