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chasej:

--- Quote from: ninwa on April 23, 2014, 08:33:32 am ---SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS BECAUSE I AM IGNORANT

Last night I caught up with a dear friend who actually a lawyer and he told me the following:

When you are admitted to practice (step 3) you are actually admitted to the legal profession as a "barrister and solicitor" and officer of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Therefore, you can do minor court appearances in the capacity of a barrister. He was not sure if you can appear for major cases (e.g. ones that go to the County or Supreme Courts) though.

The reason people go through the rigmarole of step 5 is because it basically specialises you to be a barrister, which means 1) you have the training to take the more complex cases that go to the higher courts, 2) you are no longer allowed to do the work of a solicitor, 3) you are subject to different ethical and professional rules (e.g. the cab rank rule). Also I guess people don't really call themselves barristers unless they've actually signed the Bar roll.


ALSO MY FRIEND SAYS YOU CAN WEAR A SILLY WIG AS SOON AS YOU'RE ADMITTED!!! You don't need to be on the Bar roll. Hnnng I am so excited. In the process of trying to Google where I can buy a lawyer's wig (I hope my work's IT department doesn't check my search history :\) I discovered this business ^________________________^

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I think the easiest way for a recent grad to piss of their more experienced colleagues in a firm would be to turn up to work every day wearing an outfit straight out of colonial Britain. :P

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