Tag: Barristers
Top QC details paid work experience offer in rebuke to chambers’ ‘unpaid’ internship
Jaime Hamilton offering £700 bursary plus travel expenses for two-week placement
High Court seeks junior lawyers for new judicial assistant scheme
A chance to get behind the scenes at the Royal Courts of Justice
2020s is the decade of legal change, says Richard Susskind
Exclusive interview: AI and online courts will flourish and replace 'old ways of working'
Telling lawyers to ‘toughen up’ isn’t the answer
PJ Kirby QC, joint head of Hardwicke, speaks to Legal Cheek ahead of his appearance this afternoon at The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Arrest warrant issued for barrister who harassed solicitor
Dr Aisha Bijlani allegedly bombarded Richard Howlett with emails, some abusive, after refusing to take her case pro bono
‘We need a 50% target of women in all chambers’, says Charlotte Proudman
#MeToo pioneer calls for tougher sanctions for sexist behaviour
I completed an unpaid internship — they’re not the problem
Unremunerated roles 'symptomatic of the general crisis at the criminal bar', says one wannabe barrister
Why leaping into law as a career changer takes confidence
ULaw’s John Watkins talks transferrable skills and reveals how career changers can show risk-averse employers that they’re a safe option
Profession gears up for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Richard Susskind and Julie Brannan lead high profile speaker roster for next Wednesday’s event at Kings Place London
‘He threw a phone at my head’: International survey reveals bullying rife in the legal profession
Largest ever study finds one in three females sexually harassed in workplace
‘We have an obligation to make entry to the bar as fair as possible’
Cornerstones Barristers’ Andrew Lane reflects on his career to date and how barrister training should evolve to adequately prepare the next generation of advocates
Inns of Court unveil country’s cheapest barrister training course
Charity applying for sign-off on £13,000 course in major bar training shake-up
London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship
Exclusive: 9KBW places controversial expenses-only programme 'under review'
Under-promoted, oddly-timed and confusing to outsiders: why the bar is not making the most of its scholarships
There’s £5 million, for those in the know
Three more high profile speakers announced for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Hardwicke’s PJ Kirby QC, Brighton Uni LLB lead Zoe Swan and Frances Bennett, pioneer of Burges Salmon's legal apprenticeships scheme, to appear at Kings Place London on 22 May
Durham Uni law academic sparks furious Twitter debate after claiming high-profile rape allegation wasn’t necessarily ‘false’
Criminal law expert stirs up controversy online
Top QC who branded unpaid internship ‘plain wrong’ offers aspiring barristers two weeks paid work experience
‘I should put my money where my mouth is’, says Jaime Hamilton
London chambers offers ‘unpaid’ internship lasting up to six months
Exclusive: But 9KBW will cover wannabe barristers' travel expenses
Should I stop chasing pupillage?
'I feel like I am going backwards'
#5JobsIHad: Social media trend sees lawyers reveal unusual previous careers
Christmas grotto elf, haunted house scarer, life drawing model and even a bouncer!
Criminal barrister reveals emotional toll of life at the bar in candid tweets
‘We are expected to brush away the trauma of one case and pick up the next’