I met one of my old BVC tutors last week and had a coffee and a chat. I asked her something that had been on my mind for a while "When you meet a new cohort of BVC students for the first time, can you tell at an early stage which students are going to make it and which will fail?" The reply I received was interesting "Its hard to tell at first, but you do see some students who remind me of certain barristers who are in practice, by this I mean have similar traits, these are the students who do well"Monday 2 July 2007
Can a BVC tutor spot success at an early stage
I met one of my old BVC tutors last week and had a coffee and a chat. I asked her something that had been on my mind for a while "When you meet a new cohort of BVC students for the first time, can you tell at an early stage which students are going to make it and which will fail?" The reply I received was interesting "Its hard to tell at first, but you do see some students who remind me of certain barristers who are in practice, by this I mean have similar traits, these are the students who do well"
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Hi B2B,
That's REALLY scary! Do you think the tonsorial BVC type tutor can really spot future counsel?
Did you venture to ask what her initial opinion was of you - if you did you are certainly far braver than I am!!
Its very hard to say - I have always said that you get some people who have a good gut feeling about things and I think she falls into that group. I did ask her what her view of me was and all she said was "you have a great job, that pays a fortune, why on earth would you be mad enough to go to the bar" I did not push it.
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