BPTC Archives - Legal Cheek

Inns of Court unveil country’s cheapest barrister training course

Charity applying for sign-off on £13,000 course in major bar training shake-up

May 10 2019 7:58am
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Six bar big hitters to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Dedicated barrister session to feature practitioners from Hardwicke and Cornerstone, alongside BPTC heads, academics and Inns’ director

Apr 3 2019 12:25pm
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Great British Bake Off winner turns back on celeb cooking career to study the BPTC

Manchester law grad John Whaite won series three of the hit cookery show — now he wants to become a barrister

Jul 24 2018 9:04am
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QC seeks BPTC grad to walk their dog

£18,000 worth of training for this?

Jul 23 2018 9:18am
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Careers

Don’t try to imitate Rachel Zane from Suits, just be your authentic self

Barristers from Cornerstone, Hardwicke, Radcliffe and Serjeants’ Inn join an LPC Law advocate and ULaw’s national BPTC director to discuss how to make it as a barrister

Jul 5 2018 3:55pm
Unveiling the Legal Cheek Law School Most Lists

Every single GDL, LPC and BPTC course in England and Wales — reviewed

Oct 26 2017 9:40am
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Legal Cheek talks… crowdfunding law school fees

One bar hopeful bagged £12,500 from a mystery donor to help pursue her legal dream

Apr 13 2017 3:37pm
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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

Apr 11 2017 11:00am
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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
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BPTC student uses skills she’s learnt on bar course to challenge government’s decision to strip her dad of his benefits

Anita Dowman admits she ‘wouldn’t have had a clue’ how to bring the case without her law studies

Feb 13 2017 9:06am
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New pass mark for aspiring barrister’s test is waved through by LSB

Controversial entry exam onto BPTC should be harder to pass

Sep 8 2016 2:01pm
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BPTC satisfaction survey results: student happiness surprisingly unrelated to chances of pupillage success

Bar course experience better in the regions — even if life afterwards often isn’t

May 12 2016 9:06am
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Law school satisfaction survey — rate your GDL/LPC/BPTC

How good is your postgraduate legal training?

Apr 27 2016 9:05am
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Much-maligned Bar Course Aptitude Test put on hold while regulator conducts review

The 2016 BCAT won’t open til March at the earliest

Dec 2 2015 9:11am
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REVEALED: The BPTC providers with the highest chance of pupillage

Northumbria is the worst; BPP London is the best — but overall rate is poor

Dec 1 2015 1:55pm
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Inner Temple votes to cut library space by nearly 60% so it can build a lecture theatre

Move comes as rumours of not-for-profit BPTC continue to swirl

Nov 2 2015 4:07pm
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BPTC newbies embark on first test: collecting their books

Wheelie-suitcase wielding bar students descend on law schools — but how will the 2015-16 band of wannabe barristers use their textbooks?

Sep 11 2015 3:13pm
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Pictures emerge of proposed Lincoln’s Inn ‘education bunker’

But no official comment on price tag or suggestions that inns are getting back into vocational training game

Aug 20 2015 9:41am
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