Tag: BPTC
Hard Times At The Bar: BSB Chief Baroness Deech Can’t Even Afford Postage Stamps
“I have to warn you followers of my blog, no more Xmas cards from me,...
Minimum Pupillage Award ‘Limits Flow Of Talent To The Bar’
Keep the minimum wage for trainee solicitors, but scrap it for pupil barristers, argues OccupyTheInns...
If Pupillage Portal Doesn’t Work Then It’s The New York Bar
OccupyTheInns ponders the merits of a high risk, yet potentially high reward, plan B This...
Dismissed: Wannabe Barrister’s Claim That Minimum Pupillage Award Is Discriminatory To Black Africans
Like many Bar graduates, John Iteshi couldn’t get a pupillage – or even an interview...
How To Get An Inns Of Court Scholarship
BPTC student Jack Smith, who’s in receipt of a full scholarship from Lincoln’s Inn, explains...
Got a 2:2? Want To Be a Barrister? Well, You’ve Got a Chance
While researching my article about sitting the Kaplan BPTC aptitude test for the Guardian this...
Should Law Schools Refund Students if They Can’t Get a Job?
In a move that may interest jobless British law graduates and the bigwigs on the...
EXCLUSIVE: BPTC Providers’ Wildly Differing Exam Lengths Provoke Unfairness Accusations
BPTC students are up in arms about the wildly differing lengths of exam times between...
Who Are You Calling a Paralegal?
The title of non-practising barrister needs to be given more weight to reflect Bar school...
#RoundMyKitchenTable Exam Special: How Do You Revise And Apply For Jobs?
Taking a rare break from revising for his Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams, barrister-to-be...
Time For Barristers To Put Hands in Their Pockets
Pupillage should be the test for Bar wannabes, not interviews – and wealthy barristers should...
Is The LNAT Fit For Purpose?
Barrister-to-be Jack Smith, whose LNAT score didn’t correspond with his other academic results, isn’t convinced...
If You Can’t Bag a Pupillage in England Can You Do it Abroad?
Unable to secure a pupillage in London, Shafik Cassim has had more luck in Mauritius This...
Minimum Trainee Solicitor Salary May Be Scrapped – Will Minimum Pupillage Award Be Next?
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said there’s no regulatory justification for retaining the 30-year-old...
‘If You Want to Be an Actor and Earn Some Money, Become a Barrister’
Recently the actor Philip Glenister (pictured below), of Life on Mars and Mad Dogs fame,...
Errors, Unhappy Staff & Mediocre Students: BPTC Monitoring Results
Legal Cheek brings you the parts of the Bar Standards Board report the providers won’t...
MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?
Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good...
PUPILLAGE: ‘A REASONABLE EXPECTATION’
Follow @OccupyTheInns OccupyTheInns hits back at the criticism last week’s post received, and puts forward...
‘IT’S TIME TO OCCUPY THE INNS OF COURT’
Follow @OccupyTheInns Jobless law graduates should follow the St Paul’s protesters’ example, argues OccupyTheInns As...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: BEING A GAY LAWYER
Bar Professional Training Course graduate Adam Fellows, who was called to the bar in July,...