Tag: Students
The College of Law has changed…
Some of the more disengaged College University of Law students may have found themselves rather...
‘The unacknowledged truth about advocacy is that it’s a sales job’
Casting my mind back 20 odd years to when I started out at the Bar is an uncomfortable experience. On any objective assessment I was a pompous little know-it-all...
After The BPTC Ethics Exam ‘Very Serious Issue’, Tumbleweed…
It has been a month since the infamous Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ethics exam,...
You Have To Go All The Way With The GDL – But An LLB Gives You Options
When I was 16, I received my GCSE results and discovered that I had got...
Is Flame-Grilling Your Bridges With Burger King Because You’re Going To Law School Such A Great Idea?
Once upon a time, before a bank called Lehman Brothers collapsed plunging the world into...
Law Revision #Pippatips
It’s exam time, and the legal blogosphere is awash with revision tip articles – rather...
Law Vicissitudes Meme Of The Week
DWF tells vac scheme candidates of taken-over firm Cobbetts that they need to re-apply to...
Podcast: Why Wannabe Barristers Should Do Their Time As Paralegals Before Doing The BPTC
The path from the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to paralegal purgatory is a well...
‘How Dare You Submit An Exhibit Which Has Been Stapled Not Tied?’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
The Company Charging Wannabe Lawyers Hundreds Of Pounds For Paralegal Job Interviews
As the odds of landing a training contract or pupillage grow longer, and wannabe lawyers...
Should A Third Class LLB From Kent Uni Not Count As A Degree?
A Kent University LLB graduate has been denied access to the Canadian Bar – which...
‘I Think The Person Who Wrote The Bar Aptitude Test Got The Answers Wrong’
Barrister-to-be Sodslaw sits the practice version of the new Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) –...
How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor
Congratulations. You got the training contract. You are now going to be a trainee solicitor...
10 Reasons To Be Kind To Lawyers
It’s Tuesday 9 April, which is of course Be Kind To Lawyers Day. At a...
Why Law Students Should Probably Not Tweet About Killing Politicians
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Indeed, among some people opposed...
He’s Got 284 Law Student Problems But A Twitter Follower Shortage Ain’t One
In just two months, with a mere 284 tweets, anonymous law student ‘LawVicissitudes’ has taken...
‘The Forces Of Conservatism In The Law Are Formidable But Not Unstoppable’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
Alternative Careers For Law Grads: Busker
Some poetry from self-styled “People’s Lawyer and the People’s Poet” David Neita popped up on...
Why Geographicals Don’t Work
Back in 2007, after I’d spent a year flunking pupillage interviews upon completion of Bar...
Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Think Twice Before Publishing Poems Lampooning Women Drivers
As the editor of a gossipy, tabloid-ish website, my philosophy is that if anyone voluntarily...