Tag: Blogs

How Sticklers For The Norm Could Find Themselves Out Of Luck In The Training Contract Hunt

Earlier this year I got a training contract at a small, reputable firm in Buckinghamshire...

Sep 12 2012 12:29pm

Edicts From The Ivory Tower: The Troubling Disconnect Between The SRA’s ‘Sophisticated’ Decision-Makers And Its ‘Over-Zealous’ Prosecutor Foot-Soldiers

A “wholly unjustified and unreasonable” decision to prosecute a small law firm for supposed failure...

Sep 11 2012 1:11pm

Fifty Shades Of Gray’s Inn: Shopping For Cable Ties And Rope In B&Q

GDL student Anastasia Steal bumps into Christopher Grey QC, head of Gray’s Inn Chambers, in...

Sep 6 2012 1:54pm

Welcome To The ‘Envy Economy’ Of City Law Firms

I spend my days in the office listening to management speak. When I’m not going...

Aug 22 2012 10:03am

Leap To The Other Side: Camden New Journal Music Editor On How She’s Juggling Journalism And Law

For the past two years I have been leading a double life – part music...

Aug 21 2012 1:47pm

Tweeting Like It’s 1984: Why Police’s Bright Idea To Ban Anonymous Bloggers Could Herald Orwellian Dystopia

Imagine a world where everything you say and write is stored indefinitely and attributable to...

Aug 17 2012 9:46am

How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt

Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that...

Aug 16 2012 12:16pm

The Best Law School-Themed Animated Gifs

#WhatShouldWeCallMe is a brilliant Tumblr blog run by two anonymous law students. Most of the...

Aug 15 2012 11:01am

Finally, The Inns Of Court Are Occupied!

During the past year the light at the end of the tunnel grew so dim...

Aug 14 2012 1:05pm

Feeling Important: Possible As a Trainee Solicitor?

TheTraineeComplex continues his bid to understand life as a City law firm trainee through reference...

Aug 8 2012 9:10am

Why The ‘Out Of Office’ Email Is Dead

I love holidays, but I hate missing opportunities. Unfortunately, the two often go hand in...

Aug 6 2012 9:30am

Pupillage Offer Day: How You’ll Feel…

…if you net that elusive pupillage And if you don’t…

Aug 2 2012 9:03am

Five Ways Barristers Can Treat Mini-Pupils Better

As I continue the Herculean battle to obtain pupillage, I broke a promise to myself...

Aug 1 2012 10:15am

Same Shirt, Different Day: Freudian Explanation?

Last Thursday, I wore the same shirt to work as I had on Wednesday. This...

Jul 26 2012 10:04am

Well-Being Corner: Why Five Minutes of (Non-Chargeable) Meditation Could Save Your Career

Editorial note: Former Halliwells trainee Marc Piano knows a thing or two about handling stress,...

Jul 24 2012 2:41pm

A Shaft Of Light At The Junior Criminal Bar? Why New Advocacy Assessment Regime Could Be An Opportunity For Baby Barristers

As the Quality Assurance Scheme For Advocates (QASA) consultation rumbles on, the latest concern is...

Jul 19 2012 1:54pm

Get a Training Contract Or Get Deported: The Fate Of The Foreign Law Graduate In The UK

If, like me, you’re not British or European and are applying for training contracts, you...

Jul 17 2012 10:27am

PODCAST: The Future Of Legal Blogging

This week’s #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast guest, City University’s Emily Allbon (pictured), is one of the pioneers...

Jul 13 2012 2:29pm

A Neat Solution To The Legal Education And Training Puzzle

At the end of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) symposium yesterday, I got...

Jul 12 2012 2:13pm