Tag: Barristers

Applications now open for Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair

Leading chambers and law schools return on 9 October for UK's biggest bar careers event

Jul 20 2021 9:54am

Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic

Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

Jul 16 2021 10:24am

Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers

'Mfs in the 1700s saw this hairstyle and were like YOOOO 🔥🔥🔥'

Jul 8 2021 10:51am

Royal baby tweet barrister cleared by London law firm

Family Law Cafe finds no evidence of 'discriminatory practice' in relation to CEO's post

Jul 2 2021 2:23pm

Top quality work with great work/life balance: Lawyers make the case for the North West

A panel of experts explain why the region’s thriving legal scene should be on students’ radar

Jun 22 2021 2:18pm

BBC takes ‘fresh look’ at the legal profession with new podcast for aspiring lawyers

‘Not All Lawyers Have Law Degrees’ champions atypical routes into law

Jun 21 2021 11:04am

Former BBC legal correspondent joins London chambers

Clive Coleman becomes associate tenant at 23ES

Jun 17 2021 10:21am

Hardwicke to rebrand as Gatehouse Chambers after discovering name has slavery links

Lord Hardwicke was co-author of 1729 legal opinion relied upon by slave owners

Jun 15 2021 12:03pm

‘The bar must do better at giving pupillage applicants feedback’

BTC graduate and aspiring barrister Kieran Alker recounts his 'frustrating' experience and suggests a way to improve the process

Jun 10 2021 9:20am

Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence

Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Jun 8 2021 12:00pm

Family barrister suspended following ‘offensive and unacceptable’ Royal baby tweet

Joanna Toch apologises after ill-judged remark

Jun 8 2021 10:04am

Keir Starmer reveals boozy lunch with ex-Doughty Street chamber mate Amal and George Clooney

Labour leader appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories last night

Jun 2 2021 12:12pm

Henry Hendron avoids disbarment — again

Scandal-hit barrister reprimanded for continuing to work during suspension over drug offences

Jun 1 2021 10:51am

Supreme Court launches paid internship for underrepresented aspiring barristers

Week-long scheme will see bar hopefuls shadow judicial assistants

May 27 2021 9:15am

City Law School suspends two-part bar course following low student sign-ups

Exclusive: Budding barristers prefer full and part-time options

May 18 2021 10:33am

Barristers to share Gray’s Inn with 300 kids as new primary school gets go-ahead

To open amid top chambers next year, with kiddies lunching in historic hall

May 17 2021 1:16pm

Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister avoids prison

Tim Crosland slapped with £5k fine for leaking Heathrow judgment

May 10 2021 4:45pm

Bar group looks to tackle workplace abuse with ‘active bystanders’

All Rise project creates special pin badge as visible sign of support

May 10 2021 9:50am

Aspiring barrister: ‘Should I accept an offer to study at an Ivy League law school?’

I've secured a considerable scholarship but the thought of taking on debt to cover the rest has left me with 'cold feet', one bar hopeful explains

May 7 2021 9:59am

Bar exam bosses apologise for last summer’s chaos after damning independent review

Outside experts heavily critical of online set-up that left some students locked out and others urinating in bottles and buckets

May 6 2021 1:08pm