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Qualifying as a barrister
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A must read for all prospective bar students is Simon Myerson QC's excellent blog: "Pupillage and how to get it".
I did a podcast with Simon Myerson - worth listening to:
Podcast 33: Simon Myerson QC on Pupillage and how to get it.
Other podcasts relevant to Bar students
Podcast 76: Wood Report on BVC - City Law School response
Podcast 72: The Wood Report on the changes to the BVC - College of Law response with Richard de Friend, Director Bloomsbury Centre
Podcast 71: Wood Report - The proposed changes to the BVC
Today I am talking to Jon McLeod, Chairman, Public Affairs – Weber Shandwick who acted for the Bar Standards Board
Podcast 58: The BVC, pupillage and other matters
A discussion with author of The LawMinx blog on her experience of the BVC, hunting for pupillage and blogging.
Podcast 38: LawMinx on her experiences of the BVC course:
Podcast 50: Timothy Dutton QC, Chairman of The Bar Council.
We discuss the likely impact of the Legal Services Act 2007 on the future of The Bar - Direct Access - VHCC contracts - Lord Neugerger and the BVC - and Timothy Dutton's vision for his year as Chairman of The Bar
Podcast 24: Alex Aldridge… Student Law Times journo… and his quest for pupillage…
Podcast 9: Lawyer-2-be on the BVC and chocolate
Of general interest
Podcast 59: Degree inflation with Norman Baird
Podcast 53: Tricia Chatterton on the new College of Law branch in Manchester
Podcast 52: Mark Rawlinson, partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
The Freshfields Interview panel - How it works - The interview process - What Freshfields is looking for - Universities Freshfields recruits from - Training opportunities at Freshfields - Advice for people who may wish to apply to Freshfields
Podcast 51: Nigel Savage, CEO, College of Law on the rising cost of legal education.
BPP Law School has put LPC fees up by 10% to £11,550. Is this the biggest smash and grab raid since The Great Train Robbery?
Podcast 47: Julie Brannan, OXILP on the LPC
Podcast 43: Nigel Savage on why The College of Law is taking issue with the SRA
Podcast 42: Professor Gary Slapper, author, columnist and academic. Professor Gary Slapper, is Professor of Law, and Director of the Centre for Law at The Open University.
Podcast 39: Nearly Legal on his Training Contract experience….
Podcast 36: Katherine Gibson, President of the Junior Lawyers Division of The Law Society about the new help line set up to help students and young lawyers who get into difficulty.
Podcast 33: Simon Myerson QC on Pupillage and how to get it.
Podcast 31: Noel Inge, CEO of ILEX, on the route to practice through ILEX…
Podcast 28: Richard de Friend, College of Law, Director of The CofL centre in Bloomsbury, London…
Podcast 27: Giles Proctor, CEO, Nottingham-Kaplan on the new London law school et al…
Podcast 26: Peter Crisp, Dean of BPP Law School on BBP’s new power to award degrees…
Podcast 25: Nigel Savage, CEO, College of Law on the new degree awarding powers given to The College of Law and BPP…
Podcast 23: Peter Crisp, CEO of BPP Law School on the GDL, LPC and BVC…
Podcast 20: Phil Knott, CEO, Nottingham Law School, on the Nottingham Law School LPC
Podcast 16: Nigel Savage, CEO, The College of Law on legal education and diversity…
Podcast 11: Legal Scribbles on preparing for exams and technique
Podcast 10: Hilary Pearson, consultant, Bird & Bird, on practice as a City solicitor
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