Tag: Barristers

Barristers, Solicitors, students

Be prepared to forge your own path to legal practice

A panel of lawyers reveal their unconventional routes into law

Apr 3 2019 2:48pm

Six bar big hitters to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Dedicated barrister session to feature practitioners from Hardwicke and Cornerstone, alongside BPTC heads, academics and Inns' director

Apr 3 2019 12:25pm

It’s not ‘virtue-signalling’: 20 Essex Street QC hits back at critics of contextual recruitment system

Decision to embrace City law hiring process drew fire from Legal Cheek readers

Mar 27 2019 11:51am

Lawyerly advice to pupil barristers: ‘Imagine the judge is slightly hard of hearing and a bit daft’

Words of wisdom (and a few poetic metaphors) for fresh-faced practitioners

Mar 27 2019 11:03am

Jolyon Maugham QC suffers backlash on Twitter after calling High Court judge ‘pro-Government’

Campaigning silk defends comments after criticism from fellow lawyers, including The Secret Barrister

Mar 26 2019 4:02pm

Litigant in person throws White Book at barrister

Lawyer lent self-representing claimant practitioners' text at judge's request

Mar 25 2019 10:53am

Jailed paedophile barrister removed from legal profession

John Guess was a lawyer for the Welsh government

Mar 22 2019 10:18am

Cambridge University triumphs in Vis Pre-Moot London tournament

Rookie arbitrators beat fellow uni teams from Denmark, Switzerland and Poland

Mar 18 2019 1:00pm

£3,000 fine for barrister who put hand down woman’s skirt and squeezed her bum

Incident occurred at a bar, according to tribunal decision

Mar 18 2019 11:16am

Profession gears up for next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2019

Extravaganza takes place at the City of London’s iconic Cheesegrater

Mar 12 2019 12:26pm

LinkedIn row: Former magic circle lawyer slams barrister’s TV entertainment show

Sham Uddin's videos show he has 'no regard or respect' for his own legal career, says ex-Allen & Overy solicitor Melanie Daniels

Mar 11 2019 2:14pm

The Secret Barrister once used the words ‘squirrel sex’ to justify a poor exam result during a pupillage interview

Anonymous super-blogger drops biggest hint to true identity so far

Mar 11 2019 10:28am