tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150785492012-01-18T13:42:55.176ZThe thoughts and ramblings of six UK law students trying to make it to qualification. The students are all at different stages of that journey.Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-38285449949781247312009-01-14T04:50:00.002Z2009-01-14T05:00:44.113Z

Graduation on its way..on its way.. Well, the thought of graduation seems to be on the mind of every 3rd year law student.. and yet...graduation is on its way...My three years @ law school has been fascinating... Great exposure to the saying, law is an arse.. being a student of the subject, the passion for the subject makes the better of you at times of crisis. With the sword of a 2:1 hanging

Aditya Shivkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741968787226135823noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-5381713149693004002008-11-11T22:06:00.004Z2008-11-11T22:18:42.306Z

I've noticed no one has posted for a while! My last year is going so quickly which might be due to the amount of work...it is seriously a lot more than last year, I'm finding it difficult to fit my dissertation in at the moment though I'm hoping this will improve soon.Also got to do my application for the LPC this month, I am now panicking over funding it as I haven't got a training contract.

Sarahnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-71330531623295110782008-07-18T13:24:00.003+01:002008-07-18T13:38:34.538+01:00

So I got my exam results and managed to get a 2:1 which I am quite happy about. I can't believe it's my last year already. I got my options through for next year and will be studying Tort (a lot of people have said this is strange because it is usually a first year subject), Family Law, International Human Rights, Law of Income and Turnover Taxes and Women in the Criminal Justice System. The

Sarahnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-48288596381917173272008-06-29T00:18:00.002+01:002008-06-29T00:21:17.060+01:00

Passed everything so all set for year two of the GDL DL. Quite pleased really - managed the first year with a full time job, two part time jobs, two pre-school children, and the ex husband from hell, but have come out with 65.5 overall (and 72 in constiadmin - yay!). So a few months off now before Land law, equity and trust, and criminal law invite me to discover their delights.Didn't ever think

LegallyMumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616710313357293172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-68492854365339508702008-03-30T13:25:00.002+01:002008-03-30T13:48:36.922+01:00

Hi kids,Yes yes, I know, I never post here, shame on me and my handbag-sized dog. I do enjoy passing on my wisdom to those who follow in my footsteps. However, I can rarely think of awe-inspiring, useful topics to discuss on this blawg that will aid lawyers-to-be in their quest for a training contract and beyond. However, part-time law student has given me food for thought and I figured since s/

Susie Law Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060966997122168077noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-79709322680389082702008-03-29T19:20:00.004Z2008-03-29T19:50:17.889Z

I thought I'd write about what I've been doing during the second semester since it has been so long since my last post. I finally decided to do a small number of vacation scheme applications rather than the 20 suggested! One firm in particular I am dying to hear from. I had practically given up when I recieved an email telling me I would find out whether the application was successful on Tuesday.

Sarahnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-47936735774648586652008-03-03T23:39:00.004Z2008-03-04T00:18:40.036Z

Anyone that has ever been in an educational institution knows that the library has benefits, we're not talking about knowledge or learning here. We're talking about hardcore staring at the weird french student who gets frustrated by the 'stupeeditee' (yeah that was meant to be in a french accent if you didn't already notice) of the English language. However, my exploration of the wonders of

Sex, Drugs and Law Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05374043447982729510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-83234718116036314512008-02-29T04:04:00.003Z2008-02-29T05:19:37.231Z

To be honest, I've been saving this blog for a seriously long time. No one has been blogging and it's been anticipation for ages, and then NILL. Well I guess tis up to me again to keep you all entertained, which I will in due course fail terribly at!Well if anyone had ever been to Bangkok, I think you'd understand the term 'FRICKEN HELL', I just realised that that term can be used to describe the

Sex, Drugs and Law Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05374043447982729510noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-18810466244743015712008-02-26T10:17:00.000Z2008-02-26T10:19:34.341Z

Law Careers.Net has an article on UK law blogs (ok, "blawgs") and this site gets a mention. Cheers guys!

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-11055619983972370942008-02-10T18:18:00.000Z2008-02-10T18:57:20.603Z

Well this is the start of something new for me, sharing random thoughts with people who just happen to be procrastinating and reading this instead of doing course work!Now lets see, the thing that actually made me want to blog here was the fact that damn it, no one is talking about the fun of being in uni!Okay, we're supposed to be serious, uptight, precise and technical. But still do any of you

Sex, Drugs and Law Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05374043447982729510noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-41062097003959436812008-01-25T19:22:00.000Z2008-01-25T19:30:16.295Z

It took three trains to pass today before I could finally board.I call the whole process “survival of the fittest”, since only those who can push their way through using their elbows are able to get into the carriages as soon as they emerge into the abyss that is the platform. Being a mere 5 ft 2, my size has proved somewhat of an advantage - I can now burrow my way through the masses like a mole

Law Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616825567395279139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-46687379373437392812008-01-13T17:26:00.001Z2008-01-13T17:26:04.198Z

Just received from one of my tutors, regarding a term paper due in this Tuesday (15th January): "It seems that most of you have been sick during the cold and wet winter break. I will thus extend the deadline until the end of the month, but no further extensions." Now, I was all set to hand it in on Tuesday. Do I... Continue working, and hand in the paper on Tuesday, or Fire up Super Mario

