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Feet sore from yesterday’s London Legal Walk? Relax, grab a cup of tea and feast your eyes on some of the best pics from the charity event.
It’s become compulsory to take a few snaps along the 10km route, which lawyers descend on each year to raise money for free legal advice centres across London and the South East. These include a photo with the king of lawyer selfies, Judge Rinder:
The #LondonLegalWalk is in full swing and @JudgeRinderTV is here! Good luck everyone walking for #accesstojustice pic.twitter.com/ErMRSHOdBO
— The Law Society (@TheLawSociety) May 21, 2018
Rinder wasn’t the only legal celeb donning trainers yesterday evening. A number of Supreme Court justices, including the president, Lady Hale, took part in the charity get-together too:
Fancy dress and props never go amiss either. A pink wig? Check.
The two chairs of @LawCareLtd and the @SBACharity gearing up for #LondonLegalWalk pic.twitter.com/XCq0G0Q4IW
— LawCare (@LawCareLtd) May 21, 2018
Hula hoops? Check.
Team @hardwickelaw starting the #londonlegalwalk in style pic.twitter.com/y0xXNaoeEs
— Aneurin Moloney (@NyeMoloney) May 21, 2018
A cardboard bus adorned with lawyers’ headshots in the windows? Check.
#LondonLegalWalk @Mishcon_de_Reya orange walking bus in Carey Street pic.twitter.com/TlAtjT0jWs
— Barbara Rich (@BarbaraRich_law) May 21, 2018
Another great feature of the walk is the sheer number of dogs that take part every year. Here’s just a few from yesterday:
#LondonLegalWalk @chancery_bar team dog ready to set off with the walkers pic.twitter.com/RlXB7ev31Z
— Barbara Rich (@BarbaraRich_law) May 21, 2018
The @hardwickelaw walk team are so committed to the @londonlegal that Cassie the team mascot shows off her hula moves before setting off with @kirby_pj #londonlegalwalk pic.twitter.com/qR5KeJELz9
— Amanda Illing (@AmandaIlling) May 21, 2018
Bertie is suited and booted and ready to join the @MediateUK team for the @londonlegal walk today! Please sponsor him (and us!) for a very worthy cause here https://t.co/EktSg9E6dV #LondonLegalWalk pic.twitter.com/gwrOTQtPD4
— In Place of Strife (@MediateUK) May 21, 2018
Having a small pause on the #LondonLegalWalk with @ToynbeeHall ‘s most popular team member #accesstojustice pic.twitter.com/2CHabjAdyB
— Emma Davies (@emmajdavies1) May 21, 2018
There were so many four-legged friends, in fact, that this year’s walk even featured a “Dog Bar”.
I’ll bring my hound next year – #LegalWalk pic.twitter.com/bPyFK6BX4J
— Elizabeth Rimmer (@elizrimmer) May 21, 2018
Legal Cheek took part in the walk with mental health and wellbeing charity LawCare.
Post #londonlegalwalk @legalcheek branch of @LawCareLtd team selfie pic.twitter.com/oRErUouutw
— Alex Aldridge (@AlexAldridgeUK) May 21, 2018
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It was only a matter of time before lawyers jumped aboard the fidget spinner bandwagon.
The fidget-busting handheld toy has rocketed in popularity across offices and playgrounds in recent months, despite being invented some years ago. So popular are the little gadgets that magic circle outfit Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has slapped its branding across a bunch of them.
But don’t expect one in law fair goodie bags anytime soon (well, at least not from Freshfields).
A spokesperson for the firm told Legal Cheek that the fidget spinners — featuring the firm’s unique angel and spear logo — were part of a one-off batch dished out during an internal event. Nevertheless, it’s worth noting the firm scored an A* for perks in our Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey. We suspect it was the handheld plastic toys, not the fresh sushi and ski trips, that swung it for the survey respondents.
However, the magic circle firm isn’t alone in its commitment to the craze. Potentially sounding the death knell for the law firm-branded stress ball, US legal news website Above The Law reports that two US giants have also embraced the fidget spinner.
