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‘There’s a rich vein of humour which runs through the profession’
Back when I chose to be a barrister I really didn’t know a great deal...
Is Legal Consultant-Speak Eating Itself?
“No-sourcing”, explains legal futurologist Professor Richard Susskind in his new book Tomorrow’s Lawyers, is “the...
‘I Wish I’d Known That I’d Eventually Get A Training Contract’
In the latest instalment of the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...
‘You Wouldn’t Behave Like That In Court’: Barrister MP Told Off For Heckling Ed Miliband At PMQs
At yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions, criminal barrister-turned-MP Michael Ellis heckled Ed Miliband so loudly that...
Lord Neuberger’s Judicial Assistant Lifts The Lid On Supreme Court Life
Amid the glow of the UK Supreme Court’s psychedelic carpets (the work of Sgt Pepper’s...
What Supreme Court Justices Read In Their Spare Time…
Encouraging to see Private Eye making an appearance in the UK Supreme Court Justices’ library....
‘I had no idea how important law was while I was studying it in individual slabs’
If I knew then what I know now, I’d have been keener to study law. At school I’d wanted to study history at university and only ended up reading law after an unforeseen episode, writes Gary Slapper
End Of The Day Round-Up
Baroness Scotland QC told by school careers adviser that best she could hope for was...
Law Society President: Women Lawyers Who Work Flexibly At City Firms Are ‘Put Onto The Slow Stream’
Law Society president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff raised eyebrows in the City last week when she suggested...
Women Lawyers Earn £50K Less Than Their Male Counterparts
The average female lawyer is paid £51,396 less per year than the average male lawyer,...