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6 things you can buy with 18 grand that are much more fun than law school
With the cost of the LPC and BPTC approaching the eye-watering respective sums of £15,000 and £18,000, it is not unreasonable to consider how else that money could be spent
Morning round-up: Friday 22 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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Drying some washing outside the Pakistan Supreme Court
#ThrowbackThursday: ‘Fat boy’ and ‘Mr Hairpiece’ — classic 90s lawyer spat resurfaces
20 years on and classic lawyer bust-up has resurfaced on viral video site Break.com
The Ice Bucket Challenge reaches the legal profession at last
Just as the weather turns, solicitors embrace viral summer craze
Morning round-up: Thursday 21 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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Family law campaigner erects tent on the roof of Chris Grayling's home
Law firm faces Twitter accusation of plagiarising newspaper articles
Legal commentator doyen Joshua Rozenberg leads the charge against a high street practice that appears to have a penchant for lifting other writers’ words
Comedy counsel storm the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival punters can’t move without tripping over a barrister -- or someone playing at being a barrister -- about to jump on stage
Morning round-up: Wednesday 20 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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Bit of a mug
Official survey: bar students are rubbish at ethics
Latest figures show tumbling pass rates on vocational course exam -- with bar regulators scratching their heads over the cause
Video: Mr T reports for jury duty
Star of The A-Team expresses respect for the judicial system as fans gather to meet him during jury selection break
Trainee solicitor rubbishes Mail Online’s claim that she has quit law to become a professional Kate Middleton lookalike
Mayo Wynne Baxter trainee Christina Spencer is mystified at newspaper's suggestion that she has quit her legal career
Morning round-up: Tuesday 19 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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Lord Denning leisurewear: first came the T-shirt, and then the ... sunglasses?
It turns out that Britain’s top comedians are desperate to be barristers
Edinburgh Festival show in which comedians go head-to-head in boozy moots has run extended amid stars’ desperation to have a go
Morning round-up: Monday 18 August
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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£1.05 for a mug of hot water at Guildford Crown Court?!
The 14 best tweets from the #judgesongs hashtag that has rocked Twitter
It turns out that many pop songs can be modified to incorporate hilarious judicial references
Exclusive interview: Judge Rinder on life as Britain’s newest reality TV star
2 Hare Court barrister Rob Rinder talks to Legal Cheek about being the UK’s answer to Judge Judy