New York-headquartered outfit Milbank and Texas-based giant Baker Botts have both punted for red versions of the handheld toy featuring their respective firm names.
Who said lawyers weren’t cool?
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In an interview with Metro today, 2 Hare Court criminal barrister-turned TV judge Robert Rinder said this:
I have zero time for people in the public eye who complain about being stopped for selfies. Anybody that does is an absolute moron and needs to get another job.
Given this selfie-love admission, we thought it was only right to count down our favourite Judge Rinder fan photos — and, trust us, there were a lot to choose from.
1. Snapchat filter game strong
Love you boo2. It’s John Cooper QC!
At the #BMTFinal with the Judge ?? @RobbieRinder @John_Cooper_QC pic.twitter.com/tg9RuBeKVH
— Mock Trials (@MockTrials) March 25, 2017
3. Rinder looking dapper alongside Legal Cheek news editor Tom Connelly
4. Supporting the poppy appeal
5. Squad selfie
Squad selfie with judge rinder in Manc pic.twitter.com/xlMdfixhax
— Sal (@sallyr0binsonx) October 20, 2016
6. Rinder with TV presenter Susanna Reid and his Strictly dance partner, Oksana
7. Posing at a Holocaust Educational Trust event
Just took a weird selfie with Judge Rinder.. No biggie? #AmCon2017 @HolocaustUK pic.twitter.com/GI3oev8nPQ
— Shanna McNamee (@shannajade_) July 3, 2017
8. Meeting aspiring lawyer fans at the Citizenship Foundation’s Bar Mock Trial
Our fantastic @MockTrials team meeting Judge Rinder at #bmttrials finals in Edinburgh #teamplymouth pic.twitter.com/14r1hwD9cl
— PHSG Business (@PHSG_Business) March 28, 2015
9. Rinder photographed in the Old Bailey with Legal Cheek features editor Katie King
10. Take That time
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A lesser-known Linklaters social media account is lifting the lid on its exclusive in-house restaurant, ‘Silks’.
Launched last month, ‘silks_at_linklaters’ posts tantalising Instagram images of the food served to lawyers at the magic circle outfit’s London HQ.
More than just a staff canteen, Silks’ skilled chefs produce dishes that wouldn’t look out of place at a Michelin-starred restaurant — small wonder the firm won ‘Best Law Firm Canteen’ at the 2017 Legal Cheek Awards! Sit back and have a scroll through some of our favourite pics, and try to resist the urge to lick your phone screen…
This isn’t just avocado on toast. This is Chelsea Flower Show-inspired “floral adorned” avocado on toast.
Scotch egg goals.
*EDIBLE SOIL KLAXON*
Is it Pimm’s o’clock yet?
A man will bring you ice cream!
Silks, named after the street in which the firm’s London office resides, regularly takes inspiration from around the world. Here’s its tapas-style tribute to Spain:
Next up, Ghana.
Then it’s off to India!
And for when you complete that big money deal…
The firm — which offers around 110 City training contracts a year — recently bumped base pay for newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) by a grand, moving it from £77,500 to £78,500. Factor in performance-related bonuses, and fresh-faced associate at Linklaters could earn in excess of £90,000.
But it’s really all about the food, right?
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Lawyers from across the country headed down to the hub of legal London yesterday afternoon for the annual London Legal Walk.
Starting at the Law Society, thousands of judges, barristers, solicitors, students, apprentices, clerks, journalists and more walked a scenic 10km route — passing Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and the Royal Courts of Justice on the way — in aid of free legal advice charities in London and the South East.
#LondonLegalWalk pic.twitter.com/u4mhFWQVwa
— Legal Cheek (@legalcheek) May 16, 2016
There was a food van that sold cheese, performers dressed as policemen on stilts, overly enthusiastic stewards, thousands of (very hot and sweaty) walkers and oh so many dogs.
And, thankfully, media savvy lawyers have documented the whole thing on social media for our viewing pleasure. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the best pictures from the after work stroll.
