Summary of The Secret Barrister's Nothing But The Truth

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#1 The fork in the road for law students is marked as early as freshers’ week. As you have chosen to study the academic discipline of law, it is assumed that you not only have designs on practicing it, but also know with a fair degree of certainty whether you want to practice law or not.

#2 I was able to meet a real-life barrister by giving my name correctly and shaking hands with him. I was unable to come up with any conversation topics, however, so I left after two agonizing minutes.

#3 I begin my mini-pupillage with a civil law barristers’ chambers, following barristers who specialize in personal injury work. I am shocked to hear that every day, I ask myself whether I made the right choice.

#4 The settlement offered by the defendant’s insurers was seven figures, and the conference was to discuss it with Dianne’s clients. The sum didn’t feel like much of a victory to me, given that it was far less than what Grisham had promised me in The King of Torts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822536142

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The fork in the road for law students is marked as early as freshers’ week. As you have chosen to study the academic discipline of law, it is assumed that you not only have designs on practicing it, but also know with a fair degree of certainty whether you want to practice law or not.

#2

I was able to meet a real-life barrister by giving my name correctly and shaking hands with him. I was unable to come up with any conversation topics, however, so I left after two agonizing minutes.

#3

I begin my mini-pupillage with a civil law barristers’ chambers, following barristers who specialize in personal injury work. I am shocked to hear that every day, I ask myself whether I made the right choice.

#4

The settlement offered by the defendant’s insurers was seven figures, and the conference was to discuss it with Dianne’s clients. The sum didn’t feel like much of a victory to me, given that it was far less than what Grisham had promised me in The King of Torts.

#5

The courtroom is a uniquely awkward environment. Any new person who is not a regular is immediately uncomfortable by the sense of otherness and outsiderdom that the language, dress, and etiquette seem designed to engender.

#6

The criminal trial was a life lesson for me. I learned that in criminal law, you will meet people who might, if you ask nicely, whack your enemies.

#7

The criminal Bar is a dead end, according to every criminal lawyer I speak to. The justice system is irrational and rewards cowardice, and the rewards of mini-pupillage are not worth the sacrifices.

#8

A plea in mitigation is the speech that a barrister delivers to a court before sentencing his client. It is designed to alert the court to the features of the offense and the defendant’s personal circumstances that make the offense less serious, in the hopes of achieving a more lenient sentence.

#9

The typical route to qualifying as a barrister involves a year studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at a Bar school. Scholarships are awarded by the Inns of Court, which are located in central London’s legal district.

#10

I was awarded a scholarship to study law, which I did. I was not averse to practicing criminal law outside of