Social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter, is being widely used now and it is not without dangers. The recent Lord McAlpine libel litigation, cyber-stalking, tweets which break the contempt of court laws – all have a ‘chilling’ effect on ‘free speech’. Employers are increasingly turning to Twitter and Facebook to check out future employees and to monitor the behaviour of current employees.
We then move on to discuss practice at the Bar, the immediate to medium term prospects for barristers and Sean Jones QC provides some advice for prospective barristers.
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Well here’s the thing. Even thought it’s a virtual environment, you can pretty much see people in their true light. Judging by the groups they join, the things they share, the topics they like you can pretty much find out who you’re dealing with. Those are things that during a job interview you will never be able to find out.