I was recently on a train journey, dressed in my ‘normal’ clothes and flicking through a legal mag when a po-faced lady sitting opposite me enquired if I was heading to an interview. After clarifying that I wasn’t, nor that I was still at university (her next question) I explained that I was in fact … Continue reading
Category Archives: Solicitors Journal
Movin’ On Down
I’m pleased to report good news – of sorts – for me at least. Since my last missive and against the odds, a residence has been secured in the fine city of London. Not only a residence, but one which has space to swing at least one goldfish (Rufus) and store sufficient Henderson’s Relish to … Continue reading
Down big smoke bah’t flat
By ‘eck, what’s a lad to do? City firms are rejecting candidates because of their regional accents? Well, that’s great timing, just as I pack up my belongings in a gingham sack, throw them over my shoulder and head down to London in search of my fortune amid the streets paved in gold. That’s right, … Continue reading
31, Not Out
It’s curious how the weather can sometimes mimic events in your life. You get some good news and the sun comes out, maybe. Or, in my case, the snow begins to fall and daily activities are brought to a standstill. Last week I officially retired from the Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society (JLD). … Continue reading
Personality Transplant
It has been suggested that you don’t need a personality to work in the law – even that it’s better if you haven’t got one. After extensive research of lawyers’ personalities, Susan Daicoff, professor of law at Capital University in the USA, concluded that lawyers are different from normal folk in a number of ways, … Continue reading
New Blood
The legal press has been awash recently with stories about admissions to the profession: Kaplan Law School is looking to introduce an admissions test for the Legal Practice Course (LPC); BPP is seeking to open three new law schools in Cambridge, Liverpool and Newcastle; and the College of Law has refused to refund fees to … Continue reading
Trainees face exploitation on qualifying
I was recently contacted by the Law Society Gazette to discuss information which has come to the attention of the Junior Lawyers Division regarding the exploitation of students, trainees and newly qualified lawyers. I provided some general comment which made the front page lead story. It can be viewed online here: http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/trainee-solicitors-039exploitated039-afer-qualification.story The story has been picked … Continue reading
SimplyLawJobs: How To Make It Through The Downturn
With the “credit crunch” already causing a stir it was only going to be a matter of time before the three R’s – Recession, Redundancy and Retraining – were going to cause the region’s lawyers some problems. Some of the Leeds “Big Six” are already making redundancy announcements and with the region’s middle tier following … Continue reading
Kevin Poulter 