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Internship as a route into Legal profession
Internships are increasingly being used as a route into the legal profession, according to an Irish Times Report this week. Firms are keen to see students ‘in action’ before offering training contracts International practice and new recruitment policies at home have seen work internships become highly
Setting the bar in uncertain times for the law library
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic reflects on the future of the Law Library and the big issues ahead: These are uncertain times for the Law Library. The economic collapse has meant that an increasing number of barristers are in competition for a smaller amount of work, while fees – at
I want to be a judge despite my cerebral palsy
Studying is difficult but I want to change how people view disabilities, writes a law student with cerebral palsy. I’m 29, and in my fifth year of a six-year undergraduate law degree at the Open University (OU). And I want to be a judge – even though
The Long and Winding Road to Practising at the Bar
The road to becoming a barrister can be “prohibitively expensive” and the financial drain sometimes makes it impossible to continue practising law. The barrister-at-law degree (BL) at the King’s Inns costs €12,560. For would-be barristers without an undergraduate law qualification, a
A Day in the Life of a Trade Union Worker
The work in a Trade Union is often varied and never dull. Work in this kind of area is interchangeable and can range from Industrial Relation matters to collusion with the Government in promoting the interests of their members for social development and justice. The work of a union is
