tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246534622028554792.post6780059781259175026..comments2023-10-07T13:25:11.982+01:00Comments on The Wanderings of a Law Student: Barrister? Oh, I think Starbucks will be at the careers fairOdysseushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17328065829445022513noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246534622028554792.post-42740877472657179212009-05-05T16:33:00.000+01:002009-05-05T16:33:00.000+01:00Hey, oddy, just found your blog, so will add you t...Hey, oddy, just found your blog, so will add you to my list,<br /><br />Whenever I go into Cafe Nero, I always admire the T-shirts with babybarista on the back. I want one, and if I keep going on the BVC the way I have been I am quite likely to!<br /><br />SwizzySwiss Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553439773901787323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246534622028554792.post-54558135012701156532009-05-05T15:16:00.000+01:002009-05-05T15:16:00.000+01:00Ha, I love the image I have in my head for "The Ta...Ha, I love the image I have in my head for "The Talk". I was given "The Talk" on my first day of my first mini-pupillage. I turned up, having duly forked out vast sums in travel expenses, witnessed perhaps half an hour in court, and was then summoned into the interview room. I was in no uncertain terms told I should not be pursuing a career at the Bar. Oh boy, I thought, this cost me £10 and it is very depressing - this week will be such fun!<br /><br />He then sent me home for the day<br /><br />And thanks for the words of encouragement Minx!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877514284776746185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246534622028554792.post-36077832106403472632009-05-04T10:44:00.000+01:002009-05-04T10:44:00.000+01:00For what its worth, Oddy, My Seat of Learning is j...For what its worth, Oddy, My Seat of Learning is just the same - running the LPC, simply OODLES of help should you wish to go that route with respect to contacts, vacation schemes, work placements that offer time off any TC subsequently obtained and so on and so forth, with putative Barristers very much left out in the cold to fend for themselves. Indeed, were you to intimate that you actually WANTED to become a Barrister, you were wheeled into the Dean's Office for that which was euphemistically known as " The Talk", essentially a one sided polemic as to why such a decision was an extremely BAD idea and that you, the hapless wannabe, would be FAR better off becoming a Solicitor. Strange that such a rant came from a man who also practices in a full time capacity at the BAR, no?-<br />You know what you are getting yourself into, you know the risks and you choose to do it despite these things, so I personally salute you. There are too many people wandering around pointing accusing fingers saying that no one choosing the career path of a barrister ever asseses their chances, but you plainly have and are sensible about it, so keep on keeping on. There is most definately a chambers out there with your name on it!!Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374956155964328760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246534622028554792.post-7804192735213689542009-05-03T18:11:00.000+01:002009-05-03T18:11:00.000+01:00My univeristy is fairly split, the majority of peo...My univeristy is fairly split, the majority of people now want nothing to do with law I would say about 2/3, but there is quite a big amount of people who want to go to the Bar, which is annoying because they probably have better grades than me at A Level and just about everything else.<br /><br />Do you not have any former barristers as lecturers etc to talk to? Or maybe you could just turn up at your local crown court, and beg ze barristers to talk to you lolLosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925376672319957170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246534622028554792.post-63538424321956103632009-05-03T18:08:00.000+01:002009-05-03T18:08:00.000+01:00You would get paid better at star bucks than you w...You would get paid better at star bucks than you would at teh criminal bar!Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925376672319957170noreply@blogger.com