The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Cambridge, Oxford, Queen Mary, UCL and LSE top Guardian law faculty rankings [The Guardian]
Oscar Pistorius murder trial: “How I’d make sure he goes free” by OJ Simpson’s lawyer [The Mirror]
“I’ll get you”, career criminal tells judge [The Gazette]
Coming up today: the Something Must Be Done Act 2014 [Twitter]
Me on the Something Must Be Done Act 2014, to be unveiled today in the #QueensSpeech, at @legalcheek: http://t.co/VcmLZt7j7Z
— David Allen Green (@DavidAllenGreen) June 4, 2014
Barrister argues nobody has ever used a Renault Clio as a getaway vehicle [Twitter]
Ashurst latest to set diversity targets in bid to improve gender representation [The Lawyer]
British solicitor admitted to practice in Swaziland [Swazi Observer]
Family in legal battle with council jobsworths over right to grow vegetables and keep chickens in their garden [Mail Online]
Barrister to appeal conviction of “breaking creche owner’s nose in head-butting assault” [Irish Independent]
Law student on trial for “brutal and violent” rape [South Wales Evening Post]
What should you wear to the law firm pool party? [Above the Law]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Imagine if you asked your plumber to work for £40 per hour? They would laugh and say good luck finding somebody else then” [Legal Cheek comments]