Hi everyone,

We've received emails asking for some chambers names to be added to the pupillage list, so these will be added shortly and if anyone else would like a chambers added then add a comment to this post or send us an email.

Legalgirl

I've been surfing youtube lately, I will post up any of the good ones I find. So lets try this for a start.

Just to let you all know that I will be away for the next few days.

The chambers graph has just been updated and will be updated again during the middle of next week.

Also we have now reached 200 users on the site, so thank you all.

Remeber keep updating!!!!

Legalgirl

We have received a total of a 100 new sign ups! and over 60 people have entered their results providing a much welcomed snapshot of interviews, rejections and those chambers who haven’t yet responded to pupillage applications.

In order to keep the graph as up to date and clear as possible we will be removing anyone’s ‘No reply’ results which have not been updated in the last 7 days.

Remember the graph is as only good as the information put into it, so please keep updating.

Once again thank you to those who have taken part and filled out the form I hope it has provided as much insight and help to others as it has me.

Legalgirl

Form Here

Thank you everyone who has helped with the Chambers data. It has been nice to see that the lack of reply is in fact normal for some Chambers, and I am hoping that you are getting something from the results too.

There are also some interesting results, QEB still seems odd to me, with more interviews than rejects! I think the rest is as expected, a lot with interviews and rejects going out at the same time. It is my guess that the ones that are Red and green are holding off to see how interview take-up is.

Up to today, we didn't have any with all three colours, my guess is that they are doing the calls today, and i'd expect the greens to go away over time if people continue to update.

On that note.

The numbers indecate around 260 entries from 33 students, so that’s about 8 entries each, suggesting some people aren't entering the details of chambers they have NOT heard from. This data is just as important, and i'd urge you to go and fill in the form again, if you didn't enter the "No Reply" chambers to your list.

Who’s tired of the pupillage rumour mill?

“so and so chambers are holding interviews”

“I got rejected from [blah] chambers”

“I haven’t heard anything”

Well we here at legal girl has come up with a possible solution, by having students fill out a form detailing the repsonses they have revcived so far.

Interested?

Go to the Chambers Data article to find out more.

Ok people tickets for the Middle Temple garden party have recently gone on sale so get yours now.

With live music, champagne & Pimms, al fresco canapés and strawberries & cream, this is going to be one of the Inn’s biggest events of the summer.

As a form of revision for my Advocacy 2 & 3 exams I took a trip to my local Crown Court to see how the professionals do it.

The first obstacle was choosing a court where an actual trial would be taking place. This is where www.courtserve.net came in handy as it had many of the court listing for that day and even the updated lists.

Once arriving at court I got to witness firstly the different 'at the courtroom door' conferences between barristers and clients and secondly how different clients reacted from the overly confident to the extremely nervous.

The case I viewed was a fraud and deception case involving the use of falsified documents to obtain passports and driving licences.

This is were I think the legal education and training from degree to BVC level is really put into a practical and useful context. I got to witness not only the trial itself but also the different applications that can arise at any time during a criminal trial from bad character application to a 'no case to answer' submission.

I was having a conversation with beagle about 'BabyBarista' after discovering his identity, and then it occurred to me that with names such as 'Legalgirl', 'beagle' and 'BabyBarista' we sounded like a band of Legal Action Heroes.

Feel free to add your own Legal Action Heroe suggestions.

On a recent court visit I got to see the difficulties that a barrister can experience when faced with either a weak case or a very difficult client and its effects on both the barristers out of court preparation and in court performance.

In the case I viewed the defence barrister had both these hurdles to overcome. Firstly the evidence against his client was very strong and secondly the client was not being honest, kept changing his story and forcing his barrister to take fresh and contradicting instructions frequently.

In all defence counsel had a difficult job and stood up to the challenge well in court. My only criticism stems from rudely being blanked by counsel when having a conversation with the CPS barrister and more significantly when he turned to the CPS barrister, instead of myself, and said "and who is she."