Inner Temple to build ‘education and training centre’ for wannabe barristers
Radical redevelopment includes 120-seat lecture theatre and break out spaces
Inns of Court
£5 million up for grabs as Inns of Court open BPTC scholarship applications
Bar hopefuls have less than a month to apply
Inns of Court quietly open applications for big money Graduate Diploma in Law scholarships
Over half a million quid up for grabs for wannabe lawyers
Award law scholarships on need rather than merit, urges Lady Justice Hallett
Otherwise legal profession will contain only children of the rich
Why is nobody talking about this Friday’s Inns of Court scholarship deadline?
£5 million in cash and rent-free flats in central London up for grabs, but publicity is minimal
Cherie Blair backs radical plan for legal profession to buy junior barristers’ debt
Greece-style debt relief — for rookie criminal barristers
A new law school is being built in a bunker under Lincoln’s Inn to deliver a not-for-profit BPTC
Exclusive: Inns of Court fight back against private law schools
Legal Cheek Careers
8 things you need to know before applying for an Inns of Court scholarship
“Inner Temple for the rich, Middle Temple for the poor; Lincoln’s Inn for the gentlemen, And Gray’s Inn for a whore.”
Spoiler: this rhyme is very misleading.
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