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1529057027

Nothing but the truth : stories of crime, guilt and the loss of innocence.

Author: Secret Barrister.

Publication year: 2022

Language: English

Media class: Hardback

Classification: 340

Publisher: London : Picador, 2022.

ISBN: 9781529057027 (hbk.) : 20.00

Notes:

Just how do you become a barrister? And why do only 1% of those who study law succeed in joining this mysteriously opaque profession? If it's such a great occupation, how come you work 100-hour weeks for less than minimum wage? And why might a practising barrister come to feel the need to reveal the lies, secrets, failures and crises at the heart of this world of wigs and gowns? This book charts an outsider's progress down the winding path towards practising at the Bar, taking in the sometimes absurd traditions of the Inns of Court, where every meal mandates a glass of port and a toast to the Queen, to the Hunger Games-type contest for pupillage, through the endlessly frustrating experience of being a junior barrister - as a creaking, ailing justice system begins to convince them that something has to change.