The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has been forced to issue a warning after a student placed an advertisement in specialist Bar magazine Counsel in a bid to obtain a pupillage.The organisation has issued a statement in the February issue of Counsel warning students against placing advertisements after Bar Vocational Course (BVC) graduate Maney Ullah paid for an ad seeking a pupillage in the January issue of the magazine. Ullah - who completed his BVC with BPP Law School in 2006 - placed a full-page Wild West style ad headed "wanted-pupillage" in the January issue of Counsel. The advert featured a black and white image of Ullah above the words: "Reward - experience, dedication, loyalty, commitment, tenacity" along with Ullah's mobile number and email address.
February 06, 2009 at 10:41 AM
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Pupillage plight highlighted as BSB warns on student advert in Counsel magazine
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has been forced to issue a warning after a student placed an advertisement in specialist Bar magazine Counsel in a bid to obtain a pupillage.
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