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Westminster School auctions a mini-pupillage – current bid £750
Struggling to secure work experience in the ultra-competitive environment of the Bar? Well, thanks to...
Too much education: why BPP is wrong to damn its graduates to perennial studentdom
A turning point in my life was when I ran out of excuses to do...
Dynamo Legal founder’s eyebrows: a Twitter tribute
The new series of The Apprentice began last night, giving the world its first glimpse...
Podcast: The fight to protect the brand of ‘solicitor’ from the ABS barbarians
The momentum may be with Alternative Business Structures (ABSs) right now as they pour through...
Guildhall Chambers becomes latest set to stop offering criminal pupillages
Bristol-based Guildhall Chambers has followed London set Charter Chambers in withdrawing its criminal pupillage for...
‘You pay a price for putting your head above the parapet’
In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
‘I’m the king of the world!’ DLA Piper hires entire cruise ship for partner meeting
As legal aid implodes and training contract numbers plummet to the lowest level since 1999,...
Pupillage application deadline extended (again) to Thursday 9 May
The Bar Council has extended the pupillage application deadline for a second time after disastrous...
Run Grayling Run
As a gesture of goodwill, we’ve included* Chris Grayling in our team for the London...
The strange tale of the fake legal journalist
There’s an assumption that the journalists who churn out copy on behalf of corporate-owned legal...