Tag: Barristers
Mini-pupil raises the bar with chocolatey chambers thank-you
Aspiring barrister delivers a chocolate and fruit-covered note in top culinary arse-licking gesture
Amal Clooney’s chambers-mate reported to be working on fees of £1.50 an hour
Doughty Street Chambers and Bindmans Solicitors highlight demise of legal aid -- while actor’s wife jets between New York and London
What are the best alternatives for students turned off the bar due to lack of pupillages and legal aid cuts?
Top solicitors and barristers advise undergrads at Legal Cheek Careers at Inner Temple
Twitter dismay over new justice committee chair’s defence of legal aid cuts
Former barrister Bob Neill unveiled as parliamentary justice committee chairman
Who is the mysterious cigar smoking London lawyer on Instagram?
Instagram user "Londonlawyer" is a social media mystery man, but is he actually a practising certificate-holder of any type?
The Judge Rules: Bar officialdom must tidy up the mess around ‘brand barrister’
Scraped through the BPTC but failed to bag a pupillage? Not to worry -- you can still call yourself a barrister
Top silk leads call for renegade criminal bar strike over legal aid cuts
Michael Mansfield QC lashes out at Criminal Bar Association decision to drop direct action plans
‘To be a good advocate you need courage above all’
As a junior barrister Herbert Smith Freehills' Tom Leech QC could never sleep before a hearing. But he kept going...
Ukip man calls himself ‘Barrister-at-Law’ despite not doing pupillage — BSB says it’s OK
Bar regulator relaxed -- and Bar Council silent -- about protecting professional title
County court notice flags up the lack of love between barristers and solicitors
Segregation attempt triggers social media outrage from the larger branch of legal profession
Smartphones have made overtime culture ‘endemic’ in law, finds research
Study released today blames phones and tablets for allowing partners to deprive associates of almost all sleep
Sacked gun-wielding magistrate’s fury at ‘double standard’ over BSB investigator’s Dirty Harry-style photo
AK-47 posing magistrate frustrated over his fate as staffer at bar regulator goes unpunished for Facebook gun pose
PM hit with social media flack for Magna Carta banalities
David Cameron’s 800th anniversary message from windswept Surrey car park wins little more than derision
Tory councillor fake barrister avoids jail, but gets 200 hours of scrubbing graffiti
Monika Juneja forged university and bar school qualifications to bag legal sector jobs -- and a top slot with local Conservatives
Exclusive Legal Cheek survey: 27% of lawyers take recreational drugs
And it’s not just a spliff round the barbecue — nearly 80% of users are keen on class-A gear
Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach
Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews
Only a barrister would pay best part of £6k for a dating service
Who is the mystery woman of the bar looking for love with a man cradling a copy of Emma?
Media luvvie barristers in cat fight over alleged assault on London bus
Telly talking-head Sophia Cannon squares up against Doughty Street's Tunde Okewale -- with a phone hacking lawyer thrown into mix
Yesterday the government made it pointless to qualify into a legal aid law firm
Ministry of Justice announced a second round of cuts to crime specialist law firms, taking total to more than 17% in last year
7 pieces of advice I’d give to my junior barrister self
City Law School pro bono director Sarwan Singh on what he's learnt on his journey from law centres and local government to academia
Drug use among lawyers and law students: take the anonymous Legal Cheek survey
Do you take illegal -- or even "legal" -- drugs?