Scoot scoot
The youngest generation of new lawyers speeding past the 2km mark on the @londonlegal #legalwalk pic.twitter.com/B7WEt5bBxj
— The Law Society (@TheLawSociety) May 16, 2016
The gang
#legalwalk @londonlegal with Lord Chief Justice and @thebarcouncil Chair Chantal getting ready to lead off pic.twitter.com/obNH58HDac
— LawSocietyPresident (@LawSocPresident) May 16, 2016
Making friends
Starting the 10k #LondonLegalWalk with @gardencourtlaw @GardenCtPublic – beautiful sunny day! pic.twitter.com/wRKdTPLAfb
— Emma Nash (@missenash) May 16, 2016
A normal day at the office
And thanks to the brilliant @llst_natalia for her work on #legalwalk – no rest for her as more to be done post walk pic.twitter.com/a5fApFgCXE
— Carol Storer (@CarolStorerLAPG) May 16, 2016
Strike a pose
The CMS team is ready at the #LondonLegalWalk pic.twitter.com/77YmVewRpa
— CMS UK (@CMS_law) May 16, 2016
Ello ello ello
'Ello 'ello 'ello! CILEx getting ready to raise money for access to justice at the @londonlegal #LegalWalk2016 pic.twitter.com/NWVZhygkbP
— CILEx (@CILExLawyers) May 16, 2016
And then came the dogs…
Proving that 6 legs are better than 2 well done Ottie and Josh and team @TVEdwardsSol completing #LondonLegalWalk pic.twitter.com/oe4qDiSVOn
— T V Edwards (@TVEdwardsSol) May 16, 2016
So
Team @KCL_Law gearing up for the #LondonLegalWalk pic.twitter.com/9cZcyanH77
— Natasha Simonsen (@natashajanesimo) May 16, 2016
Many
Emma and Maxwell the Liberty dog have joined us! #LegalWalk #SaveOurHRA pic.twitter.com/zHxF3XvaXl
— Liberty (@libertyhq) May 16, 2016
Dogs
Fun evening taking part in #LegalWalk2016 – my pooch Mylo loved it too- spent most of the walk being carried! pic.twitter.com/E9dZ7LRjeR
— Lucy Loizou (@LoizouLucy) May 16, 2016
It’s not too late to sponsor the Legal Cheek team, who finished the 10km track at 8pm last night alongside the brilliant walkers from LawCare. Donate here.
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After posting a countdown of our favourite lawyer cats last week, we thought it was only fair to share with you our 15 favourite lawyer dogs.
Here’s our definitive run down.
1. Woof
2. Advice you can trust
3. Up all night studying
4. Don’t know how the vest would go down at the magic circle
5. Help me I’m a dog
@legalcheek his junior pic.twitter.com/aX8cH5Py4I
— Tim Ashmole (@timfarren041) January 11, 2016
6. So what do you think about the proposed merger?
7. What does it all mean?!
8. Hi guys
Honorary silk ? pic.twitter.com/mCjyYCA3dc
— Legal Cheek (@legalcheek) January 11, 2016
9. I <3 justice
10. Criminal law would send anyone to sleep
11. Ready for court
@timfarren041 @legalcheek Weren't we in chambers together? pic.twitter.com/WCr6B6TTCQ
— Absolute Barrister (@AbsBarrister) January 11, 2016
12. Wannabe barrister
13. Ready to write some briefs
14. I don’t understand family law
15. All good things come in threes
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The legal profession’s answer to the Great British Bake Off is happening this week — and it’s making us really hungry.
The Great Legal Bake is a charity initiative pioneered by The London Legal Support Trust, the same guys that brought us the London Legal Walk. The idea is simple — bake some cakes, sell them, then give the money to a legal advice charity.
Entries began trickling in at the beginning of the week, with this UK Supreme Court-inspired work of art — featuring all 12 justices — a particular highlight.
We've discovered this amazing cake created by @duffy_grainne for #GreatLegalBake – including Lady Hale in UKSC hat! pic.twitter.com/JoNfzR3p8B
— UK Supreme Court (@UKSupremeCourt) February 2, 2016
We also enjoyed this scales of justice-themed creation.