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-61442102838908812072008-01-03T18:41:00.000Z2008-01-03T19:02:34.934Z

As the title suggests, I am currently starting to fill in applications for vacation scheme placements. I am finding this hard...particularly because I have only seen a couple of law firms that really stand out for me. I've attended talk after talk and yet I can still only really choose 3 law firms that I liked. I have been told to apply for 20!Not only that, but when I look at the application I

Sarahnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-31931126315670791592007-12-18T19:02:00.001Z2007-12-18T19:02:27.552Z

Comparing application fees: Legal Practice Course (for those that want to become solicitors): £0.00. Bar Vocational Course (for those that want to become barristers): £40.00. Says it all really about the different professions approaches to access.

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-21187710660599866202007-11-30T11:22:00.001Z2007-11-30T11:22:07.786Z

A certain Big City Law Firm (that shall remain nameless) hosted an LLM Reception recently, which I had the good fortune to be invited too. I thought it would be a good opportunity to find out more about the firm, what they offer in particular to LLM students and see whether they were the right "fit" for me. What I got instead was a vast room full of people I don't know (overwhelmingly LLM

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-59394538399140932362007-11-04T10:17:00.000Z2007-11-04T10:22:31.689Z

A few unconnected events and pieces of reading that I have done this week have gotten me thinking about skills that good solicitors have or require.I was reading a short interview of one Magic Circle firm partner who was talking about the need for good solicitors to understand human nature. Law he says, is about regulating the relationship between individual people. So I guess, his thinking is,

Lacklustre Lawyernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-62485766581000650862007-10-24T19:37:00.000+01:002007-10-24T19:46:54.284+01:00

Hey, I thought I had better post my first blog to introduce myself. I am a 20 year old, second year law student and the University of Birmingham. I decided I wanted to be a lawyer in the first year of sixth form because I thought I would enjoy it! It turns out I was right. I have just started my second year in which I will be studying:Jurisprudence – so far I have had 3 lectures which

Sarahnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-69178175121237529452007-10-15T13:21:00.001+01:002007-10-15T13:21:22.167+01:00

Three new additions to my dictionary of impossible words - an occasional collection of phrases/words which have plain English counterparts that academic lawyers refuse to use. Naturalist: A doctrine based on human beings values in a "state of nature"... I think. Normative: Describing how things should be, rather than how they are. Positivist: A philosophy that states that the only authentic

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-65565390510184817462007-10-10T15:28:00.000+01:002007-10-10T15:46:37.728+01:00

Well, a few days after returning from the first weekend on the GDL, I finally have the energy and focus to write up the experience.So I suppose that the first thing to say is that it is exhausting. The majority of people on the course work full time and some, like myself, also have family commitments. We all arrived for introductory lectures on skudy skills, electronic access and library

LegallyMumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616710313357293172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-18608341857332845702007-10-07T15:25:00.001+01:002007-10-07T15:25:13.323+01:00

So, as promised, here it is, the rundown of my first week of lectures. Unlike every week from now on, in the first week we were allowed to take as many subjects as we want - hell, if we had a time-turner and the capacity to stay awake during even the most boring discussion of the minutiae of international transactions we could have taken every single subject. Here are the ones I opted for:

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-56205218957107282622007-10-03T21:29:00.001+01:002007-10-03T21:29:07.791+01:00

BBC Radio 4's Law in Action programme now comes as a podcast should you miss it (or not care enough to go out of your way to catch it) live. They seem to focus far too much on criminal law for my liking, but still, keeping an eye on the feed just in case.

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-44327302131799769312007-09-30T12:08:00.001+01:002007-09-30T12:08:26.445+01:00

... Was over a week ago, and yes, I'm only blogging about it now. The reason? Pure laziness - I have after all just purchased season 1 of both Houseand The West Wing and they won't watch themselves. After a two and a half hour enrollment* on the Wednesday, Friday saw induction day, where we were told about all the wonderful and exciting things King's has to offer and how our LLM programme would

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-8905680929492773042007-09-30T10:18:00.000+01:002007-09-30T10:47:28.086+01:00

So, in conjunction with the posts below, in another news this week BPP has been given degree-awarding powers by the Privy Council. GDL students will come out with a BA in Law, and LPC and BVC students can top up their studies with an extra dissertation and additional module, to leave Law School clutching an LLM. This is a notch above the College of Law, who can award LLBs to students who study

Susie Law Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060966997122168077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-36278084211760930692007-09-26T09:13:00.001+01:002007-09-26T09:25:11.349+01:00

Lawgirl makes a valid point about Law schools to some extent expoliting students but to some extent students are to blame too. Pursuing a career in Law is not as easy as it looks and some students are ignorant of this and spend far too long pusuing a fantasy they are never going to experience. BVC and LPC providers like CoL and BPP are doing what they do best - taking your money. Arguably they

Lacklustre Lawyernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-28576116821106283642007-09-14T13:49:00.003+01:002007-09-14T13:51:58.924+01:00

