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Still A Job Worth Doing
I have been debating the value of going to the criminal bar in Legalweek. I am occasionally said to be too gloomy. But it’s not as bad as Alex says. This is still a job worth doing… more →
Pupillage and How to Get It
Still A Job Worth Doing
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simonmyerson wrote 1 week ago: I have been debating the value of going to the criminal bar in Legalweek. I am occasionally said to … more →
New Tenants' Survival Guide: Part 2 Concluded
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simonmyerson wrote 1 month ago: On with the way to climb the greasy pole… Thirdly, front it up. Every so often there is a piec … more →
New Tenants' Survival Guide: Part 2
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simonmyerson wrote 1 month ago: The internal ladder: possibly the only ladder you have to climb of whose existence you are ignorant. … more →
New Tenants' Survival Guide Part 1
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simonmyerson wrote 2 months ago: Congratulations. You have made it, you are through the door, your feet are under the table, your hea … more →
An Invitation
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simonmyerson wrote 4 months ago: I got a pingback from Charon’s blog and went to look. I discovered that my ears should have be … more →
Wall of Shame: Buttress of Acclaim
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simonmyerson wrote 5 months ago: Sometimes what you tell me is distressing. The treatment of applicants by Chambers is one of those t … more →
Caution - Handle With Care
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simonmyerson wrote 5 months ago: Can I just put in a plea for you to help each other, as you go about the painful, frightening and co … more →
My Name is Simon and I'm a Blogger
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simonmyerson wrote 5 months ago: I don’t often comment on recent cases, but this one is interesting. Eady J has decided that an … more →
Integrity - The Deadline Passes
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simonmyerson wrote 8 months ago: The Deadline expired at 12 noon. So far I have heard nothing. I will keep you posted. Close of busin … more →
Integrity - A Bad Example
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simonmyerson wrote 8 months ago: Remember the need for integrity? Well, according to Oxbridge Training Contracts you can pay someone … more →
A Plan For Legal Education
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simonmyerson wrote 8 months ago: I have been thinking about this for some time (whether I have got it right is another matter). The B … more →
Tenancy and How to Get It Part 4: Getting On
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simonmyerson wrote 9 months ago: Chambers have, in recent times, invested quite a lot of effort in pupillage selection. I think it ca … more →
Getting on With Clients
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simonmyerson wrote 11 months ago: I’m sorry that I haven’t posted for a while. I hope to do so soon. Meanwhile, please fam … more →
Tenancy and How to Get it Part 2 - Advocacy
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simonmyerson wrote 12 months ago: This is a partial answer to how you communicate your abilities during your pupillage. It also, I hop … more →
Oxbridge
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: As the question of Olpas rears its ugly head again, I thought I would try and inject some reality in … more →
Why I Want to be a Barrister
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: One of the things about having a search function is that it reveals what you haven’t written a … more →
Life at the Bar
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: I woke up this morning and realised that it was the first time in 4 weeks that I was not going to sp … more →
It's All the Fault of the Bar
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: The LSC has pronounced on the new contracts. It boils down to this: 2,300 barristers were offered co … more →
Will the Criminal Bar Last?
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: This seems to be a current faq (as they say in the blog biz). So I thought I would address it. Yes. … more →