The #greatlegalbake has started at @QMSchoolofLaw @qmul @QMLAC @greatlegalbake pic.twitter.com/h5JfAoyCCN
— Legal Advice Centre (@QMLAC) February 2, 2016
But the fundraiser really kicked off on Wednesday, when we were treated to some of the most creative law-themed cakes Legal Cheek has ever seen.
My contribution #greatlegalbake @CraneandStaples what do you think @JordansFamLaw ? Donations welcome for @WelHatCAB pic.twitter.com/fDFlw34nC0
— Tia Hussain (@TiaChildrenLaw) February 3, 2016
In case you were wondering… #greatlegalbake @londonlegal pic.twitter.com/yB65y2zjOm
— Joanne Kane (@JoanneKane_) February 3, 2016
We're supporting the #greatlegalbake today, some great legally/DG themed cakes for a worthy cause #AccesstoJustice pic.twitter.com/8avMAnTi9m
— DavidGray Solicitors (@DavidGrayLLP) February 3, 2016
Some jaw dropping entries for the #greatlegalbake this morning. (@WelHatCAB @CraneandStaples @LynneSparks) pic.twitter.com/ANHja2Id0e
— Michael Scutt (@michaelscutt) February 3, 2016
@LynneSparks judging our cakes #greatlegalbake pic.twitter.com/pWIW8dELt7
— sharon montgomery (@sharonmonty) February 3, 2016
@CraneandStaples @TiaChildrenLaw @michaelscutt icing done a bit messy but it does have 3 layers! #greatlegalbake pic.twitter.com/VSR6jIwjMD
— Nicola Shepherd (@NICOLASHEPHERD7) February 3, 2016
Making law-themed cakes definitely isn’t new or novel, and it’s great that the charity has managed to capitalise on this ever-growing trend. After a quick Instagram scour, we were surprised at how much of a thing ‘law cakes’ actually is.
Just have a look at some of the great pics we found.
https://www.instagram.com/p/9jB0lXrXBn/?tagged=lawcake
https://www.instagram.com/p/9C2VknL_Uz/?tagged=lawcake
https://www.instagram.com/p/YOjBH-IIkW/?tagged=lawcake
https://www.instagram.com/p/7iE0Q7yvlh/?tagged=lawcake
https://www.instagram.com/p/4UXLjiN-B3/?tagged=lawcake
https://www.instagram.com/p/q_QtSZyX9R/?tagged=lawcake
https://www.instagram.com/p/py69VukdGN/?tagged=lawcake
https://www.instagram.com/p/ZxYZ-FuS8K/?tagged=lawcake
We are equally impressed as we are hungry.
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A illustration of how much corporate law firm culture has changed over the last quarter of a century has surfaced online after a law magazine dredged up an old Freshfields graduate recruitment advert.
The ad features a drawing — by artist Glen Baxter — of what appears to be Freshfields lawyers carrying colonial spears. Some are shirtless, others sport ‘F’ emblazoned tops and wear bowler hats. All carry umbrellas. Meanwhile, the text promises “exotic pleasures” to the firm’s “articled clerks” (now known as trainees) and boasts of Freshfields’ five overseas offices. Now it has 28.
The contrast with the modern, diverse and politically correct image that big law firms seek to project in 2016 is stark. But a lot changes in 26 years.
The ad (pictured in full below) first appeared in The Lawyer (registration required) in 1990, three years after the pre-internet era title was founded, and in a show of nostalgia has been republished by the magazine today.
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So we trawled through the internet to find the very best lawyer cats out there (and even took a snap of our own).
1. Anyone got any pink tape?
2. Loves law so much he wants to eat the book
3. Gotta love civil procedure
4. What can I help you with today sir?
(@michelle_artusa)5. Definitely a junior lawyer
6. Barrister cat loves reading briefs
7. Don’t mess with lawyer cat
8. This cat looks how I feel about public law
9. Fun night of reading ahead
10. Meow
11. Owner, I don’t understand
12. Cats love contract law
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Magic circle giant Linklaters has revealed what parties were like at the firm more than 100 years ago, in a historic photograph shared by one of its social media accounts.
