Tag: Twitter

Pupil barristers take to Twitter to mark first day on the job
Social media posts come as Gateway reopens today

Lawyers hit out at US law firm Quinn Emanuel’s ‘dread’ advert
Full-page in FT

Top QC under fire for suggesting pupil barristers should have ‘well polished shoes’ and a ‘proper haircut’
Former Bar Council chief Richard Atkins apologises for posting tweet quoting recently deceased judge

Biden’s law graduate granddaughter pokes fun at Trump with fake case law tweet
'The case of Trump v. Reality'

Junior barrister imagines Boris Johnson and top Tory MPs as fictional QCs in hilarious Twitter thread
Filled with plenty of QC quips and lawyer in-jokes

Junior barrister hits back at Boris Johnson’s ‘hamstrung’ justice comment in viral Twitter thread
PM waded into government's 'lefty lawyers' saga yesterday

Law Society: Lawyers could face physical attacks following Home Secretary speech
Priti Patel lashed out at 'lefty lawyers' and 'do-gooders' during conference address

#MyRoutetotheBar: Tweeting barristers share their unconventional career paths
Features advice from a former window cleaner, lifeguard and nightclub DJ

Mixed-race junior barrister makes formal complaint after being mistaken for defendant three times in one day
'I don’t expect to have to constantly justify my existence at work', writes Alexandra Wilson

‘#ChangeTheRecord’: Bar Council retort goes viral as government doubles down on ‘activist’ lawyer-bashing
Senior minister Priti Patel reignites row

Home Office deletes ‘activist’ tweet amid complaints about ‘loudmouthed lawyers’ on social media
Post had been condemned by the department's top civil servant

Gruntasnorus Poo Face! Glasgow Uni law prof in Zoom name blunder
Blames 11-year-old daughter

Legal Twitterati outrage over Home Office’s ‘activist lawyer’ tweet
The Secret Barrister changed their handle to 'The Secret Activist Lawyer (AKA Barrister)' in response

Barristers dish out career wisdom to mark A-Level results day
Exams scrapped in wake of coronavirus mean sixth-formers receive grades based on predictions and schools' past performance

Essex Court Chambers barrister calls for Wiley to be stripped of MBE following anti-Semitic rant
Honour should be revoked 'at earliest opportunity', says Jeremy Brier, as grime artist is banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Former lawyer slams law firms for putting email addresses in order of hierarchy
Moiz Ali says he was 'admonished'

Former Doughty Street barrister ordered to cough up deleted tweets and author info from notorious Twitter account
High Court tells Daniel Bennett to reveal who was behind allegedly defamatory @arrytuttle tweets

Lawyers demand action on ‘Blackstone courts’ amid reports one will be in MoJ headquarters
The locations are still officially under wraps

Legal Twitter reacts after ‘white van man’ questions Keir Starmer’s ‘working class’ roots
Posts pic of barrister and Labour leader wearing traditional legal get-up

Barristers lose it over Quiz courtroom blunders
'Was that a gavel I just heard?'