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1. owe 2.drafting 3.damages 4.advocate 5.chambers 6.practise
7.employed 8.proceedings 9.pleading 10.qualify 11.partnerships
Barristers at work
Life as a barrister is prestigious but it can also be extremely stressful. Julia
de Burca is a barrister in London. The first difficulty Julia had was to
(1)…………….. as a barrister at all. Only 1200 or so law students manage
to pass the Bar Vocational Course in England and Wales every year. Only
around 500 are awarded tenancy. In an average year approximately 1,500
students begin the course, so many do not make it.
The Bar Vocational Course is described as a bridge between the academic
study of law and having to actually (2)…………….. law in the real world.
Julia passed the course three years ago.
In a typical day Julia leaves her flat at 7.30am and arrives at
(3)……………., the special name for a barrister‘s office, at 8.30am. Julia
shares a building with 14 other barristers. However, they are not partners.
Barristers are allowed to share office accommodation but they are not
allowed to form (4)……………… . Every barrister is self- (5)……………..
.
If she is representing a client that day Julia travels directly to court.
Speaking on behalf of a client in court is called (6)…………….. a case. As a
barrister, Julia has the right of audience in court at every level. She is a
confident (7)………………, which means that she is skilled at speaking in
court. Julia is very successful in court, as she loves public speaking. She is
also required to do a lot of research and a lot of (8)………………., which
means writing legal documents. On days when Julia is not in court she
spends her time preparing cases and writing opinions. She usually leaves
work at around 7.30pm, taking any work that is not finished with her. Julia
often works long hours over the weekend.
Julia is a specialist in insolvency, so she advises clients who (9)…………….
money but for some reason they cannot pay. All of Julia‘s clients are
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companies. When a company has financial problems, Julia will advise the
company if it can legally continue trading. She sometimes has to defend
clients in court when legal (10)……………… have been issued against
them. If her client loses the case and the judge awards (11)……………. to
the claimant then Julia will advise her client on what to do next.
1 pleeading
2 owe
3 qualify
4 partherships
5 proceeding
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