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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.

May 7 2014 9:08am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 7 May

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

May 7 2014 8:12am

Legal pic of the day

An army of tabs gathers in anticipation of the open book exam.

May 6 2014 5:31pm

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.

May 6 2014 3:22pm

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".

May 6 2014 12:32pm

9 charmingly vulgar lawyer personalised number plates

Because it's important that other road users know you're a lawyer.

May 6 2014 9:45am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 6 May

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

May 6 2014 7:08am

Legal pic of the day

#OpCotton the movie.

May 2 2014 4:45pm

Kaplan to ditch its Bar Professional Training Course

Kaplan Law School is to discontinue its Bar Professional Course (BPTC) from September 2014.

May 2 2014 10:32am

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.

May 2 2014 9:03am

Morning round-up: Friday 2 May

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

May 2 2014 7:47am

Legal pic of the day

Ever wondered what happened to Beavis and Butt-head?

May 1 2014 5:21pm

‘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.

May 1 2014 12:35pm

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.

May 1 2014 9:25am

Morning round-up: Thursday 1 May

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

May 1 2014 7:51am

Legal pic of the day

An oasis of humour in the equity & trusts desert.

Apr 30 2014 4:42pm

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.

Apr 30 2014 1:49pm

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...

Apr 30 2014 9:13am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 30 April

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

Apr 30 2014 7:51am

Legal pic of the day

After posting today's Vine revision tips article, featuring University of Law heartthrob Faheem Ahmad, we received this Snapchat.

Apr 29 2014 4:12pm

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.

Apr 29 2014 8:40am