Law Girl's written an interesting post on saturation in the law graduate world:"There is something seriously wrong in both the education and legal sector in that the market is saturated with grads, and of vastly varying degrees of competence and prospects of success. The legal qualification providers are, in my opinion, blatantly exploiting those who they know will never go on to utilise (or

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-47531542616730956742007-09-07T12:42:00.000+01:002007-09-07T13:04:42.159+01:00

First posting here - hopefully this will give you a flavour of my life and my route into law.Well, for the past few weeks I have been trying to be amazingly self-disciplined about my studies for the GDL. Problem is I am also trying to deal with a three year old who is having "anger-management" issues, and a "nearly two year old" who has just learned how to remove her (usually dirty) nappies.Take

LegallyMumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616710313357293172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-56325583198992716472007-08-26T16:06:00.001+01:002007-08-26T16:07:17.655+01:00

Simon Myerson's Pupillage and How to Get It blog is proving an invaluable resource for Bar qualification related news and musings. Here are three posts I want to flag up as worth a read for those wishing to pursue a career at the Bar: Analysis of recent statistics on master's degrees as legal career advancers - Of particular interest to me, as it is now three weeks and counting before I start an

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-34547127429213892742007-08-10T11:45:00.001+01:002007-08-10T11:51:52.312+01:00

From King's College: Your signed acceptance form for a place at King's College London has been received. You will receive enrolment information in August. Welcome to King's! Hooray!And in other news, I have a very exciting and bleeding edge summer job.

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-90869488661692163032007-08-02T20:25:00.001+01:002007-08-02T20:26:09.275+01:00

Over the last two days, recent BVC graduate Lawyer-2-Be has posted nine posts covering all his mandatory subjects. I won't pretend I've read them all, but they could be helpful for those considering whether to take the BVC* - a kind of behind the scenes, no holds barred prospectus. Here they all are: Professional Conduct Negotiation Conferencing Opinion Writing and Drafting Legal Research

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-79635411697414482962007-07-28T18:10:00.001+01:002007-07-28T18:11:48.777+01:00

Not much to report on the law front at the moment, hence the paucity of posts this month. I've been desperately looking for a summer job to pay off my student debt, but no luck so far. Anyway, here's a collection of links which might be useful for law students: Troubled barrister on pupillage interview technique and Alex Aldridge's seven steps to pupillage interview heaven. Is a further academic

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-6710040467038030892007-07-09T19:39:00.000+01:002007-07-09T19:46:10.530+01:00

Corporate Blawg UK hosts this week's Blawg Review (usually done by a US blawgger) and he has very kindly linked to my previous post so here I am, returning the favour. Thank you Corporate Blawg!

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-37645297955080902122007-07-07T18:15:00.000+01:002007-07-08T12:00:05.214+01:00

Sod the personal pronoun post title, I graduated at 12pm today (7th July 2007) and can now add the letters "LL.B." to the end of my name.My law student friends and I dressed up in silly robes (light blue and cream hood with black gown and cap is apparently the order of the day at Reading), shook hands with the Chancellor, Lord Carrington, and collected our long studied for degrees at the end of

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-36050594191989323782007-07-04T15:04:00.001+01:002007-07-04T15:07:34.398+01:00

Dammit... My girlfriend got a better percentage grade than me, by one whole percent (66% to my 65%). So well done, blah, blah, blah. God, I'm never going to hear the end of this.PS. She's a graphic designer, so if any of you arty-types ever come across this blog, here is her website.

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-45119781975516269112007-06-20T23:04:00.000+01:002007-06-20T23:31:36.624+01:00

The title says it all, but here's a breakdown (by way of gloating) of the results I received two days ago:Dissertation: 66%Public International Law: 65%Medical Law: 65%Employment Law: 65%History of English Law: 64%So, good (and consistent) results all round, which take me through to a masters course in September. Most of my friends did just as well, one even got a first, although unfortunately

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-11472688326731037132007-06-17T18:15:00.000+01:002007-06-17T18:15:58.152+01:00

With the offer from King's College at the beginning of this month comes the frantic search for funding. Having missed the Arts & Humanities Research Council deadline, I was off hunting for a loan. Here's how it went:Natwest - After a pleasant meeting with a lady at the local university branch, it transpired that they can only offer loans for the LPC/BVC at the College of Law. So that went out the

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-44510131817327371592007-06-06T13:18:00.000+01:002007-06-06T13:30:08.730+01:00

International lawyers (or budding international lawyers) might want to check out The Trial of Charles Taylor website, a joint project of The Open Society Institute, The Open Society Justice Initiative and The International Senior Lawyers Project.Charles TaylorCharles Taylor is the former head of state of Liberia, a country on the west coast of Africa. The Special Court for Sierra Leone (a mixed

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-70620483209914062362007-06-03T16:00:00.000+01:002007-06-03T16:07:18.350+01:00

The big news I mentioned previously is that I have (finally) received a masters offer - I've received two in fact! One from King's College London and the other from the University of Nottingham. They're both in the UK, not the US as I had hoped, but I'm relieved to have finally got a place, especially with two top, Russell Group, universities and the entry requirements aren't too strenuous (I

