Category: News
Law student posts semi-naked selfies on Twitter in bid to fund legal textbook costs
A London-based law student has come up with an unconventional way of funding the cost...
Morning round-up: Friday 4 October
Chris Grayling has the look of a victorious poker player who would walk away with...
End of the day round-up
Justin Bieber escapes criminal charges after judge deems him ‘immature’ for allegedly spitting in neighbour’s...
International law firm announces re-brand…with help from Google Translate?
Paris-based international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has sent out what may be the most...
Exclusive interview: Founder of Facebook sensation ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ reveals all (apart from his identity)
If the Midlands-based LLB student behind ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’ was to mobilise the...
BPP boss tweets — then deletes — photo of him and ‘BPP Law School parent’ Tony Blair
Yesterday BPP chief Carl Lygo tweeted this photo of himself grinning next to a less...
Morning round-up: Thursday 3 October
The Daniel Cleaver Cleave-Off [Your Barrister Boyfriend] UK’s most senior judge Lord Neuberger ducks question...
End of the day round-up
How much are you hated by the Daily Mail? [UsVsTh3m] Courts are too soft on...
Former Law Society Council member jailed after bizarre series of assaults described by judge as ‘of the utmost depravity’
Followers of legal news may recall a memorable 2011 assault committed by a solicitor which...
The first day of the legal year: as documented via the smartphones of the nation’s top lawyers
Yesterday was, of course, the first day of the legal year. As is tradition, the...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 2 October
Criminal barristers are threatening disruptive action if the Ministry of Justice goes ahead with cuts...
End of the day round-up
Six questions for Chris Grayling on human rights [New Statesman] Welshman Sir John Thomas takes...
Barrister crosses that not-so-fine line between ‘fearless advocacy’ and ‘courtroom anarchy’
The juicy content of the final Court of Appeal judgment of outgoing Lord Chief Justice...
Legal typo of the week
From a recently-filed document in Frazier v Honeywell Pension and Savings Plan… The howler, which...
Morning round-up: Tuesday 1 October
Barrister Hottie of the Week: The Mark Darcy Duel [YourBarristerBoyfriend] Barrister resigns from CPS sex...
End of the day round-up
Bridget Jones’ barrister heart-throb Mark Darcy has been killed off [Evening Standard] Barrister Hottie founders...
The 11 most glistening pearls of wisdom from #AskATrainee
Yesterday between 5-6pm the latest #AskATrainee session took place on Twitter. Not all of the...
Tooks chief Michael Mansfield: 3 more chambers ‘in equal trouble and likely to go in next few months’
Michael Mansfield QC has claimed that “at least three” chambers are in similar difficulties to...
Morning round-up: Monday 30 September
Chris Grayling is 6′ 5″! [The Spectator] Conservative Party conference blog [Law Society Gazette] Shamed...
End of the day round-up
Bob Dylan’s hair, and eight other unusual legal settlements [ABA Journal] Trainee solicitor guilty of...
10 law firm ads that are so bad they’re good
By bringing in international ad agency M&C Saatchi to market its services to the public,...