Tag: News

The legal correspondence that ensued when Instagram sensation Dan Bilzerian threw porn star Janice Griffith off a roof

Letter appears on website that was purportedly written by Dan Bilzerian's lawyer to pornstar who was injured after he threw her into a pool.

May 15 2014 11:47am

Why it’s inadvisable to describe yourself as a lawyer on Twitter when you’re not

Activist and campaigner Mohammed Ansar is probably regretting claiming to be a qualified lawyer.

May 15 2014 9:17am

Morning round-up: Thursday 15 May

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

May 15 2014 8:02am

Top London solicitor and law student who worked as prostitute sent each other ‘behaviour contracts’ before suing each other — judgment reveals

Could better drafting have avoided unseemly dispute which graced yesterday's tabloids?

May 14 2014 10:11am

BPP Law School in disability access shame

Astounded disabled trainee solicitor tweets photos of law school's building access "solution".

May 14 2014 9:12am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 14 May

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

May 14 2014 8:19am

#OpCotton ‘reserved’: Case so far explained through 9 memorable tweets

The judgment on the case that threatens to derail the government's legal aid cuts has been "reserved", with the judges hoping to rule within a "short space of time". Here is what has happened so far.

May 13 2014 3:44pm

Morning round-up: Tuesday 13 May

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

May 13 2014 7:54am

Barristers vent pupillage application sift pain on Twitter

Social media-loving barristers are increasingly turning to Twitter to share the tedium of graduate recruitment.

May 12 2014 11:46am

A tie for Mondays

"My dad, a lawyer, gave this to me," writes Imgur user 'Swedishish'. "He had it for years but told me he never had the courage to wear it in court."

May 12 2014 9:01am

Morning round-up: Monday 12 May

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

May 12 2014 8:06am

Would you turn down pupillage at a top chambers to go travelling?

A Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) graduate has penned a blog about declining a top intellectual property set's pupillage offer in order to see the world.

May 9 2014 10:06am

Morning round-up: Friday 9 May

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

May 9 2014 8:16am

There is a lawyer performing in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

Junior corporate lawyer Sebastiano Paù-Lessi is representing Switzerland as his whistling fiddler alter ego "Sebalter".

May 8 2014 1:52pm

Junior solicitor releases rap album about how much he hated his training contract at top City firm

'Square Meal, Square Mile' details solicitor's unhappiness during TC at top 10 City outfit.

May 8 2014 9:06am

Morning round-up: Thursday 8 May

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

May 8 2014 7:59am

Why lawyers need to shower more

Survey of City solicitors finds that they are at their most creative while showering.

May 7 2014 3:07pm

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

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