The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Law graduate salaries plummet by 17% [Lawyer2B]
Sentencing guidelines have become so restrictive they could be imposed by a computer, says retiring judge [BBC News]
New York court begins jury selection for Abu Hamza terrorism trial [The Guardian]
Former UK supreme court judge on closed trials and secret justice [London Review of Books]
Europe’s rule of law in worst crisis since cold war, says Council of Europe chief [The Guardian]
“I want to be a lawyer but I am not sure if I am smart enough” [The Student Room]
Judge ordered a man to carry this “I’m a bully” sign after harassing a neighbour’s disabled children [BuzzFeed]
Nigel Evans is reborn as a legal campaigner in the wake of his acquittal of nine rape or sexual assault charges [Morning Star]
Former Belfast solicitor who stole nearly £1m from clients to keep his family safe from threatened loyalist murder has been given a suspended prison sentence [BBC News]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Once did a mini with this chap. True to form. HERO” [Legal Cheek Comments]