The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Does a lord chancellor really need to be a lawyer? [Financial Times]
Bar student faces jail after being found guilty of making up allegations of rape and assault against her boyfriend [The Telegraph]
Harper Lee’s case against hometown museum ends Mockingbird rights case [The Guardian]
Big Brother kicks off with Wayne Rooney’s former lover and Playboy bunny with a law degree [The Express]
Secret terrorism trial runs risk of miscarriage of justice, says Sadiq Khan [The Guardian]
Owen Jones — Britain’s first secret trial: this way lies trouble [The Guardian]
Florida judge accused of punching an assistant public defender after telling him “stop pissing me off” is stepping down temporarily for anger management counselling [Reuters]
Number 5 Chambers barrister scoops ‘Legal Aid Barrister of the Year’ award [Twitter]
S Chelvan (no first name given) of No 5 Chambers wins legal aid barrister award at #LALY2014 for work with gay & transgender asylum seekers
— Catherine Baksi (@legalhackette) June 5, 2014
It’s impossible to solve the Mitchell riddle [Law Society Gazette]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“I read this crap a month or so ago. It’s nonsense. Excruciatingly badly written, and not by someone who has any idea of how the Bar works now” [Legal Cheek Comments]