It also reveals the darker side of working in criminal law, and how the things our justice system gets wrong are not the things most people expect. The Secret Barrister is a junior barrister specializing in criminal law, and the author of the award-winning blog of the same name.

It asks questions about what we understand by justice, and what it takes to change our minds. Nothing But The Truth charts an outsider’s progress down the winding path towards practising at the Bar, taking in the sometimes absurd traditions of the Inns of Court, where every meal mandates a glass of port and a toast to the Queen, to the Hunger Games-type contest for pupillage, through the endlessly frustrating experience of being a junior barrister as a creaking, ailing justice system begins to convince them that something has to change… Full of hilarious, shocking, and surprising stories from their working life, Nothing But The Truth tracks the Secret Barrister’s transformation from hang ’em and flog ’em, austerity-supporting twenty-something to campaigning, bestselling, reforming author whose writing in defence of the law is celebrated around the globe. Largely presented chronologically, they expose the weaknesses an. Just how do you become a barrister? And why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joining this mysteriously opaque profession? If its such a great occupation, how come you work 100-hour weeks for less than minimum wage? And why might a practising barrister come to feel the need to reveal the lies, secrets, failures and crises at the heart of this world of wigs and gowns? In Nothing But the Truth, The Secret Barrister shares their journey through the UK system to gain their qualifications and their early experiences of working as a criminal barrister.

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