Tag: Students
Terrible Job Application Website Pupillage Portal To Close – And Be Replaced By ‘Pupillage Gateway’
Error-prone pupillage application website Pupillage Portal is to be put out of its misery –...
EXCLUSIVE: College Of Law To Change Its Name To The ‘University Of Law’ – And Become A Proper University
The College of Law is to re-brand as the University of Law after being granted...
Will It Soon Cost Nothing To Become a Lawyer?
Thanks to the trebling of undergraduate fees, the cost of legal education has reached new...
Why Law Students’ Cluelessness About The Legal Market Could Consign Them To Paralegal Purgatory
The other day I had a coffee with the guy who many of the top...
EXCLUSIVE: Cottaging At The College Of Law – Bloomsbury Branch Joins Inner Temple As Cruising Hotspot
On World Toilet Day – which we urge lawyers to engage generously with – we...
Lawyer Beats Astronaut In Survey Of Childhood Dream Jobs
A LinkedIn survey has found that law is the sixth most common dream job, making...
‘We Must End Oxbridge’s Stranglehold On The Bar And Look Instead To The Russell Group’
OccupyTheInns argues that the recent increase of Oxbridge representation among pupil barristers is bad news...
JOB ALERT: Immigration Paralegal
From Baby Barristers: a well-regarded London law firm seeks a law graduate to join its...
At The Criminal Bar You ‘Learn To Deal With Misogyny, Inequality And A Progressive Lack Of Quality’
Ed note: This is the fourth in a series of posts where leading members of...
PODCAST: ‘If I Can’t Get An Interview, Should I Film Myself Being Interviewed Then Post It On YouTube?’
As he outlined in his blog post yesterday, College of Law GDL student Simeon Klein...
The London Legal World Is a Small One (Just Ask I’m a Celebrity’s Nads And Hugo)
Watching I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here the other night, I was unexpectedly...
Forget Extracurricular Activities And ‘Gap Yahs’, How Can Wannabe Lawyers REALLY Stand Out From The Crowd?
College of Law GDL student Simeon Klein is tempted to take a risk and be...
The Bar Conference In Tweets: Most Retweeted, Most Eye-Catching, Most Amusing
Amid the mutual back-slapping at Saturday’s 27th annual Bar conference, there was gossip, intrigue and...
Privileged Colleagues Who Don’t Need To Self-Publicise ‘Will Always Resent You For It’
Ed note: This is the third in a series of posts where leading members of...
Junior Barrister Follows In Obama’s Footsteps By Becoming Top Ranked Post In Reddit’s ‘IAmA’ Section – But Who Is He?
Yesterday, an anonymous junior barrister (whose ID card is pictured below) found himself the talk...
Is This The Least Professional ‘How To Become a Solicitor’ Video Ever Made?
In this clip placed on YouTube on Monday, which charts the required steps to becoming...
The Cyberbullying Perils Of Having a Wikipedia Page When You’re a Law Student
Julian Dibbell is an author and writer for Wired, The New York Times and Village...
JOB ALERT: Criminal Paralegal
Ed note: This is the first in a regular series of job alerts we’ll be...
Interview: How To Become a Legal Commentator
Last Thursday, for the first time in ages, I bought a copy of The Times....
Bar Course Aptitude Test Delayed Yet Again
Legal Futures, 25 July 2012, on the introduction of the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT):...
‘I’ve Never Regretted Being Tricked Into The Law’
Ed note: This is the second in a series of posts where leading members of...