Tag: Students

7 things that you should know about Clifford Chance’s ‘CV blind’ programme

This morning Clifford Chance created a stir with news of its ‘CV blind’ policy, which...

Jan 10 2014 12:47pm

The strange case of the vanishing pupillages

In the most recent pupillage application round Weir House Chambers advertised for “up to two...

Jan 10 2014 9:40am

Before submitting your BPTC application you should read this…

Wannabe barristers who are due to submit their Bar Professional Training Course (BTPC) applications tomorrow...

Jan 8 2014 2:24pm

Interview: Glamour model and law student Vanessa Knowles on her quest to bag a training contract

In autumn we reported on the glamour model who has used an Amazon Wishlist, and...

Jan 7 2014 9:41am

A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The competitively-tendered trial of Lord Chancellor Scrooge

WaitroseLaw returns with the final instalment of her festive fable (you can read the whole...

Dec 24 2013 8:47am

‘Training contracts were hard to come by: 147 applications resulted in 147 rejections’

The 90s recession proved a blessing in disguise for Lancaster University senior law lecturer Angus...

Dec 20 2013 1:37pm

The Something Must Be Done Act 2014

Lawyer and blogger David Allen Green has had enough of tiresome legislation and meddlesome courts…...

Dec 20 2013 9:51am

This is what happens when law students who share a flat have a huge bust-up over a rabbit

A leaked bust-up between three London flatmates — who happen to be law students at...

Dec 18 2013 8:45am

How to speak lawyer: a guide for trainee solicitors and pupil barristers

The relationship between a trainee/pupil and their supervising lawyer is a complex one, fraught with...

Dec 17 2013 8:40am

A Publicly Funded Christmas Carol: The Barrister Hottie Ghost of Christmas Past

Waitrose Law returns with the second instalment of her legal profession festive fable (part one...

Dec 16 2013 11:59am

‘Turning a story round as a journalist is closer to the process of preparing a late brief for a trial than I ever imagined’

Changing careers isn’t easy, says Catherine Urquhart of her switch from journalist at The Times...

Dec 13 2013 8:48am

Podcast: Do you have a better chance of landing a training contract if you do your law degree in London?

The growing separation between recovering London and the struggling rest of the country poses an...

Dec 12 2013 1:43pm

12 of the least glamorous court buildings in England and Wales

Certain courts will never grace the pages of glossy law school brochures — with good...

Dec 12 2013 9:05am

The roaring eBay trade in law school notes

Following our recent story about the Kennedys solicitor who’s flogging her old GDL and LPC...

Dec 11 2013 9:42am

Is this the most whirlwind pupillage application schedule ever?

Several pupillage hopefuls have alerted us to the incredibly fast pupillage application schedule being operated...

Dec 9 2013 9:37am

The number of students enrolling on the LPC is down 8.4% this year — with the course on average only 44% full

Amid continued concerns about the numbers of training contracts available, fewer students are doing the...

Dec 9 2013 9:02am

‘I was offered pupillage at the second chambers I applied to’

Unlike his friend, who crashed his hired Jaguar into the chambers where he was interviewing,...

Dec 5 2013 1:15pm

The story of a law lecture: in 15 (possibly ill-judged) smartphone photos

The law students of England and Wales have tweeted some amazing pictures of what they...

Dec 5 2013 8:58am

Podcast: How barristers can make an impact on social mobility

We gathered together Young Barristers’ Committee chair Hannah Kinch, Citizenship Foundation programme manager Paul Bower...

Dec 4 2013 1:01pm

Chair of Young Barristers’ Committee says she’d still advise students without wealthy parents to go to the criminal Bar

EXCLUSIVE: Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council chair Hannah Kinch has made a robust...

Dec 4 2013 9:53am