Sun kissed law schools by the sea, getting legally down with the kids and blogging QC names and shames barristers' chambers who've been rude to pupillage seekers.

The new Catolica Global School of Law – based in Lisbon, but with English as its working language – has opened applications for the next school year. In what looks like a nice way to wile away a couple of years before the graduate recruitment market gets going again, the law school is offering a double LLM degree in conjunction with Kings College London, with one year spent in Lisbon and the other in London.

Meanwhile, a new website has been launched to bring information about justice and democracy to youngsters. 'Your Justice, Your World' covers all aspects of the justice system from court processes to the consequences of actions and punishment – and will be introduced in schools from September. Speaking at the launch, Attorney General Baroness Scotland said:

"Legal education is not just for aspiring lawyers, law and justice are for everyone. I believe that helping young people understand our legal system is critical to our efforts to build a safe and well functioning society for the future."

The A-G was also in attendance at the recent College of Law 'Pathways to Law' graduation ceremony – the culmination of a two-year programme designed to provide opportunities to students from state schools who are interested in a career in law and will be the first generation of their family to attend university. Before handing out certificates to the 300 A-level students on the scheme, Baroness Scotland urged them to go onto "achieve things that other people aspire to achieve but are maybe frightened that they can't do."

Magic circle giant Clifford Chance is also developing its links with state school pupils – giving 11 A-Level students from Thomas Tallis School in Blackheath the opportunity to spend two weeks with the firm this month as part of their business and finance studies.

Elsewhere, Simon Myerson QC, author of the blog 'Pupillage and How to Get it', has published a list of barristers' chambers whose members have been rude to pupillage seekers during interviews. The 'Wall of Shame', a distillation of comments by readers of Myerson's popular blog, includes commercial set 39 Essex Street ("unpleasant and confrontational interview"), Welsh chambers Pendragon ("silence and vacillation") and criminal set 15 New Bridge Street ("rude and uncaring").

Several chambers win praise from Myerson's readers, including 7 Bedford Row ("lovely people who do what they say they will do, helpful with arrangements and good feedback"), Garden Court North ("lovely rejection letter") and 2 Temple Gardens ("well-organised").

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