Tag: Barristers
Language of the law decoded: The litigation edition
The revered Wigapedia returns to Legal Cheek for his 2017 jargon buster
The Legal Cheek Barrister Survey 2017
How happy are you with your lot, chambers-dwellers?
Clifford Chance to fund community law graduate scheme likened to Teach First
Youth advocates will help protect the legal rights of vulnerable children
City University BPTC grad who stole cash from colleagues’ bags BARRED from legal profession
Mahnoor Choudhury was working as a paralegal at the time
Law students and rookie lawyers set to vote Lib Dem on 8 June
Legal Cheek snap election survey reveals Labour are out of favour
Diversity isn’t working, says Somali refugee who beat odds to become a barrister
Hashi Mohamed was raised exclusively on state benefits, and he believes open recruitment has made ‘little if any difference’
Aspiring barrister denied an Inner Temple scholarship raises BPTC funds (and more) after ‘mystery person’ donates £12,500
Leila Taleb starred in a new BBC programme about her law school plans
First non-white Old Bailey judge was told to ‘try hairdressing instead’
Judge Anuja Ravindra Dhir QC also recalls being mistaken for a defendant when she was at the bar
‘Pink Floyd’s manager tricked me into becoming a lawyer’
Why media law partner Mark Stephens has always felt like an outsider in his profession
Barrister who admitted supplying drugs that killed teenage boyfriend is NOT struck off
Henry Hendron avoided jail last year
I’ve been paid! QC dismisses report claiming she is owed £200,000 following collapse of KWM
Catherine Newman QC says she received money in full despite featuring in administrators statement
Image of top chancery QC giving penis-themed PowerPoint presentation surfaces online
The story behind the unusual picture
BPP unveils two new LLM programmes tailored to practice as a solicitor or barrister
And both are eligible for government student loans
Online petition calling on government to shelve late opening hours for courts hits target of 2,000 signatures
Lawyers with young children could be placed at a disadvantage
Aspiring barrister who documented her BPTC struggles in new BBC programme is appealing Inner Temple’s decision to deny her a scholarship
Leila Taleb is from a working class family in Bradford and is trying to raise £14,500 for her fees
Cornerstone Barristers ups pupillage award by 25% to £50,000
Chambers responsible for saving Fabric nightclub chucks extra cash at its pupils
Poll: 70% of lawyers are unhappy Article 50 has been triggered, compared to 36% of the population
Legal profession staying true to its pro-EU ways
BPP forced to replace this Friday’s BPTC opinion writing exam after students were accidentally sent a video recording of two tutors discussing mark scheme
Exclusive: Students now 'more anxious' about the assessment
Plymouth High School for Girls pupils crowned Bar Mock Trial champions
Devon sixth formers emerge victorious in final presided over by Sir Brian Leveson