Tag: Barristers

Revealed: The Legal Cheek Awards 2024 – longlists
Profession gears up to celebrate achievements of firms, chambers and students

Barrister who ignored suspension disbarred
Originally suspended over 'hostile' emails to solicitors

Barrister gender pay gap begins immediately after pupillage, report finds
19% earnings difference within two years

Barrister Henry Hendron loses appeal against drug sentence
Jailed last year after trying to buy drugs from clients

Lady Chief Justice backs pro bono power list
Recognising efforts across the legal profession

Scrapping degree requirement will create more pupillage-less grads, Bar Council warns
Response to BSB proposals

Ex-Supreme justices join top lawyers in urging UK government to reject calls for Israel arms embargo
Response to earlier letter calling for weapons ban

Man given suspended sentence for impersonating barrister
Used identity of real lawyer

Your official rundown of the Legal Cheek-ULaw Spring 2024 Virtual Vacation Scheme
Leading lawyers talk deals, projects, private equity and more

Garrick Club: Bar Council issues warning to lawyer members
'Exclusionary spaces do not foster support between colleagues'

The Garrick: Posh men-only members club is full of top judges and lawyers
Face calls to cancel membership

More than a quarter of pupil barristers encounter bullying or harassment
Significantly higher number of women experienced issues personally

‘I’ve secured my first pupillage interview… any advice?’
Budding barrister seeks help

Channel 4’s Jury ‘experiment’ receives mixed reviews from lawyers
'Beyond nonsense'

Number of pupillage spots on offer hits a record high
But number of applicants also up

Wayne Rooney applied to study law at Nottingham Uni
'I want to do it to get one of those wigs on!'