The situation is even worse at the bar, with around 4,000 bar professional training course (BPTC) graduates routinely fighting it out for just 500 pupillages.
Education Godolphin and Latymer school, London; Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, BA (Hons) history; City University London, law conversion course; BPP University, bar professional training course.
I was called to the bar in July and like many others, I was left disappointed and angry by the quality of the bar professional training course (BPTC), which students must complete before starting pupillage, to go on to qualify as a practising barrister.
It is based on an undergraduate who, as many do, initially takes a non-law degree from a London university then goes on to a graduate diploma in law conversion course followed by a bar professional training course (BPTC) qualification, also in London.
"With little riding on the game bar professional pride following Northants' promotion the previous day, both sides produced a highly entertaining contest with expansive shots and good bowling.
In 1988, two years before a rule barring professionals from competing in the ostensibly amateur Olympics was lifted, paving the way for the Dream Team phenomenon, Russia took home the gold in Seoul, South Korea, thanks in large part to a core of four Lithuanian-born players: Valdemaras Chomicius, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Sarunas Marciulionis and Arvydas Sabonis.
During the season, he was elected to life membership of Gloucestershire and membership of the M.C.C., which barred professionals.
At the time, competition rules barred professional cricketers from taking part.
Politicians also have given the regulator new enforcement powers, such the ability to bar financial professionals from working in the industry if they break the law.
Medical staff members should absolutely be holding ourselves to the highest bar of professional and respectful conduct.
