Career Inspiration: Criminal Barrister
Hotcourses asked criminal barrister Daniel Jameson about the day-to-day challenges and pressures of a criminal law career… Name: Daniel Jameson Job description: Criminal Barrister, Furnival Chambers “My chambers are based near Chancery Lane, but I work all over London and sometimes further afield. I am the original cliché, I wanted to be a barrister since I was nine years old, I have always had a burning desire to speak up for those that cannot speak for themselves.  I truly believe that no matter what the offence, the accused has the...

Tips and Traps for the First year
We at Hotcourses have our fair share of university experiences between us, so here are some things we wish we’d read before we started the first year of University First year work ethic Being a student requires more careful time management than at school – as well as having lectures scattered all over your timetable, you will be expected to spend a lot of study hours reading and doing assignments, and you will have to organise all this yourself. Whilst this can seem like an annoying distraction from the important first year business of making friends and generally having a good time, it’ll...