Tag: Barristers
Lawyers with brilliant names you just couldn’t make up
From Cinderela and beyond
Social mobility initiative goes north as Bar Placement Week makes Liverpool debut
QCs of the future could come from under privileged families outside London, and the Bar Council wants to boost odds of finding them
Regulation that plagued family lawyers declared ‘invalid’ by Court of Appeal
Chris Grayling's changes to rules on domestic abuse sufferers getting legal aid don't stand up to scrutiny
Criminal law syllabuses to get makeover as Supreme Court gives landmark joint enterprise judgment
Felicity Gerry QC and Adam Wagner victorious as court changes the law
1,000-year-old tradition of recording laws on goat and calf skin hangs in balance
Peers say scrap tradition in favour of £80,000 a year savings
15 great photos of dogs dressed as lawyers
Dog lawyers is even more of a thing than cat lawyers
Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers
We spoke to a BPTC graduate who featured in a new interview project
Ministry of Justice confirms 86 courts across England and Wales WILL close
Twenty-two that are set to close will be relocated to other sites
How Jihadi John journalist used law degree and barrister training to kick-start his career
University of Westminster grad credits LLB and bar course with putting him on road to success
Proudman v Delilah?
Zero tolerance for Welsh rugby songs
UKIP gay rights barrister quits party due to ‘vile homophobe’ in open Facebook letter
Strand Chambers’ Richard Hendron claims political party is “becoming even more small-minded"
The bar launches first of its kind LGBT+ network
FreeBar aims to support sexuality and gender minority barristers through their career, and get heterosexual lawyers on board
The SRA is to call 16 witnesses from institutions on Lord Harley’s CV to decide if it’s legit
Five-day hearing to put to bed 18 months of confusion
Lawyers stir up animal pic Twitter storm against UN’s polarising Assange ruling
#ArbitrarilyDetained
Junior solicitor group campaigns against Brexit as City firm urges young people to vote
Corporate lawyers get into referendum spirit
Blackstone boosts pupillage award from £60k to £65k to keep pace with elite sets
Big-money commercial and public law set throws an extra £5,000 at its baby barristers
Law-themed cakes sweep the country as the Great Legal Bake proves a hit
Who said lawyers weren't creative?
Six ways to maximise your chances of landing a pupillage
Becoming-a-barrister hacks
Mechanic jailed for 27 year for killing ex-Herbert Smith Freehills paralegal in her family home
Trusted family friend murdered aspiring barrister in August 2015
Ethnic diversity at the bar isn’t actually that bad (but it’s not that good either)
At least people are talking about it -- unlike social-economic diversity
Court of Appeal awaits as High Court blocks straight couple civil partnerships
Lawyers take to Twitter to vent their frustration