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An anatomy of Kaplan’s doomed BPTC
Positioning itself as cool, unfussy and cheap would have made the Kaplan Law School Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) less vulnerable to competition from bigger rivals.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 7 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
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An army of tabs gathers in anticipation of the open book exam.
Kaplan Law School to quit pricey Thames-side campus
Move away from South Bank premises follows ditching of Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), as Kaplan re-focuses on Legal Practice Course (LPC) which is to be extended to include a free LLM qualification.
Suspended lawyer’s bid to marry his porn-filled laptop is dismissed by judge
Lawyer claims he "fell in love" with computer and "preferred having sex with it over all other persons or things".
9 charmingly vulgar lawyer personalised number plates
Because it's important that other road users know you're a lawyer.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 6 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
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#OpCotton the movie.
Kaplan to ditch its Bar Professional Training Course
Kaplan Law School is to discontinue its Bar Professional Course (BPTC) from September 2014.
Riverview Law to offer 10 training contracts and 10 apprenticeships this year
Exclusive: New legal market entrant to take on first ever trainees after being granted Alternative Business Structure (ABS) license.
Morning round-up: Friday 2 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
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Ever wondered what happened to Beavis and Butt-head?
‘We are not doing a Tooks’ says Argent as it prepares to ‘merge’ with Goldsmith Chambers
Yet more drastic action forced on criminal sets by the legal aid cuts.
Adventures in procrastination: the comedy Defamation Act 2013 video
Hot on the heels of the Law Revision Crossbow comes this student lament on the fluid nature of English defamation law.
Morning round-up: Thursday 1 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
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An oasis of humour in the equity & trusts desert.
Hilarious transcript of lawyer’s argument with witness over definition of a photocopier is turned into a short film
New short film 'Verbatim' uses actors to document, word-for-word, an incredible exchange which featured in a 2010 US case.
Brighton Pier Tarot reader wows barrister
First you get hit by the law schools selling their barrister dream, then the Tarot Card readers get you...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 30 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
After posting today's Vine revision tips article, featuring University of Law heartthrob Faheem Ahmad, we received this Snapchat.
Top QC offers George Clooney 14 tips on being married to a barrister
The advice by 11KBW barrister Sean Jones QC — delivered via the #MarriedtotheBar Twitter hashtag — is essential reading for the film star ahead of his wedding to Doughty Street's Amal Alamuddin.