The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Too many Eton-educated lawyers, says Law Society chief [Yorkshire Post]
Grayling faces legal threat over prisoner book ban [Politics.co.uk]
Court to decide whether mentally ill woman should have hysterectomy [The Guardian]
Burning a CD should be legal says UK government (but does anyone even care?) [The Independent]
Solicitors join forces with probation staff in 48-hour walkout [Law Society Gazette]
Solicitors protest against legal aid cuts [Twitter]
Walk out now- solicitors and probation unite this lunch to #saveukjustice pic.twitter.com/iSj4lIdBRj
— philippa budgen (@PhilippaBudgen) March 31, 2014
Legal aid cuts: solicitors and probation officers begin mass walkouts [The Guardian]
Irish judge apologises for saying Muslims beat their wives [Huffington Post]
Law student calls out cops, gets “wrongfully” cuffed: lawsuit [New York Post]
Diversity fails to pay off at the top as US firms in London dominated by male partners [The Lawyer]
Conman jailed after he claimed to be a barrister and a brain surgeon [Manchester Evening News]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Those who ignore and attempt to belittle qualification through the CILEX route are clearly threatened, otherwise why would they need to comment at all?” [Legal Cheek Comments]
