Tag: Barristers
Don’t forget about mental health in the diversity debate
LawCare speaks to junior lawyers struggling with stress, depression and drink problems on a daily basis. CEO Elizabeth Rimmer says the legal profession is due a culture change -- and that this will have a positive impact on diversity
Excitement builds ahead of next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2018
Profession prepares for big night at The Cheesegrater
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
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
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?
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
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
Rule-breaking barrister avoids suspension after telling tribunal her printer broke down
She represented a client in court without a valid practising certificate
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
Revealed: 2,089 wannabe barristers submit 14,516 applications for just 224 pupillage spots
'May the odds be ever in your favour'
Embrace your inner Branson and Zuckerberg, barristers told
Middle Temple wants members to come across less pompous
Lawyers share their biggest humiliations, from dozing in court to falling off chairs in interviews
It's all to show failure is normal
Old Square Chambers ups pupil pay by a quarter in London and Bristol
Exclusive: Rookies will now earn £50,000
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers bumps pupillage award by 22% to £55,000
Exclusive: Clinical negligence specialist throws extra £10,000 at its baby barristers
Five pupillage application form essentials
Three pupil barristers at Hardwicke reveal how they made it over the line
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
Revealed: The best barristers’ chambers for training
The results of the Legal Cheek Pupil and Junior Barrister Survey are in
Twitter explodes with inspirational #mypathtolaw stories
And some that aren't so inspirational