Last week Britain was treated to the surreal sight of a junior lawyer collecting a lifetime achievement award for his services to pop music. Dave Rowntree, drummer in the band Blur - honoured with a lifetime achievement award at
Wednesday’s BRIT awards - now spends his days working as a trainee lawyer at London corporate firm
Kingsley Napley, and plays music part-time. Judging by his constant
fiddling with his Blackberry during the awards ceremony, Rowntree seems to have got into the spirit of Biglaw.
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Above the Law. Apparently becoming a superstar in the profession you choose as a young person never takes away that gnawing desire to become a lawyer. The courtroom is dramatic. But I can't imagine it ever being better than playing on a Premier League team.