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-38005767862476331842007-05-29T21:15:00.000+01:002007-05-29T21:13:33.479+01:00

The fact that I started writing this post seven days ago should speak volumes about how I am feeling at the moment - exhausted, partying and elated. I've had some big news on what I'll be doing next year since then, but for now I'll stick to my last ever University of Reading exam experience:The building works problem I mentioned before were not an issue this time around - we were moved to the

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-14544510646334897432007-05-24T13:19:00.000+01:002007-06-01T15:24:46.795+01:00

If at your Law School any of your professors write textbooks, consider what they are like as a person and then read their textbook, their persona can be completely apparent through their writing.So when my professor tells me to buy his book, and I know that as a professor he is pretty confusing, then I knew better. I went to the library, took it out, used it for some of my topics and surprisingly

J.D.Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231332420639005522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-42045444733405581662007-05-17T11:30:00.000+01:002007-05-17T11:24:19.549+01:00

Received from the Law School about this week's employment law exam:Several of you have emailed me to let me know that there was an unacceptable level of noise from the building works* during the employment exam this morning - it clearly made it difficult for you to concentrate properly for at least part of the paper. Apparently there have been similar complaints from students on other modules.It

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-14984872684702035412007-05-12T12:30:00.000+01:002007-05-12T13:44:58.450+01:00

Well, as of this morning, I'm halfway through my final year exams. Medical Law and History of English Law have come and gone, and I feel they've gone alright - not great, not brilliant, but alright. I'm not thinking "I'm going to fail", which is a good sign I guess. The only worrying news comes from this morning's History of English Law exam when a friend spent 1 hour and 10 minutes* on a

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-55395847964629823382007-05-09T17:35:00.000+01:002007-05-12T12:27:42.093+01:00

... And I'm using the vital hours before it to write this post. But this doesn't mean that I'm confident about doing well tomorrow, it's just that I'm so tired of reading and thinking about the material over and over again that it's probably counter-productive to do any more work before I give my notes one final read later this evening.I received my History of English Law mark last week and got a

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-57732884942878643132007-04-28T10:05:00.000+01:002007-05-12T12:27:42.094+01:00

With the History of English Law essay over, my tutors thought it would be a good idea for us to present to them on our research experiences.In front of the NationalArchives whilst researchingIt was quite odd - there's only so much you can say about reading articles and books and poring over old documents at the National Archives and British Library. Still, I managed to fit in a picture of me

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-44329675540479331312007-04-26T12:21:00.000+01:002007-04-26T13:15:07.487+01:00

There is nothing stopping me now, certainly not my revision anyway. Thought I would let you know that the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers have been running a series of Human Rights lectures at London South Bank University and one of the lectures is scheduled for tonight at 6.30.If anyone is interested they are free to students and tonight's lecture is on Human Rights and the Democracy

magna cartahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877417211926614963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-29925702368439432632007-04-25T17:57:00.000+01:002007-04-25T19:51:29.955+01:00

Hi thereLet me introduce myself, my name is Magna Carta (obviously not my real name) but should give you all a clue as to where my interests lie. I am a first year part time law student. I study at a London school, one of the many red brick Uni's. Like I said I study part time, this means I'm mature in years but young at heart, corny I know but I couldn't resist. I have come late to Law because

magna cartahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10877417211926614963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-61044694934184589922007-04-24T15:40:00.000+01:002007-10-03T21:30:37.054+01:00

Following its boundage by mythesis.co.uk, my dissertation arrived this afternoon and here I am looking very happy about that:The quality of the binding is quite impressive, especially considering the price (£51.65), which was much cheaper than what the campus based binding service was offering (approximately £90). The only niggle I have is that I had to wait in all day for the courier to deliver

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-15955276104722016012007-04-22T16:42:00.000+01:002007-04-24T15:40:22.232+01:00

There's been a complication with my laptop and Dell, so I have not posted for a while.Exam periods are approaching, and the wonderful lecturers at Sheffield decided to throw us a little surprise, in Contracts, as all year we have been preparing for a problem question scenario, and they decided to throw a good old critical essay question as well. Meaning Adams and Brownsword will now be my refuge.

J.D.Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231332420639005522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-73570858314232368542007-04-22T15:30:00.000+01:002007-04-22T15:33:09.283+01:00

Earlier this week, I sent my dissertation off to be bound, after spending most of that day reading through and polishing off the text.A mock up of my dissertation coverSome dissertation related facts:Final word count: 16,168.Cost: £51.65. Yes, that's fairly expensive, but then I'm getting it hardbound as after working on it for a year, I want it to look good.Binder: Mythesis.co.uk. They were much

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-45283646811513046212007-04-16T20:04:00.000+01:002007-04-16T20:12:17.155+01:00

Discovered whilst going through some lecture notes from this year (out of fairness, I won't say which subject):Igon – Important case, she does not seem to be able to slow down at important points. Get from textbook, seems to be similar to the new statute.I didn't even get down the whole case name, and the bit I have got down is wrong*! If any lecturer is reading this, please in future consider

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-49264312091609759542007-04-14T12:05:00.000+01:002007-04-16T12:53:31.749+01:00

