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How junior lawyers can survive a merger

In the wake of yesterday’s tie-up between SJ Berwin and King & Wood Mallesons —...

1 August 2013 12:38

11 tweets that encapsulate the horror of training contract deadline day

As the deadline for submitting training contract applications to most big law firms passed into...

1 August 2013 09:23

Angel Chambers family law barrister in top bodybuilding competition win

Christina Chinnock of Angel Chambers in Swansea has scooped one of the top prizes at...

31 July 2013 12:37

‘We would be foolish indeed to sneer at the principle of the barrister hottie’

After overcoming his initial scepticism, OccupyTheInns — who will shortly be commencing pupillage — is...

31 July 2013 11:23

18 year-old becomes youngest ever barrister after passing BPTC

Gabrielle Turnquest, 18, will become the youngest person in the history of the English and...

30 July 2013 13:33

Lawyer files petition at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to challenge the unfair trial of Jesus Christ

A Kenyan lawyer has petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to...

30 July 2013 08:59

Barrister puts wig and gown on eBay and issues dramatic warning to Bar wannabes

A junior barrister has ended her career in dramatic style by placing her “Ede and...

29 July 2013 08:13

‘Why, oh why, am I a barrister?’

In this week’s ‘If I knew then what I know now’, human rights barrister Barbara...

26 July 2013 11:00

Hotties of the week: ‘Melting barrister’s clerk’ slams ‘boiling barrister’

This week has seen not only the return of the “Barrister Hottie Experts”, but a...

26 July 2013 09:31

Think a pregnancy monitored by the world’s media is stressful? Try starting a family at a City law firm…

 “Many law  firms seem to take the attitude that once you’ve got a bun in...

25 July 2013 12:43