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Francis Taylor Building -- the luggage collection
Dinah Rose QC to Barrister Hottie Experts: ‘Keep me out of your bloody lists’
Top Blackstone Chambers silk fires warning to Your Barrister Boyfriend duo as she joins Twitter ahead of Barrister Hottie 2014.
Wannabe solicitor’s pigeon selfie job plea goes viral — responses roll in
Facebook post by Liverpool John Moores law graduate has over 7,000 likes and almost 5,000 shares -- and sees her inundated with responses.
Oxbridge and Russell Group graduates dominate latest trainee intake of top law firms
21% of 2013 trainees at top 30 law firms are Oxbridge, 58% are Russell Group -- only 15% went to other unis, with 6% studying abroad.
Morning round-up: Monday 14 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
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Law firm advertising reaches cricket bats.
Networking: it’s crucial for law students — and you might pull
Aspiring barrister Amy Woolfson shares the wisdom she has gleaned while honing her networking skills at law events
Law Society undercuts Wetherspoons in bid to become cheapest boozer in London
Calling all students, trainee solicitors, hard-pressed pupils, struggling legal aid lawyers, general dole loafers and functioning alcoholics: the Law Society is flogging pints of Stella for £2.85!
Morning round-up: Friday 11 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
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Possibly the best law firm logo ever.
Revealed: Where the stars of that 1981 Slaughter and May video are today
33 years on, one Slaughter and May home video star is still at the firm, another is at Herbert Smith Freehills, while the solicitor behind the camera has left the law altogether.
8 key moments from ‘Come Dine With Me’ with ‘Britain’s top divorce lawyer’ Ayesha Vardag and her husband
The Queen of Pre-nups Ayesha Vardag and her new hubby Stephen Bence — both of London law firm Vardags — made an unexpected appearance as contestants on hit Channel Four show ‘Couples Come Dine With Me’ this week.
Morning round-up: Thursday 10 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
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The senior partner’s in…
Law, a hand grenade and two (not) smoking barrels — life in southwest London suburbs
Staff at high street solicitors’ practice unearth a disused mini-arsenal as they go round with dustpan and brush
This lawyer who only wears the Brazil team colours may have been hit particularly hard by 7-1 thrashing
Lawyer also has a yellow and green office, a yellow and green car and only eats yellow and green food.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 9 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
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The latest entry from the "Lawyers and their clever soft furnishings" competition.
Law Society lays on rubber chicken for only 250 notes per head at ‘excellence’ awards
Despite trying to pitch categories at high street and younger lawyers, only City slickers look likely to afford Chancery Lane’s gala event
Judge Dread’s coming to town
A chap standing for the bench in the home of country music bears some striking resemblances to the man with the Lawgiver pistol and purveyor of summary executions
Law firm’s weird blog post about Luis Suarez bite annoys everyone
Attempt to write something memorable backfires spectacularly.