BabyBarista, the obviously fictional (or at least, massively embellished) account of one pupil's journey towards tenancy, has been picked up by The Times and now appears on their website. At the time that this blawg gets "promoted", another, much more insightful, account of a pupil's life looks to be on the way out. Pupilblogger has been musing on whether the end is nigh in light of the constant

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-53255595796005932012007-04-06T12:44:00.000+01:002007-05-12T12:27:42.099+01:00

Think you're going to fail?Snowed under with work?Then drop out and repeat the year!That's what my friend decided to do last week, and I have to say, I'm a little jealous. OK, by the time he's finished he'll have been at Reading for five years (he is on a Masters course), but then it's not too bad here.I've now handed in my History of English Law essay* and moved straight on to polishing off my

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-73343037514238189272007-03-30T19:27:00.000+01:002007-04-06T12:26:45.687+01:00

Ok, ok I realise Part 1 was back when the Judicature Acts were passed, but seeing as the applications have opened again and many of my fellow GDL students are despairing about application forms, I thought it might be time for Part 2. I think I said 'filling out forms' would be Part 2 but this is more important.Targeting FirmsYou all know what this means right? If you don't, please continue

Susie Law Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060966997122168077noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-53860778369874383272007-03-27T15:45:00.000+01:002007-05-12T12:27:42.100+01:00

... Is the reason I haven't posted in ten days. That and the UK masters applications I've been frantically sending out after my rejection by the US.The essay is due in Thursday, so this is just a quick update with some stuff I've come across since my last post:Lawgeek: Law Student alerted me to this site which is designed 'to bring together relevant legal links, information and news to help

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-73501840331199422252007-03-16T09:41:00.000Z2007-10-03T21:30:37.055+01:00

That's right, a double rejection. It seems the world was not content with throwing a masters rejection at me (from NYU*), so, on the same day, it had to send me a letter from a chambers who I'd arranged a mini-pupillage with informing me it was no longer possible to spend the week with them.I'm now scrambling around to figure out what I should do next year. At the back of my mind I'd always

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-20657985508773081442007-03-06T23:30:00.000Z2007-03-06T23:22:27.510Z

Following on from my offer of a place on the LPC course, I've got to decide now whether to accept the offer (and then defer if the masters applications work out). With a deposit of £350 at stake (as well as £80 to the Solicitors Regulation Authority*), it's a serious decision. Here are my options in full:Accept now, with a covering letter stating I wish to defer. Deposit will be forfeited if I

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-16904526477509448982007-03-04T14:50:00.000Z2007-03-04T14:56:40.911Z

Legal Beagle, a junior criminal barrister who sits on her chambers' pupillage committee, offers her six tips for obtaining a pupillage:Learn when to use "practice" and when to use "practise";Learn how to spell "pupillage" (yes, really);Make sure you know what Chambers are asking for. We ask for a handwritten covering letter but every year about 25% of the letters we get are typed. Some Chambers

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-61325564759289071912007-03-01T20:12:00.000Z2007-10-15T13:22:30.905+01:00

For those of you out there that have never studied Employment Law at university, consider yourselves lucky. Like EU law, the academics love to use complex, sometimes long forgotten, words to describe simple concepts. This might be because they have nothing better to do, it might be for other reasons which I have yet to discover*. My favourite from today actually comes from a book title:The Future

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-8157910201167319352007-02-26T18:00:00.000Z2007-02-26T17:57:53.540Z

I'd always expected the third year to be harder than the past two. I was a fairly conscientious student in the first year, completing essays on time, going to (most) lectures and passing with a perfectly respectable upper second. But even so, it was just a nine-month-long booze festival. The second year was more work focussed, but there was still plenty of time to neck a couple on a regular basis

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-67990862754694445432007-02-22T13:00:00.000Z2007-02-22T12:58:48.267Z

Like a torrent of cases after the floodgates have opened, even more new blawgs* have appeared since my previous post just seven weeks ago:BabyBarista: Unlike Pupilblog, this blawg purports to be a fictional account of a "pupil barrister undergoing the trials of pupillage at the English Bar" and is expressly "not based on fact". Whether this is just a disclaimer to stop the author having his cover

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-20099844736873598672007-02-17T12:51:00.000Z2007-02-17T12:57:52.058Z

Another fellow law student that will contribute to this blog, studying Law and Spanish at Sheffield....In my first year...Recently finished my midsemester exams....its pretty shocking that 100 people failed in a course where you need 3 As in Alevel to get in, i dont know whether its just that Law is that hard or people just do not work?Anyways time to get stuck into Torts, dont you hate those

J.D.Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231332420639005522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-10162191913833337652007-02-16T10:53:00.000Z2007-02-16T10:57:19.620Z

"Wilbur" of Law and Stuff has revealed his true identity - David Mytton. He writes:"In August last year I set up this to allow me to blog under a new persona about law without worrying about discussing topics that might offend the readers of my main blog (who are mostly my customers). I created a new identity called Wilbur Parry, based on the character Will Parry from the His Dark Materials

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-27671772654946851882007-02-10T17:14:00.000Z2007-02-10T17:47:32.209Z

Roger on Opinio Juris admits that for the first time ever he is using Google Books in his research:"Based on my recent experience, I would strongly recommend that you do so. It is by no means perfect, but I have found it a useful tool to add to my research toolbox... of course I am not suggesting that this will supplant the traditional tools of legal research. But it certainly has the potential

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-33958724860795336772007-02-05T18:00:00.000Z2007-02-05T17:26:39.825Z

To the law society formal on Friday, with the obligatory turd-polishing* in preparation. I hate wearing suits - it reminds me of all those "family occasions" I had to go to when I was little, as well as my two year stint at John Lewis working part-time in the carpets department.Three beautiful people and me (right)At £35 tickets weren't cheap, but the champagne reception and endless supply of

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-46755760547736527562007-02-02T14:00:00.000Z2007-02-02T13:54:38.638Z

Law journals tend to be stuffy affairs, full of long-winding articles leading readers down legal avenues of little or no interest. You might come across a gem of an article, but regrettably such occasions are few and far between.Which is why I was excited to read on Legal Underground of a new type of law journal, initially online but hopefully going to print once a year - Consortium: The Law

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-90371024348460177702007-02-01T11:30:00.000Z2007-02-02T12:25:05.822Z

Two text messages at 9am this morning, one from the College of Law and one from the BPP*. Both accepting me on to their Legal Practice Course (LPC).I only applied in case my masters didn't work out (and I don't hear back from them until mid-March - April). My university is one of many that runs a guaranteed places scheme with the College of Law**, so I shouldn't really be proud (and I'm not). But

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-40770619897777090512007-01-30T20:40:00.000Z2007-02-01T11:35:56.166Z

Nearlylegal offers some advice for all those first years looking for a house who haven't done land law yet:"You and all the joint tenants are ‘jointly and severally’ liable for the rent. This means you are each liable for all the rent. If your [...] friend stops paying rent, the landlord can come after you for it, even if you have been ‘paying your share’. The Landlord can claim it from you, all

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-29344972081499825382007-01-29T15:50:00.001Z2008-06-24T13:53:59.928+01:00

More legal news to mull.More than we wanted to seeVia pretty much everywhere comes the story of the Court of Appeal judge, Lord Justice Richards, arrested over allegations that he indecently exposed himself to a female passenger on a train.Is he wearing trousers?A police spokesman said:"On Friday we arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with an investigation. He was released on police bail to

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-9884086643988427602007-01-24T19:45:00.000Z2007-01-24T19:41:26.251Z

Pupilblogger has tagged this blog to come up with 'Five Things You Don't Know About Me', which is currently circling the world-wide blogosphere, so here goes:I've got a tendency to make inappropriate jokes... well, all the time. Highlights from today include calling Catholics perverts and saying that I piss myself laughing when the sign language guy comes up on BBC News 24. It's not because I

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-37760279623845811282007-01-22T21:33:00.000Z2007-01-22T21:58:09.575Z

One of my finalist friends is also applying to do a masters degree in the US and she's told me one peculiar request she received from one top-ranking university after applying. The university, alas, shall remain anonymous:"Can you prove that you can read, write and speak English?"Now, she has lived in the UK all her life, has never studied outside the UK and has an English name. How on Earth does

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-46927534075036464512007-01-18T16:14:00.000Z2007-01-18T16:21:25.049Z

A rather odd e-mail has just popped into my university inbox:Dear StudentDue to the bad weather, today’s teaching (Thursday) has been suspended from 4 pm this afternoon.A Reading University student earlier todayIt's windy, but not that bad. Still, if I had lectures today I'd be celebrating.A fuller notice can be read here.

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-79085027128778570582007-01-18T12:48:00.000Z2007-01-18T12:59:08.470Z

Pupilblogger poses the question Who wants to be a barrister?:"Certainly not barristers themselves, my experiences so far suggest. Yesterday, by no means for the first time, The Master told me what a hard life it is as a barrister. His exact words were, I believe, 'It's very hard. Very hard. Very hard. It's very stressful. Very stressful. Very stressful.' He then gave me the latest of a series of

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-44017905252294054732007-01-17T22:30:00.000Z2007-01-17T23:13:58.561Z

Throughout my first and second years I had trouble keeping up with the reading list we were given for each subject. So much so, in fact, that I didn't actually do it in my first year and in my second I only caught up with it (partially) during revision. But hey, I got a 2:1 each year and that's "yah-boo-sucks" to all those lecturers who said you have to do it to succeed.Well, at the start of my

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-27955128386197826662007-01-15T16:56:00.000Z2007-01-15T17:09:47.419Z

During a discussion on consent in my medical law seminar today, the tutor told us the story of a woman who arrived at hospital unconscious and in need, obviously, of care to revive her.Unfortunately, her husband informed the doctors that his wife did not want to be resuscitated, intubated, put on a ventilator, etc. In the absence of evidence to back this up, the doctors decided to resuscitate her

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-32836683180053568472007-01-12T20:45:00.001Z2008-06-24T13:54:04.631+01:00

