Tag: Students
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...
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...
The roaring eBay trade in law school notes
Following our recent story about the Kennedys solicitor who’s flogging her old GDL and LPC...
Is this the most whirlwind pupillage application schedule ever?
Several pupillage hopefuls have alerted us to the incredibly fast pupillage application schedule being operated...
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...
‘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,...
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...
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...
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...
Training contract offers: how they once looked
Over the weekend BKRW Solicitors’ Oliver Kirk tweeted this picture of his training contract offer...
Law student sends multiple-claused note to neighbours warning them of party
Subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) from this note sent over the weekend are...
‘The whole chargeable hours thing was a bit of a pain in the backside’
There’s a reason not many lawyers move back into practice after going in-house, says Mark...
Solicitor at top corporate firm is flogging GDL and LPC notes to hard-up students
EXCLUSIVE: A solicitor at leading law firm Kennedys is running a sideline selling law school...
Undercover audio: Oxford Uni law student admits plan to cheat in Union election
An Oxford law student hasn’t done his job prospects any favours after being caught on...
Advice: ‘I’m struggling to survive in the arts and yearn to fight the good fight — should I try to become a barrister?’
The other day I received this email from an Oxford University law graduate…
Nottingham barrister Matthew O’Grady triumphs in YourBarristerBoyfriend regional hottie list
Family law barrister Matthew O’Grady (pictured below) of Nottingham’s St Mary’s Chambers has scooped top...
‘Fit sexy law lecturer’ of the week
Spotted on London Craigslist… Click on screenshot to enlarge. Image via Meme Crunch Follow @legalcheek...
How cycling made me a better lawyer
If he knew then what he knows now, ‘Cycling Silk’ Martin Porter QC would have...
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
BPP offers free LPC to future Bar grads who don’t get pupillage — but excludes its current BPTC students from the deal
Late yesterday afternoon an interesting tweet appeared… Exciting news! BPP BPTC Career Guarantee- if you...
10 things you wouldn’t expect to find in a law textbook
Legal textbooks hold all sorts of surprises… A land law textbook dedicated to…’Cornflake’. Who dedicates...