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Leaving the firm
20 June 2013
Associates leave law firms for three reasons. They go to another firm, hoping to make partner somewhere else, or they move "in-house" to become counsel to, say, Amalgamated Widgets PLC...
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Legal Aid Cuts
13 June 2013
Cuts to the legal aid budget are a familiar part of Government cost-cutting. After all, who weeps over cuts to lawyer's fees? Everyone knows they're just a bunch of overpaid fat cats...
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Getting Ahead
06 June 2013
Getting ahead in a law firm is as much about politics as it is about your skills as a lawyer. You need to know what to kiss - and whose...
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Looking after clients
31 May 2013
Lawyers may be well-paid but they still have to do what their clients tell them. Few lawyers enjoy dealing with a grumpy client who wants to know exactly what their fees are being spent on, and why...
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Crime - the Barrister's Journey
24 May 2013
A career in law is full of high comedy, usually of the unintended variety. One of the best slow burning entertainments in the business is to watch the transformation of your fellow law students (and yourself) from fight-for-justice radicals into fat cat silks and coporate partners...
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Secrets of Success
10 May 2013
All barristers have their tricks - it's what makes a good advocate...
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Signs of Spring
03 May 2013
Pupil Barristers get released onto an unsuspecting public in the spring, six months after they start their pupillages in chambers the previous October...
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The perils of success
25 April 2013
Partners at big law firms rise to the top of a legal pyramid scheme - with a fountain of money gushing upwards...
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The night Queen's Counsel almost died
21 April 2013
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Standing up to the clerks
18 April 2013
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