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New Tenants' Survival Guide: Part 2 Concluded
On with the way to climb the greasy pole… Thirdly, front it up. Every so often there is a piece of evidence or information which is damning. The Judge peers at you and says pleasantly, ‘Bu… more →
Pupillage and How to Get It
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 →
Just Missing Out
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simonmyerson wrote 3 months ago: Firstly, a hello to new readers. Thanks to WordPress’s monitoring tools (not quite CCTV in eve … more →
Distance Travelled: Cost Incurred
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simonmyerson wrote 8 months ago: I think the distance travelled issue requires some explanation. Pupilpedia has commented on the post … more →
Keeping On Keeping On
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simonmyerson wrote 8 months ago: The last post attracted a lot of comments. LawMinx makes a fair point when she writes: Having got do … more →
Integrity - The Paid Directors Speak Out
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simonmyerson wrote 9 months ago: Charon QC has interviewed a Mr John Foster from Oxbridge Training Contracts. Feel free to listen. Mr … more →
Integrity - A Bad Example
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simonmyerson wrote 9 months ago: Remember the need for integrity? Well, according to Oxbridge Training Contracts you can pay someone … 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 →
Tenancy and How to Get It Part 3: Paperwork
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: So, there you are, in situ (or – as we must now say – with your feet under the table). T … more →
Tenancy and How to Get it Part 2 - Advocacy
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: This is a partial answer to how you communicate your abilities during your pupillage. It also, I hop … more →
Tenancy and How to Get It: Part 1
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: I concede that I embark on this post with a degree of trepidation. I pretend to no great expertise o … more →
The Law and Democracy
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: V I do accept that the size of the photographs may tell their own story, but in the spirit of invest … 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 →
The Chance of Success
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: Pupillages and tenancies are being hurled around like confetti for those lucky few – to whom w … more →
Decision Time
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: And the Trumpet waxed exceeding loud (Exodus 19:19 – look it up): the pupil called (I digress … more →
Mature Entrants
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simonmyerson wrote 1 year ago: The question of whether a mature entrant has an equal chance of obtaining a pupillage has been a fai … more →
The Size of the Bar
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simonmyerson wrote 2 years ago: TB and MP (I am trying hard not to notice that these initials almost always spell trouble one way or … more →
A Land Flowing with Wigs - and Honey
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simonmyerson wrote 2 years ago: Honey speaks: “I find it quite disturbing that this topic gets twice as many replies as … more →
Wigs (Updated)
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simonmyerson wrote 2 years ago: The public want us to keep them, so we probably will. I can’t say I get terribly excited about … more →
Have You Got What It Takes?
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simonmyerson wrote 2 years ago: I have been reflecting on the do’s and don’ts of what is required to succeed at the Bar … more →
