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The Legal Cheek Barrister Survey 2017

How happy are you with your lot, chambers-dwellers?

Apr 25 2017 9:14am

Clifford Chance to fund community law graduate scheme likened to Teach First

Youth advocates will help protect the legal rights of vulnerable children

Apr 24 2017 10:23am

City University BPTC grad who stole cash from colleagues’ bags BARRED from legal profession

Mahnoor Choudhury was working as a paralegal at the time

Apr 20 2017 11:05am

Law students and rookie lawyers set to vote Lib Dem on 8 June

Legal Cheek snap election survey reveals Labour are out of favour

Apr 18 2017 5:12pm

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’

Apr 18 2017 12:13pm

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

Apr 10 2017 10:29am

‘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

Apr 10 2017 9:17am

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

Apr 5 2017 4:03pm

BPP unveils two new LLM programmes tailored to practice as a solicitor or barrister

And both are eligible for government student loans

Apr 5 2017 9:20am

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

Apr 4 2017 10:09am

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

Apr 3 2017 12:58pm

Cornerstone Barristers ups pupillage award by 25% to £50,000

Chambers responsible for saving Fabric nightclub chucks extra cash at its pupils

Apr 3 2017 10:22am

Plymouth High School for Girls pupils crowned Bar Mock Trial champions

Devon sixth formers emerge victorious in final presided over by Sir Brian Leveson

Mar 27 2017 12:19pm

Backlash against tax QC who said the legal system allows men to ‘rape almost with impunity’

Criminal lawyers described the comment as ‘ill judged’, ‘unfair’ and ‘poor’

Mar 27 2017 11:02am