Bar Society

OP

Solemn Wanderer

Done.

Hi
Are you a barrister at the moment? or planning to be? :smile:

Reply 2

OP

Solemn Wanderer

Planning to be, yes. :smile:

cool which inn ?
are you at uni?

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Lewisy-boy

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Why do some unis have separate law soc and bar soc? Nottingham only just started doing it this year and, tbh, it just seems like a pointless division as there is nothing extra happening to what used to happen under the combined law soc :s-smilie:

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Ad-Alta

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I'm probably being an absolute spazmod, but can you link us?
It doesn't seem to have shown up in the Societies section...

Reply 5

Count me in.

Lewisy Boy: i guess that is entirely dependent on the uni in question. In theory, they are supposed to arrange more functions with chambers/barristers/trials etc.... I haven't attended any arranged by the (very new) bar society in my uni yet, but they have promised the above

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OP

Ad-Alta

I'm probably being an absolute spazmod, but can you link us?
It doesn't seem to have shown up in the Societies section...

i just need a loads of people 10+ to be interested before its established , so spread the word !

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OP

Lewisy-boy

Why do some unis have separate law soc and bar soc? Nottingham only just started doing it this year and, tbh, it just seems like a pointless division as there is nothing extra happening to what used to happen under the combined law soc :s-smilie:

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are you planning on joining the TSR Bar Society?
I think it will be quite cool as we can discuss loads of barriestery things ...

Reply 8

Lush Law

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Could be a good idea rather than having loads of barrister-related threads that not many people are interested in.

Reply 9

OP

Lush Law

Could be a good idea rather than having loads of barrister-related threads that not many people are interested in.

so can i put you down as a 'member'?

yup.

Please let me join! I'm starting at Oxford in October and hope ultimately to be a human rights barrister.

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jismith1989

Please let me join! I'm starting at Oxford in October and hope ultimately to be a human rights barrister.

Just out of interest, why Human Rights?

What kind of cases do you envisage yourself working on?

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OP

Stealth-Mode

Just out of interest, why Human Rights?

What kind of cases do you envisage yourself working on?

maybe because he's passionate about human rights?
What kind of cases = maybe involving human rights ??

Reply 14

Avada_Kedavra

maybe because he's passionate about human rights?
What kind of cases = maybe involving human rights ??

Holding such a passion does not necessitate that one would work as a Human Rights Barrister, does it?

In the UK at this moment in time, most cases pertaining Human Rights are often over quite trivial matters where a person is inconvenienced and wants their own way, which can conveniently be hidden behind the illusion of some kind of grave infringement of a fundamental right granted to humanity. The real infringements of such a grave nature tend to happen in less developed countries.

Hence, my curiosity.

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OP

Stealth-Mode

Holding such a passion does not necessitate that one would work as a Human Rights Barrister, does it?

In the UK at this moment in time, most cases pertaining Human Rights are often, over quite trivial matters where a person is inconvenienced and wants their own way, which can conveniently be hidden behind the illusion of some kind of grave infringement on a fundamental right granted to humanity. The real infringements of such a grave nature tend to happen in less developed countries.

Hence, my curiosity.

I see ... I thought your post pefore was sarcastic ... but now I get what your saying.

I think when it comes to human rights .. often it is perceived that they will involve some "true" deprivation of human rights - like torture, but human rights are often pushed aside in less obvious means but i think if a person has a true passion in human rights then perhaps working in the Council of Europe is more suitable than the bar.

Reply 16

NDGAARONDI

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For those who are not studying the LLB, would appropriate work experience within the field of their current studies be helpful in admissions to chambers etc? I'm hoping to study criminology with a view to work with the Home Office, civil service and the like, and an internship within the criminal justice field is something I'm hoping to do. Obviously, I'll be converting to law etc.

Reply 17

Evil_Genius

I help represent asylum seekers, and those claims are almost exclusively based on Art 3, 6, 10. Considering the stakes involved, which are quite often death if returned to the country of origin, I would say the cases concern more than mere trivialities.

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Solemn Wanderer

I don't agree. Even the Naomi Campbell case involved a very grave invasion of privacy. The case involving indefinite detention of non-deportable foreign nationals had even greater matters at stake, as did the one about allowing the Home Secretary to set murderers' minimum terms. (I am sure you will forgive me replacing citations to the law reports with titles resembling Friends episodes. :wink:

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I don't really see the basis on which you made this comment.

I don't think the Naomi Campbell is one that constitutes a grave Human Right Breach. She was just embarrassed. Fair-Doo's, but, meh- i won't loose any sleep.

The detention case, yes i see your point, yet i think this caliber of seriousness is one of the few exceptions to the rule.

The murder minimum-tariff case, somewhere in-between..although, I see that as having more constitutional significance than Human Right...Just my opinion, of course....

My basis for the comment: too many people spout an infringement of Human Rights as the basis for claiming that they are harshly done by..e.g. the case Booth had taken on not too long ago about the club owner claiming that the smoking ban was...yes you guessed it- against human rights! Or the Begum case for further example....most of the cases i come across seem rather more trivial than many wide-eyed, green, idealist aspiring Human Rights Lawyer would imagine them (and i include myself in that bracket btw- so... :redface:

- maybe past tense/maybe not).

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