The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Law Society president Andrew Caplan features alongside Amal Clooney in Debrett’s Top 500 list of 2015 [Debrett’s]
George Clooney “put on strict diet” by barrister wife after gaining more than a stone since their wedding [The Mirror]
A conflict of interest: the Saudi state and the UK’s Ministry of Justice [Jack of Kent]
WikiLeaks threatens legal action against Google and US after email revelations [The Guardian]
Everyone said Latin was necessary to be a lawyer. They lied [Wales Online]
Police comments that appear to blame uni drinking culture for the deaths of three students (including law student Euan Coulthard) have sparked anger [The Tab]
Green party leader Natalie Bennett says it should not be a crime to belong to al-Qaeda or Isis [The Independent]
Nutella and Strawberry not suitable names for children, French court rules [The Telegraph]
Employment paralegal required for top 100 law firm in Bristol [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Didn’t go to school. Got a seven-seven at Cambridge. I did jolly well for myself. Though that was 1952.” [Legal Cheek Comments]