Author: Thomas Connelly
Morning round-up: Wednesday 1 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
York Uni law grad lands training contract through Twitter direct message
Why bother with application forms when you can DM the boss?
Not Guilty: City University law student cleared of hit man murder of ex-boyfriend
Second year law student walks free from the Old Bailey after jury finds she was not complicit in murdering an ex that had threatened her with revenge porn
German bar association puts hands up to online hoax that went viral
Lawyers in The Fatherland confound stereotypes by producing a vaguely funny video about the perils of not seeking legal advice when divorcing
Top white-collar crime QC entangled in online intern swap embarrassment
Lawyers are flocking to recently launched site in a bid to bag little Hugo and Henrietta pre-gap yah work experience. But is this just hi-tech nepotism?
Weil keeps pace with US rivals, offering jobs to all nine qualifying lawyers
Weil Gotshal & Manges announced today it will keep 100% of its spring and autumn 2015 NQs
Mini-pupil raises the bar with chocolatey chambers thank-you
Aspiring barrister delivers a chocolate and fruit-covered note in top culinary arse-licking gesture
Morning round-up: Tuesday 23 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Somebody at a top City law firm is using new anonymous app Yik Yak to reveal embarrassing work incidents
Yik Yak may have just reached the magic circle
Twitter dismay over new justice committee chair’s defence of legal aid cuts
Former barrister Bob Neill unveiled as parliamentary justice committee chairman
Morning round-up: Friday 19 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Ukip man calls himself ‘Barrister-at-Law’ despite not doing pupillage — BSB says it’s OK
Bar regulator relaxed -- and Bar Council silent -- about protecting professional title
Morning round-up: Thursday 18 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Morning round-up: Wednesday 17 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Sacked gun-wielding magistrate’s fury at ‘double standard’ over BSB investigator’s Dirty Harry-style photo
AK-47 posing magistrate frustrated over his fate as staffer at bar regulator goes unpunished for Facebook gun pose
Morning round-up: Tuesday 16 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach
Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews
Morning round-up: Friday 12 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Morning round-up: Thursday 11 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Morning round-up: Wednesday 10 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Morning round-up: Tuesday 9 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts