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Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.

Jun 25 2014 8:01am

Legal pic of the day

Just about every law student has been there -- just think introduction to land law.

Jun 24 2014 4:34pm

Law firm toilets: a critical reflection

Legal profession toilets aren’t quite at 'Trainspotting' levels of degradation, but many could do better

Jun 24 2014 2:52pm

Junior lawyer doubles as online underwear model

Will colleagues at Winston & Strawn’s London office follow suit by ... er ... stripping off their suits?

Jun 24 2014 12:19pm

Phone hacking lawyer’s Twitter gets hacked — and he becomes most followed member of UK legal profession

Tens of thousands of fake followers descend on Mark Lewis after — irony of ironies — his Twitter account is hacked.

Jun 24 2014 9:10am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.

Jun 24 2014 8:02am

Legal pic of the day

Breaking Bad law firm is now a nightclub.

Jun 23 2014 5:09pm

8 reasons that lawyers are like condoms

"It's the fruity ones which are the most fun? No, wait..."

Jun 23 2014 1:43pm

Workload and client expectations are by far the biggest causes of stress for lawyers

60% of stressed-out solicitors say volume of work is the problem; 42% cite client expectations.

Jun 23 2014 7:44am

Morning round-up: Monday 23 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.

Jun 23 2014 7:21am

Legal pic of the day

The UK Supreme Court has today been branded by the Daily Mail as “London’s most unlikely tourist attraction” after it received a “certificate of excellence” following rave reviews.

Jun 20 2014 4:03pm

You can be a lawyer and simultaneously live your childhood Indiana Jones dream

Combining law firm marketing with action hero role-play.

Jun 20 2014 11:48am

11 eyebrow-raisingly honest tweets from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain’s trainee-controlled Twitter account

15 hour days and "being sent to buy lingerie on the weekend": trainee solicitors reveal what life at big law firm is really like.

Jun 20 2014 9:04am

Morning round-up: Friday 20 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.

Jun 20 2014 8:09am

Legal pic of the day

Every law student should have their own owl.

Jun 19 2014 5:06pm

Lawyer Vs judge bust-ups are so much more civilised on this side of the pond

Barrister's live-tweeting of his appeal against contempt of court fine is about as rebellious as English lawyers get.

Jun 19 2014 12:08pm

Student pulls out of GDL for a bid at the catwalk

Times are tough for law students – which is possibly why one has said sod it, I’ll splurge my student loan on cosmetic surgery

Jun 19 2014 9:10am

Morning round-up: Thursday 19 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Jun 19 2014 8:11am

Legal pic of the day

Clearly, not everyone has had enough of the irritating global meme sensation 'Doge'.

Jun 18 2014 3:57pm

Report highlights hard times at the bar over conditions and pay

Longer hours, an increasing chance of being bullied and falling incomes -- that is the grim picture of modern life at the bar, as painted by the profession’s own leadership.

Jun 18 2014 1:11pm

Law Society rife with bullying and discrimination, but at least it’s got ‘values’

Solicitors’ representation body in desperate bid to steady ship as search to replace chief executive drowns in jargon and rivalries

Jun 18 2014 11:49am