Tag: News
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 29 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Barrister to stand trial accused of falsely notifying British government of Olympics nuclear attack
Practising barrister faces bomb hoax charges under Section 51(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 for Olympics terrorist nuclear attack warning.
Doughty Street barrister who topped ‘Bar hottie’ list gets engaged to George Clooney
Did legal blog YourBarristerBoyfriend bring human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin and film star together?
Morning round-up: Monday 28 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
How far would you go for silence in the library?
Court hears how law student lay in street with a noose around his neck in protest at noise in library, having also threatened hunger strike and suicide.
The emerging etiquette of the training contract video interview
How best to present yourself to potential employers through a laptop camera.
Morning round-up: Friday 25 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.