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Pupil barrister hit with £1,000 fine after plagiarising skeleton argument in moot competition

Bar Standards Board refuses to reveal the chambers at which Samuel Campbell practises

Dec 15 2015 9:23am

The BPTC is a ‘rip-off’ says former head of Bar Standards Board

Ridiculously low pupillage success rate highlighted by Baroness Deech

Dec 8 2015 4:06pm

‘X-Factorish bollocks’: Bar Council slammed for endorsing junior barrister’s ‘Never give up!’ blog

UCL legal academic and top QC lead criticism of regulator for sharing touching story

Dec 7 2015 10:13am

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

New official ‘online hub’ tells young barristers to lose weight and stop 5-day benders

Young Barristers' Committee venture does, however, contain some useful snippets of advice

Oct 23 2015 9:09am

How to survive the pupillage Hunger Games

Hardwicke's two new tenants reveal how they made it to fully-fledged barrister status

Sep 30 2015 12:33pm

Bar Council snubs legal aid chambers over pupillage fair rates

Organisers claim event will widen pool of applicants, but class divisions between haves and have-nots will be clearly on display

Aug 27 2015 9:16am

Pupillage Gateway might not move to January after all

Bar Council in possible U-turn over centralised application switch

Aug 12 2015 12:02pm

Bar Council must delay plans to move Pupillage Gateway deadline

Clarity is urgently needed instead of tumbleweed blowing across the website’s alerts page

Jul 20 2015 11:28am

City law firm breaks silence over mysterious pupillage award process

International niche litigation player Kobre & Kim denies it attempted to breach the spirit of bar’s recruitment rules

Jul 9 2015 12:06pm

Spotlight on London niche litigation law firm over alleged possible pupillage rule breach

International boutique practice Kobre & Kim refuses to comment on fate of wannabe barrister applications

Jul 7 2015 2:14pm

1 Gray’s Inn Square silent after barrister fined for inappropriate sexual conduct towards pupil

David Giles' profile mysteriously disappears from set's website following bar disciplinary panel finding

Jul 6 2015 11:58am

Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach

Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews

Jun 12 2015 1:28pm

11 things you need to do in a pupillage interview

Recently-qualified barrister Caoimhe McKearney advises

Jun 5 2015 2:15pm

Pupillage Gateway applications fall by 9%

Hard evidence that law students are turning their backs on the bar

May 7 2015 4:52pm

Pupillage places slip below the 400 mark for the first time

Training contracts tumbled yesterday, now it’s the turn of wannabe barristers to face bad news …

Apr 28 2015 9:57am

How should chambers and law firms reject applicants?

Recently we received this email from a disgruntled pupillage-seeker… How did the pupillage-seeker know they...

Jul 24 2013 12:37pm

‘We don’t even want to know your grades’: Is this the future of hiring pupil barristers?

Exclusive: Outer Temple Chambers has launched a new approach to graduate recruitment, which it is...

Jul 10 2013 9:09am

Unfunded pupillages are back

For ten years now, it has been compulsory for chambers to pay their pupils. But...

Jul 2 2013 9:07am