Tweeting from the graduate recruitment Twitter account yesterday, the global megafirm posted an image of partners and staff sitting down to a formal dinner back in 1908.
A partners & staff dinner at Linklater & Co, 1908 – from Keenlyside's "Passing the Flame" #tbt #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/pFyqAjutwE
— Linklaters Grads (@LinklatersGrads) January 7, 2016
With all attendees appearing to be middle-aged white males gearing up for Movember, it’s an image that shows perhaps just how far diversity has improved amongst City firms. According to Legal Cheek’s Most List more than half of Linklaters’ London associates are now women, while more than a quarter are ethnic minorities. The firm is less diverse at senior level, with 24% of partners female and 8% from ethnic minorities, but this is still a big improvement on 1908.
The image is taken from a book entitled “Passing The Flame”. Published back in 2013, it maps out the history of the top City outfit that was founded in 1838.
Law buffs may be interested to hear that this photo was taken prior to the firm’s merger with Paine, Blyth & Huxtable in 1920, when it was known as Linklater & Co. Amid global expansion, the firm shortened its name to the now more recognisable Linklaters in 1999.
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19. I confess (146 likes)
18. Legal reading (148 likes)
17. How?! (149 likes)
16. Law essays (149 likes)
15. Everything is going to be ok (153 likes)
14. I’m fine, no really I am (154 likes)
13. Equity and trust = Elvish (155 likes)
12. Could you repeat that please (155 likes)
11. The dreaded training contract interviews (162 likes)
10. All nighters (163 likes)
9. Law student love (170 likes)
8. When did we study equitable easements?! (182 likes)
7. Law lectures (188 likes)
6. *Cry* (191 likes)
5. Legal concepts (193 likes)
4. Being chased by a T-Rex is a lot like land law (195 likes)
3. “Brief” (202 likes)
2. EU problems (206 likes)
1. So very tired… (234 likes)
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A photograph that appeared on image sharing app Instagram earlier this month has helpfully illustrated the difference between magic circle lawyers and the rest of us.
The image (embedded below) — which appears to be have been taken from inside a German car park — shows designated spaces for magic circle outfit Allen & Overy and much smaller German corporate firm Oppenhoff & Partner.
On the left of the image, a gleaming Porsche 911 — with a starting price of £74,000 — can be seen sat in one of the magic circle firm’s reserved parking spaces.
On the right sits a slightly cheaper and more eco-efficient bicycle with child trailer. It is located in a space set aside for lawyers at Oppenhoff & Partner.
While the magic circle outfit boasts 45 offices across 32 different countries, the German firm has a modest 50 lawyers across just two offices.
The great transport divide isn’t exclusively applicable to German lawyers. Closer to home, gaps can be seen at the bar. Spotted earlier this year in Temple, London, this visual metaphor for the difference between the commercial and criminal bar, with a rather beaten up Peugot 206 parked next to an immaculate Maserati in the chambers’ car park.
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This image depicting an abseiler making their way down the Gherkin appeared recently on the Facebook page of hipster magazine Made in Shoreditch.
It would be remiss of us not to point out that the London office of US firm Kirkland & Ellis is situated on the 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th floors of Britain’s leading pickled cucumber-shaped building.
Kirkland associates are expected to bill a whopping 1,900 hours per year, one of the highest hours targets in the City.
Have a pop at the caption competition in the comments below: absolutely no prizes for the winner …
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In order to circumvent the problems raised by those annoying lecturers who refuse to place a copy of their lecture slides online — which is a particular problem among fusty legal academics, Legal Cheek understands — law students are snapping photographs of PowerPoint displays using their mobile phones.
In the process, they are creating some of the world’s most boring iPhone camera rolls.
While most individuals’ mobile devices hold precious images of holidays, loved ones and special moments, those belonging to wannabe lawyers are chock-full of tedious lecture slides and notes.
