Tag: No5 Chambers

First hijab-wearing criminal KC launches ‘Girls Human Rights Hub’

Sultana Tafadar hopes to empower and educate young women through new international organisation

Jul 17 2023 12:16pm

Revealed: The chambers with the most supportive barristers 2022

Which sets are like second families?

Feb 16 2022 1:45pm

Revealed: The chambers with the most supportive barristers 2021

From multiple virtual meet-ups to the set's most formidable silk lending a hand

Feb 5 2021 10:10am

Top barristers reveal what students need to know as they make pupillage applications

Practitioners from no less than 13 leading London sets share their insights as the Pupillage Gateway re-opens

Jan 7 2020 2:25pm

Speakers announced for ‘How to make it as a barrister’ next week

Pupils, juniors, QCs and practice managers from leading sets to advise students how they can get to the bar

Nov 29 2019 12:27pm

Henderson Chambers boosts pupillage award by 40% as it unveils new Caribbean secondment

Exclusive: As a plethora of London sets bump rookie barrister pay

Oct 5 2017 9:59am

Diversity isn’t working, says Somali refugee who beat odds to become a barrister

Hashi Mohamed was raised exclusively on state benefits, and he believes open recruitment has made ‘little if any difference’

Apr 18 2017 12:13pm

Brexit: How is it affecting immigration lawyers?

Legal Cheek spoke to two barristers to find out just how crazy the situation is

Jul 14 2016 9:06am

Britain could legally ban Donald Trump from entering the country, but would we want to?

It's do-able, but perhaps unwise, say top immigration lawyers

Dec 9 2015 12:57pm

Cambridge law student goes public about creepy rubber duck stalking campaign

Undergraduate who has done mini-pupillages at two top sets tells world about attracting unwanted attention

Nov 3 2015 12:34pm

City lawyers can’t agree if they should fill the legal aid gap

National Pro Bono week kicks off with a disagreement about Justice Secretary Michael Gove's grand plan

Nov 3 2015 10:14am