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‘Thinking Is A Skill Which Came To Me Very Much After I Graduated’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I…

Mar 22 2013 11:07am
‘I Opened My EU Law Paper And I Cried. I Actually Cried’: Exam Preparation Tips Gleaned From Bitter Experience

Bristol University lecturer Steven Vaughan has drawn on his own past failures to compile this…

Mar 22 2013 9:37am
Bar Student Outrage As Mock Paper Questions Feature In BPTC Ethics Exam

Exclusive: 24 hours after BPTC students completed Monday’s centrally set ethics exam, a mock paper…

Mar 20 2013 9:32am
The mismatch between Bar graduates and pupillages is about to get a whole lot worse…

One thing no one has mentioned in relation to the very serious travails of the…

Mar 19 2013 9:54am
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EXCLUSIVE: Executive committee of the UK Law Students Association quits after huge bust-up with governors

There is chaos at the UK Law Students Association (UKLSA) – whose patrons are Lord…

Mar 18 2013 2:33pm
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BPP hit by setback in bid to become a uni as union says move would put students ‘at risk’

Most law students claim to be indifferent to whether the places where they do their…

Mar 18 2013 12:56pm

Wanted: Someone for Baroness Hale ‘to talk about shopping with’

“Women shouldn’t be barristers,” a young Brenda Hale was told when she was beginning her…

Mar 15 2013 2:46pm
‘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…

Mar 15 2013 10:13am
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Exclusive: Attorney General responds to Bar anger at his ‘foolish’ barristers comment

Legal Cheek‘s Kevin Poulter has just asked Attorney General Dominic Grieve what he meant by…

Mar 14 2013 12:54pm
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Do As I Say Not As I Do Advocacy Training: Starring Lord Sumption

Last month we analysed the “smug smile” and poor posture which blight Lord Neuberger’s delivery…

Mar 14 2013 10:16am
The Deal is Done: University Of Law Takes Over Oxford Brookes LPC

Exclusive: The University of Law will provide a Legal Practice Course (LPC) at Oxford Brookes…

Mar 13 2013 2:47pm
There Has Always Been A Bar Aptitude Test – And Training To Be A Barrister Is Free For Those Who Pass It

Amid all the debate about rising Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) fees and the new…

Mar 13 2013 1:59pm
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‘Much Of What I Thought I Knew, And What Other People Had Told Me, Would Turn Out To Be Wrong’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I…

Mar 8 2013 10:56am
Tooksgate: Michael Mansfield Releases Statement Saying He ‘Would Not Knowingly Have Become Involved In An Event That Charged Students’

Michael Mansfield QC, the star speaker at the now notorious paid-for pupillage application advice event,…

Mar 1 2013 1:10pm
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‘In Those Days Getting A 2:2 Wasn’t A Great Concern’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I…

Mar 1 2013 10:37am
Is The Criminal Bar Finally Eating Itself?

Forget the rights and wrongs of the decision by two Tooks’ barristers to start a…

Feb 28 2013 10:08am
Cambridge Academic: Corporate Law Firms Need Less Top Graduates And More Loyal Grafters With Low Ambitions

At a time when the legal services market is “going through the most tremendous upheaval…

Feb 27 2013 3:45pm
‘We Need Some More Girls In Here: There’s Too Many Man, Too Many Many Man’ In The UK Supreme Court

The news that the latest three appointments to the Supreme Court are all men means…

Feb 27 2013 10:27am

‘Thinking Is A Skill Which Came To Me Very Much After I Graduated’