In part this is thanks to a general reluctance of law lecturers to move with the times, with reports reaching us of a number of Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) academics who refuse to make their slides available online for fear that students won’t concentrate in lectures. But it’s also a symptom of the huge amount of information which law students are bombarded with relative to your average chancer studying geography.
And law students’ embracing of technology to foster innovation doesn’t stop there.
One Birmingham University LLBer revealed on Legal Cheek’s Facebook page last week that she has adopted the same photo method when writing an essay (pictured below).
Taking photographs of sections of the textbook she wishes to reference, the savvy student can then can refer to them at her convenience, without having to even check a book out of the library.
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]]>Thanks to London law student Instagrammer “zander1” for showing the world what becoming a trainee solicitor looks like.
Congratulations to all the hard-bitten wannabe lawyers who after slaving through dozens of horrendous application forms — while simultaneously mastering promissory estoppel and other delightful legal concepts — have bagged TCs over the last few days!
And to those who were unsuccessful, don’t worry, there are other options…
Very happy to announce that i've renewed my contract with asda and will continue working weekends for the near future pic.twitter.com/PKOWnWtncT
— Andrew Paterson (@AndrewPaterson_) February 27, 2015
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In this era of heightened terror threats, it is reassuring to see staff at London’s Royal Courts of Justice are taking no chances.
Security supremos at the George Edmund Street-designed building have clearly got their heads round one of the country’s most serious dangers — lawyers carrying coins, keys and mobile phones towards the walls of an 1870s structure. Evidence of the ramped up security measures was today sent to the Legal Cheek tip-off line.
Sadly, however, the health and safety brigade at The Strand building — which houses civil and criminal courts of appeal — have rather let the side down on the fire extinguisher front.
There will be reams of H&S advisory notes detailing the importance of having two fully operational devices within no more than two feet of an electronic scanner wall protection apparatus. However, in this instance, it is clear that only one extinguisher is in place.
Heads will undoubtedly roll.
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Compelling evidence of the headstart in life enjoyed by the kin of legal professionals has been on display on Imgur this week — in the form of this photo of a contract drafted by the young son of a lawyer.
Already the document has hauled in a whopping 2.5 million views, while also eliciting some amusing comments.”No consideration, no contract,” writes one Imgurian, who is surely a lawyer. Another adds:
“Tell him he didn’t date the contract so it’s null and void.”
While a further stickler for detail points out:
“No time scales, unilateral contact… I hope you told him why you would never sign that.”
Previously
The tooth fairy affidavit drafted by a lawyer-couple for their daughter after she lost a tooth [Legal Cheek]
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Here’s a short, sharp and brutal illustration of how tough it is for wannabe barristers.
The Temple’s 5 Essex Court tweeted this image a couple of days ago. At first glance it appears to be nothing more than a rather dull shot of the type of files one would expect in any office.
However, it is in fact a picture of what must be hundreds of pupillage applications — all of which, presumably, the senior members at the chambers will be looking forward to ploughing through.
To read. This is what our #pupillage applications look like. pic.twitter.com/RZJgBTzAWL
— 5 Essex Pupillages (@Pupillages) May 10, 2015
Now this is no slur on 5 Essex Court, but the chambers — which houses 40 tenants, seven of which are silks — is not exactly top of the bar’s league table of big hitters in the pupillage wars. It is a perfectly respectable and solid civil set that is indeed acknowledged to be a leader in police law cases and public enquires.
But it is not a moneybags set. However, that hasn’t prevented a flood of applications for its two annual pupillage places, for which it grants awards of £40,000 each.
However, this chambers is not likely to be alone in wading through a tsunami of pupillage applications. At the end of April, Legal Cheek reported that pupillage places across the bar in England and Wales had dipped below 400 for the first time in living memory.
Nonetheless, annual enrolment on the Bar Professional Training Course stands at around 1,700 students. Some of those will be overseas students with no intention of practising in this jurisdiction, but even so, the numbers are not stacking up.
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