New year, new round-up:Lawyers to lose wigsA review set up by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Philips, has recommended that judges and barristers in civil trials stop wearing horsehair.Wigmakers are set to lose out as only those in the criminal court could retain the dandy toupee, as solicitor-advocates complained that the lack of headwear left them as second-class advocates in client's eyes and the

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-26180322017219707842007-01-10T20:44:00.000Z2007-01-10T21:06:00.868Z

I despaired after reading this post by Ruthie on Geeklawyer, in which she said:"[My] advice to those considering a career at the Bar has remained that same over eight years in professional practice: unless you went to the right school, the right University and have lots of money, don’t even waste your time considering a career at the Bar. Even with those advantages, you may still not succeed. But

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-17989885937080581952007-01-09T11:35:00.000Z2007-01-09T11:36:15.221Z

And so it was off to the British Library yesterday (with my pass of course) for a spot of research before term starts next week.Ordinarily I wouldn't blog about this - the place is nice, but let's face it you don't want to hear about it if I haven't got anything to say except for "Yeah, I did some research".But I wish to share my impotent rage with a wider audience, for when I ordered the 1998

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-20383251324741234202007-01-05T11:44:00.000Z2007-01-05T12:17:05.626Z

As if having one degree isn't enough, and as eluded to elsewhere, I've decided to undertake a masters degree next year, hopefully at a university in the US.A different kind of masterThe two universities I've applied to over there (after paying the obligatory $70 - 75 application fee*) are New York and Harvard... no really, Harvard. I don't know what I was thinking either, but they've both got in

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-448452129812343872006-12-30T16:35:00.000Z2006-12-30T16:31:53.103Z

In recent weeks a few new blawgs* have appeared on the scene, and feeling bad that I'm not nurturing the new guys, here's some shameless plugs:Inspired by Twenty SomethingPupilblog: I've actually mentioned this one before, but it's so damn good, it deserves a proper review. It's gone quiet for the Christmas holidays now, but hopefully pupilblogger will keep up the almost daily blogging next year,

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-77680393447983399512006-12-29T20:45:00.000Z2006-12-29T20:43:45.187Z

Ho-ho-bally-ho to the lot of you and welcome to the yuletide legal round up, a full month and two days since the last of this hamper of legal news for students. Why so long? Quite simply because I'm lazy.Me... Well, not quite.And so it begins:Oxbridge and the Commercial BarCharon QC points me to an interesting question and answer article on the Legal Week website. The barrister-to-be asks:"Is

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-21774850943023288132006-12-24T13:22:00.000Z2006-12-24T13:25:48.083Z

Merry Christmas one and all!I got a briefcase bagnot unlike this one...very lawerlyI hope Santa has filled your sack with all that you want and that you've taken a well-earned break from work to sit down with the family and tear each other a new one.

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-78615805686706242042006-12-20T12:30:00.000Z2006-12-20T11:58:42.389Z

Last week I completed my first mini-pupillage, with a chambers in London. I can't tell you too much in-depth details of the cases I witnessed, as I had to sign a confidentiality agreement, but hopefully these tasty morsels will suffice.Highlights:Seeing the defendant's witness, realising he has just dropped the defendant in it during cross-examination, trying to back-track, without success.

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1165983392715960752006-12-13T03:47:00.000Z2006-12-13T04:20:35.743Z

Since its gone quiet on the 'blogging-front' - I thought I might step in to run some more updates by our readers (more bullet points I'm afraid):Due to the lack of enthusiasm for my earlier group of fellow Westminster Law students looking to improve its representation and have an actual law society and not just socials, I've turned my attentions to all specifically non-qualified law students in

The 'Twenty-Something'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15233994767073249095noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1164823141460410852006-11-29T17:29:00.000Z2006-11-29T17:59:02.946Z

Today was the first moot I have ever done and, well I lost, but it was a hell of a lot of (nervous) fun.For anyone not in the know, a moot is an oral presentation of a legal issue or problem, with two teams (playing the appellants or respondents) arguing the legal merits of a case in front of a "judge". Without actually being in court, it's the closest you can get as a law student.Highlights from

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1164555751328185642006-11-26T15:04:00.001Z2008-06-24T13:54:18.514+01:00

Another morsel of legal news for you to chew over:Qualification NewsCharon QC draws my attention to a Legal Week article which warns that the proposed deregulation of the LPC by the Law Society could lead to a two-tier profession. Nottingham Law School managing director Phil Knott said:"Taken with the changes to the training contract, the moves could increase access to a limited degree, but my

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1164275333070552952006-11-23T09:08:00.000Z2006-11-23T12:27:27.226Z

The assessment day with a Reading firm I mentioned in this post was yesterday and it went a lot better than my last interview with Big Regional Firm.There was no interview on this day, just a series of individual and group exercises (plus free lunch with some of the partners and a tour) which certainly made it less nerve-racking. I liked the firm, and I'm not totally sick of Reading, so fingers

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1164080217627271862006-11-21T03:14:00.000Z2006-11-21T03:36:58.903Z

It's been a while, so I need a bulleted list:Managed to create a group in favour of my early proposals for better law student representation at Westminster (hence the pic)Am growing into new role as student-activist with law society mission and have decided to launch a questionnaire for fellow law students to complete so we can effect change (and effectively boot-out the current law society

