Either students aren't what they used to be, or this dress-down nonsense has gone too far. A partner at a top 10 firm recently confided to Tulkinghorn that a prospective trainee rejected the offer of a place, saying: “The guy who interviewed me was just too scruffy.” Students: Pot? Kettle? Black?
The saint and the sinner
Tulkinghorn was very excited when Sir Bob Geldof decided not just to feed the world, but to feed all the hungry solicitors at a reception and awards ceremony held for the winners of the student pro bono challenge. But not, it seems, as excited as Solicitor General Harriet Harman, who sneaked away from the front […]