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Don’t leave your career to chance

Don’t leave your career to chance

Take control of your practice and create that competitive edge: Nick Luckman explains how to position your specialist skills in the market 

26 February 2019 / Nicholas Luckman
Making the judicial grade

Making the judicial grade

Sign up, nail those competencies and rise to the challenge: John Kimbell QC and Brie Hoare-Stevens QC have advice for first-time applicants to the judiciary 

13 December 2018 / Brie Stevens-Hoare KC / John Kimbell KC
Day in the life… of Alex Potts, offshore QC

Day in the life… of Alex Potts, offshore QC

Relocating to legally fused Bermuda was one of the best decisions Alex Potts QC has ever made. Eleven years – and one successful offshore QC application – on, Alex shares a typical day in paradise 

27 July 2018 / Alex Potts KC
Day in the life… of a judicial assistant

Day in the life… of a judicial assistant

Judicial assistants get to work on some of the most interesting issues coming through the courts and study what makes a good barrister. Joel Semakula shares a typical day 

29 June 2018 / Joel Semakula
Day in the life of… Kim Hollis QC, DPP for the BVI

Day in the life of… Kim Hollis QC, DPP for the BVI

Kim Hollis QC thought her first year as DPP for the British Virgin Islands would be an adventure, but Hurricanes Irma and Maria swept away not only her house, but the Islands’ prisons and entire criminal justice system 

20 February 2018 / Kim Hollis KC
Team dynamics: the barrister/solicitor relationship

Team dynamics: the barrister/solicitor relationship

Power shift? Grania Langdon-Down investigates the changing nature of legal relations as competition, scale of litigation, legal aid cuts and growth of in-house advocates affect how cases are run 

20 February 2018 / Grania Langdon-Down
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A day in the life of a National Crime Agency lawyer

What’s it really like to work in the National Crime Agency’s in-house legal team? TM, a lawyer in the NCA’s Financial Disruptions Litigation team, shares a day in her life

Reach the top with the fast-track route to chartered status

By the Chartered Governance Institute UK Ireland

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Serving as a Legal Officer

Q and A with Major Susie Brooke, Legal Officer in Army Legal Services

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Army Legal Services

Have you considered being a barrister in the British Army? Here’s an insight into a career in Army Legal Services

CPS trainee to senior crown prosecutor

Clare describes her journey from Crown Prosecution Service legal trainee to Senior Crown Prosecutor, a typical ‘day in the life’ and the inspiration she draws from her career

CPS legal trainee: a day in life

What's it like being a legal trainee at the Crown Prosecution Service? Amy describes what drew her to the role, the skills required and a typical day in the life