The 'Twenty-Something'http://www.blogger.com/profile/15233994767073249095noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1163683637221694482006-11-16T13:12:00.000Z2006-11-16T13:27:17.240Z

Ever been studying and come across a truly stupid/poorly drafted/obsolete law that is in need of serious reform*?Well, now you can petition the Prime Minister about it, via his new E-petitions site. It's currently in beta** and, let's face it, the government will probably pick those responses it likes (do you see it doing an about turn on the Hunting Act 2004, the petition with the most

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1163612513216427942006-11-15T17:19:00.000Z2006-11-15T17:42:39.843Z

U.S. universities require applicants for the LL.M. to send them a fee, usually of somewhere between $60 - $80*, which I am quite happy to pay.Yes, there is another way: Abbey or Barclays sayUnfortunately, this means I had to engage the services of Natwest... or as any customer of the bank is wont to call them, "Money Grabbing Bastards"**. Drawing up a foreign draft is fairly easy, you walk in,

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1163277367748189602006-11-11T20:07:00.000Z2006-11-11T20:36:07.813Z

Random thoughts from the College of Law BVC Open Day I attended today:The starting presentation was fairly bland - though the speaker herself was interesting - containing pretty much the information in the prospectus, although interesting tid-bits did pop up. Best line:"Advocacy is the sexy part of the course... so sexy you're assessed three times in it"We get free practitioners' books*!They

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1163169153694249442006-11-10T13:55:00.000Z2006-11-10T14:32:33.850Z

Without further ado:From the Bar to the CityAccording to The Times, more and more barristers are leaving the Bar to work for in-house advocacy units at solicitors firms. They attribute the trend to the effectiveness of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR - aka Woolf reforms), introduced in 1998, which have seen the number of commercial cases going to the High Court almost halve from 100,000 in 1999.

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1163016200496416472006-11-08T19:59:00.000Z2007-10-03T21:30:37.056+01:00

Since the beginning of last month Geeklawyer has been entertaining his readers' with podcasts. Having just finished listening to his sardonic* mumblings, I can guarantee a good laugh.* Is that the right usage? Maybe it should be just "cynical"...

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1162747355434016772006-11-05T17:07:00.000Z2006-11-11T20:12:22.146Z

Wow, it's been a whole week since the last update and, yeah, not a lot has happened.Probably the biggest news I've got is that I'm in the midst of applying to do a Master's degree in the U.S., the result of thinking about how poorly qualified I actually am (especially considering the extreme competition for the Bar - my ideal destination) and how much I don't want to stop being a student for at

Gavin Whenmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08736061379111438493noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078549.post-1162116322194981622006-10-29T08:11:00.000Z2008-06-24T13:54:32.128+01:00

Just two weeks and two days since the last round-up (thus making this one two days late), here's your bite of legal tobacco. Chew away:There's a hero in all of usEven lawyers it would seem, thanks to the fevered imaginations of Karen Katz and Raul Gonzalez and their new comic book Attorney Man.The spiel reads:"AttorneyMan and Liselaw exemplify the hero lurking in all of us. Searching for truth,

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Don't panic! Following a recent incident with my vaio, The 'Twenty-Something' is no longer on the basis of 'technical difficulties'. In short, I re-created the blog as "Calling Miss H To The Bar!" (naff name - I know), but it's late/early and as you are already aware, coming up with spontaneous slogans that work, aren't my thing. So now all is well. Apart from the fact you'll have to edit

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Things you might need to know:The BVC scholarship deadline for the Inns of Court is the first Friday of November - that's a week on Wednesday. So those that don't have £10,000 odd lying around to pay for tuition should hurry!

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They're articulate, they over pronounce vowels and they're privileged. The boys have their collars turned up* and the girls are invariably blonde. Yes, it's the posh group, and they're in every seminar group, always ready to offer hog the answers.Oxbridge's selection criteria was definitelybringing in the right type of studentSee Also:More on the chip on my shoulder* Oddly enough, same as chavs,

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NOTE TO ALL LAW STUDENTS:I, Miss H, am planning to present proposals for a new online law resource/magazine for students (like this one but with more external sponsorship, placement advice, mooting opps etc.) at Westminster. Should this be a success, it will be extended to involve all UK Law students. However, problems have arisen cos' I'm not great with specifics, LIKE A CATCHY NAME OR LOGO?If

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Yep, it's changed to fortnightly. The pressures of study, work and sleep mean I can't really do this every week. It was an ambitious target I suppose. On to the round-up:Tips for Law StudentsGary Slapper* offers some tips for freshers law students:Prepare as well as you can for any assignment, class, or lecture. The more work you put into these, the more understanding and knowledge you will take

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My friend's five tax statute books arrived today... in an industrial sized box:It's ok though, she doesn't need to memorise all this for her Revenue Law module, they're letting them take the books in - presuming they can carry them obviously.

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In the style of Overheard in Law School:Lecturer: The main textbook for the first half of this course is, well, it's my book. But hey, if I get 40p out of that then... well, it adds up.PS. I'm going to do the legal round once a fortnight, work is quite heavy.

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