What happens to state benefit in a recession

islandannie

good luck girl

islandannie

Damzel_In_Distress wrote: »

yes it takes years and years to complete aswell,at the earliest im looking at 4 years,maybe 3 if i really work my !!! off to just getting the basic degree,then theres a whole other kettle of fish after that to become an actual lawyer..then theres more to become a barrister.:mad: ive got the whole thing step by step written down somewhere,but its late and i cant be bothered to type it out lol

So you can become a Barrister without being a Soliciter/

Simply interested to know..

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Is that the "Barristers" series which was on just before Christmas?

Yes. Pretty dull presentation really.

neverdespairgirl

Which episode was it?

OH and I really enjoyed it (-:

neverdespairgirl

islandannie wrote: »

So you can become a Barrister without being a Soliciter/

Simply interested to know..

Yes. Both do the same law degree or degree + law course, then the training diverges.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Which episode was it?

OH and I really enjoyed it (-:

All I can do is recall what I remember.

Three people looking for pupillage.
Black girl - had done BBC, was retaking some, currently working in a furniture shop. Didn't seem to get a pupillage, but did get called in for some feedback and told that as she was retaking and not even working in law there were better candidates.

Bloke, Iqbal - looking for pupillage in Birmingham and another in London. Ended up getting two offers, chose Birmingham.

White girl, seemed a bit dim to me - didn't seem to get a pupillage. To me she seemed to be not listening to what some posh bloke was trying to tell her about what she should do to get into Building/Civil work, could have just been feeling a bit out of her depth with those over-posh people, but certainly I thought she wasn't firing on all cylinders.

Posh bloke was shown driving in his car, he said it's harder now as there are more law graduates but the same number of places at the bar. He said it's probably the only job you can do now where once you're in you can get on based PURELY on your own hard work.

Some footage of some short/dark white bird from some big chambers. They showed some footage from some divorce meeting (solicitor + client + her) and then she showed the small rooms she often works from: not court, but a room where they're all round one table.

Not sure if you can work it out from that lot.... it nearly made me nod off!

It's odd though isn't it. How did those people know barristers existed to know that's the job they wanted to do! I've never understood that: how you know what jobs there are in the world. When I left school I was given 3 choices - secretary/work in an office, nurse/work in a hospital, work in a factory. I didn't really know much more about the world. I was told that all you had to do was get a job and you'd "get on", I was sold a pup!

islandannie

PasturesNew wrote: »

All I can do is recall what I remember.

Three people looking for pupillage.
Black girl - had done BBC, was retaking some, currently working in a furniture shop. Didn't seem to get a pupillage, but did get called in for some feedback and told that as she was retaking and not even working in law there were better candidates.

Bloke, Iqbal - looking for pupillage in Birmingham and another in London. Ended up getting two offers, chose Birmingham.

White girl, seemed a bit dim to me - didn't seem to get a pupillage. To me she seemed to be not listening to what some posh bloke was trying to tell her about what she should do to get into Building/Civil work, could have just been feeling a bit out of her depth with those over-posh people, but certainly I thought she wasn't firing on all cylinders.

Posh bloke was shown driving in his car, he said it's harder now as there are more law graduates but the same number of places at the bar. He said it's probably the only job you can do now where once you're in you can get on based PURELY on your own hard work.

Some footage of some short/dark white bird from some big chambers. They showed some footage from some divorce meeting (solicitor + client + her) and then she showed the small rooms she often works from: not court, but a room where they're all round one table.

Not sure if you can work it out from that lot.... it nearly made me nod off!

It's odd though isn't it. How did those people know barristers existed to know that's the job they wanted to do! I've never understood that: how you know what jobs there are in the world. When I left school I was given 3 choices - secretary/work in an office, nurse/work in a hospital, work in a factory. I didn't really know much more about the world. I was told that all you had to do was get a job and you'd "get on", I was sold a pup!

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islandannie

Barrister my bummmmmmmy

islandannie

islandannie wrote: »

Barrister my bummmmmmmy

Challenge me?

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

All I can do is recall what I remember.

Three people looking for pupillage.
Black girl - had done BBC, was retaking some, currently working in a furniture shop. Didn't seem to get a pupillage, but did get called in for some feedback and told that as she was retaking and not even working in law there were better candidates.

I think that was the second episode - she was applying to and got feedback from Lamb Building, in the Temple. She seemed really dim to me, no surprise she didn't get a pupillage.

PasturesNew wrote: »

Bloke, Iqbal - looking for pupillage in Birmingham and another in London. Ended up getting two offers, chose Birmingham.

He seemed quite good - in the third episode, he took Orange to court, and won, on his own behalf.

PasturesNew wrote: »

White girl, seemed a bit dim to me - didn't seem to get a pupillage. To me she seemed to be not listening to what some posh bloke was trying to tell her about what she should do to get into Building/Civil work, could have just been feeling a bit out of her depth with those over-posh people, but certainly I thought she wasn't firing on all cylinders.

She was OK, but nothing special, and wasn't listening, I agree.

PasturesNew wrote: »

Posh bloke was shown driving in his car, he said it's harder now as there are more law graduates but the same number of places at the bar. He said it's probably the only job you can do now where once you're in you can get on based PURELY on your own hard work.

It's pretty true. Solicitors brief you case by case, so it's no good being brilliant sometimes.

PasturesNew wrote: »

Some footage of some short/dark white bird from some big chambers. They showed some footage from some divorce meeting (solicitor + client + her) and then she showed the small rooms she often works from: not court, but a room where they're all round one table.

She was very, very good. She bullied that client into seeing sense rather well (-:

It was a courtroom, but as it was family law, the judge was sitting "in chambers", which means informally. Repossession hearings, for example, are usually in chambers. In addition, most family cases (any involving children, and also the youth court) are held in camera which means in private.

PasturesNew wrote: »

Not sure if you can work it out from that lot.... it nearly made me nod off!

I enjoyed it, but then I know the world (-:

I can't remember, did that episode show Call Night at Middle Temple? That's my Inn.

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's odd though isn't it. How did those people know barristers existed to know that's the job they wanted to do! I've never understood that: how you know what jobs there are in the world. When I left school I was given 3 choices - secretary/work in an office, nurse/work in a hospital, work in a factory. I didn't really know much more about the world. I was told that all you had to do was get a job and you'd "get on", I was sold a pup!

I don't know, really. It helped for me that my father was a barrister, two of my godparents were solicitors, and therefore I knew what it was all about.