Tag: Barristers
BSB asks chambers to provide details on how they pick their pupils
Regulator keen to identify potential 'unjustified' barriers to the bar
‘Ministry of Injustice’: Lawyers hold candlelight vigil over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since 1 April
‘Chambers will need to ensure pupils are prepared for the digital age’
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on 23 May, Charles Raffin, a commercial barrister at Hardwicke, explores how chambers will be training their rookies in light of the new tech wave
One to watch: Pupil barrister racks up hundreds of followers just days after launching anonymous Twitter account
Secret lawyer community grows
Criminal bar remains resolute as over 90 chambers back direct action over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since April 1
Incredible BPTC handbook advises students to wear ‘double breasted’ jackets in their advocacy exam — and says they’ll be marked down for wearing ‘kinky boots’
Points also deducted for drinking from water bottles
Porsche driver who killed top criminal barrister as he left Law Rocks gig jailed for one year
David Batcup was a tenant at Charter Chambers
Event: You’ve qualified — now where next?
Legal Cheek junior lawyer soft skills workshop and social, with Axiom, Hardwicke and Herbert Smith Freehills
Expect ‘chaos’ to follow criminal barristers’ legal aid protest
Cases adjourned and judges sitting in empty courts -- but if barristers don't walk out 'the justice system will never recover'
‘The system is desperate, as are we’: Criminal barristers to REFUSE new work in protest to legal aid cuts
Decision taken with ‘heavy hearts’
Ten secrets shared on how to secure pupillage
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s Secrets to Success event in Leeds, criminal barrister turned ULaw dean Tom Macdonald gives his top tips
Pupillage places jump by 7%
New stats show 510 pupils started their training last year
Judge asked mini-pupil what her ‘favourite sex position’ was
Shocking claims of sexual harassment surface in magazine article
From law school boxing club to representing the most famous boxer in the country: A criminal barrister shares his story
Former amateur super-heavyweight now writing crime thrillers, too
Carry on dining: Inns of Court qualifying sessions here to stay, says bar regulator
But more should be held outside London
The Secret Barrister’s debut book is the perfect deterrent for any aspiring criminal lawyer
An 'irresistibly special' career but one littered with heartache; Legal Cheek reviews Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Pinsent Masons, Irwin Mitchell, Womble Bond Dickinson, Exchange Chambers and ULaw
Apply to attend our latest student commercial awareness event as part of the Secrets to Success series
How many barristers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Bar funnyman Wigapedia returns to Legal Cheek to answer an age-old question...
Why I am in favour of unpaid pupillages
The regulator needs to update its approach