Tag: Students
Freshfields: ‘no confidential material used’ by trainee who sold ‘inside tips’ to magic circle hopefuls
Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has concluded its investigation into the trainee behind controversial...
The Freshfields trainee selling insider training contract interview tips for £150 a pop
Exclusive: NailThatTrainingContract.co.uk appeared online a few days ago. It offers “inside tips from a current...
‘I heard a voice whisper: “What a ghastly portrait of insufferable arrogance” – and I realised he meant me’
This is my 36th year at the Bar and things have changed a hell of...
9 reasons why Harry Mount’s hatchet job on the legal profession misses the mark
Today’s piece by ex-pupil barrister Harry Mount arguing in favour of the government’s legal aid...
The celebs supporting #SaveUKJustice
This morning Stephen Fry became the most high profile celebrity (he has nearly six million...
Cambridge shocks students with X-rated criminal law exam paper
Law students at Cambridge University were surprised to find this rather graphic problem question in...
‘Journalists probably deal with more law than anyone else – including lawyers’
25 years ago I thought I had left the law behind, writes media law consultant...
Why do wannabe barristers have to accept their BPTC place before they know if they’ve got an Inns scholarship?
The conventional wisdom is that students are unwise to do the Bar Professional Training Course...
Will lawyers fall for the government’s ‘wholesale privatisation of justice’ PR trick?
During the consultation over the scrapping of the trainee solicitor minimum salary last year, the...
Are the Inner Temple toilets still a leading cottaging hotspot?
Readers may recall the spot of bother Inner Temple had last year with cottagers, who...
Video: the Downfall of Chris Grayling
Justice secretary Chris Grayling has become the latest victim of the Downfall meme, in which...
Obscenity Lawyer: How to create a niche doing something you’re passionate about
As you’d expect, Myles Jackman – aka “Obscenity Lawyer” – has some great stories. My...
‘Never be too rigid in your thinking’
My careers guidance went something like this, writes Silverman Sherliker partner Jennie Kreser in the...
6 animals that look like Chris Grayling
Some have lampooned Chris Grayling for his lack of a legal qualification. Others have sought...
Going, going, gone – to the person with £2,660 to blow on legal work experience
Westminster School has completed its controversial auction of work experience at the criminal Bar, with...
In pictures: today’s legal aid protest
This morning’s demonstration against the government’s legal aid proposals saw 500 plus lawyers take to...
‘The tide may flood law firms, but I remain unconvinced that it will engulf the Bar’
The profession which I am to join in September as a pupil barrister is facing...
Legal Tumblrs: Because lawyers can do LOLcats too
Tumblr, the home of the animated gif and the LOLcat, is suddenly everywhere following its...
‘New Fathers 4 Justice’ set to disrupt London Legal Walk
Protest group New Fathers 4 Justice is promising to send a team of superheroes to...
‘Why I turned down a place to study law at Manchester University to become a legal executive’
Is Rhys Bevan crazy? Why would anyone in their right mind reject a place at...
‘I’ve come quite a long way since leaving Hull University with a Desmond’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...