Tag: If I knew…
‘Many, particularly in their early careers, seek to disguise themselves as lawyers’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
‘I spent my early years at the Bar worrying that my peers were smarter than me’
In this week’s ‘If I knew then what I know now’, Nigel Poole QC recalls...
‘The longer they could keep their young hungry bucks down, the better it was for the firm’
In this week’s ‘If I knew then what I know now’, former Bond Pearce solicitor...
‘Why, oh why, am I a barrister?’
In this week’s ‘If I knew then what I know now’, human rights barrister Barbara...
‘You need an offer…but you only need one’
It took a stint working in marketing, a brief spell as a criminal barrister and...
‘If I knew then what I know now… I’d be on my hands and knees begging my younger self not to become a criminal barrister’
The criminal Bar no longer offers a path to a nice middle class lifestyle, but...
‘Would I really be happy being told what to do by a 25 year-old?’
After quitting his job as an art history lecturer to retrain as a lawyer ten...
Don’t choose a career because it ‘sounds cool’ — but do cool things after you’ve chosen it
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‘Don’t sweat the small stuff, do sweat the big stuff – and learn to tell the difference’
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How I became a tech start-up lawyer
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‘I heard a voice whisper: “What a ghastly portrait of insufferable arrogance” – and I realised he meant me’
This is my 36th year at the Bar and things have changed a hell of...
‘Journalists probably deal with more law than anyone else – including lawyers’
25 years ago I thought I had left the law behind, writes media law consultant...
‘Never be too rigid in your thinking’
My careers guidance went something like this, writes Silverman Sherliker partner Jennie Kreser in the...
‘I’ve come quite a long way since leaving Hull University with a Desmond’
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‘Despite their unbridled ambition and long hours, my Clifford Chance contemporaries ended up leaving too’
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‘You pay a price for putting your head above the parapet’
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‘How Dare You Submit An Exhibit Which Has Been Stapled Not Tied?’
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‘The Forces Of Conservatism In The Law Are Formidable But Not Unstoppable’
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‘Sticking To What You Love Is A Better Formula Than Even The Best Laid Plans’
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‘Thinking Is A Skill Which Came To Me Very Much After I Graduated’
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‘Get a job wherever you can and you never know when your opportunity might present itself’
In the latest instalment in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series, Norton...