The Significance of 'Taking Silk' in Legal Professions
The article reflects on the prestigious honor of 'taking silk,' a designation for senior barristers, and the personal sentiment associated with seeing a former pupil achieve this status.
Few moments at the Bar are more joyful and surreal than watching oneโs former pupil take silk: pride, disbelief and the sudden realisation that someone you still instinctively think of as โjuniorโ is now being bestowed with unmistakable senior seriousness. Last Saturday was, therefore, a sentimental moment for me as I watched my former pupil, Bonnie Cheng, being honoured with the new status at the ceremony. As the old saying goes, every barrister wants to take silk โ until one does. The great...