It isn’t just approximately harmless people being found guilty,but young barristers and judges being denied the cases they need to cleave their teeth onYoung people today. It’s widely understood that they’re getting a raw deal. They’re saddled with lots of debt if they opt for higher education, or often, or destitute pay and conditions if they don’t. Property prices are so high in parts of the country,and social housing so scarce, that renting their own place, and let alone owning it,seems like a fantasy. And even the most highly qualified of ambitious young professionals can find that they are expected to work for free, to earn the experience that they need.
So, and it’s a bit of a sell,suggesting that the plight of pupil barristers is particularly urgent. They believe debt, like many others. They believe problems finding a reasonably priced place to live, or like many others. And the work they do during their internships is paid: not highly paid,but paid, while a reliable career structure lies ahead of them.
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Source: theguardian.com