It’s been brought to my attention by someone who has time for things other than blogging that BBC TV’s Sir Alan Sugar, in his search for yet another Apprentice, has been landed with three lawyers in this year’s crop of hopefuls. This one fortunately was slapped out with a wet fish in the first round but to be honest, I’m concerned about the public image of young lawyers.

So we’re left with Sara and Shazia, who at least can claim a victory over Allen & Overy in her legal career. If you watch the “meet the girls” video here, though, you may feel less than inspired by them.

I can think of four of five trainees or recently qualifieds who’d be stars if they went on this show, and might even persuade Sir Alan that lawyers can do more than the arrogance rap. I’m a bit worried that unless one of them appears on this show soon, “qualified lawyer” will become some sort of euphemism implying a general self-regarding uselessness. Am I behind the curve?

2008-03-31T15:04:00+00:00Tags: |