Following the hip hop creations spawned in tribute to Oscar Pistorius' defence lawyer, Barry Roux, a track has been recorded in honour of tough-talking Gerrie Nel, the prosecutor in the case.
‘They call me Gerrie Nel and I am mad as hell’: Now Pistorius prosecutor gets his own rap
Google autocomplete reveals people’s true feelings about lawyers
Hot arrogant scum: The British public's view of solicitors, barristers and law students is rather confused.
Morning round-up: Thursday 17 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
A law-themed drinking game called ‘Hammertime’ has been created
Could "Hammertime", which was first popularised among Australian law students, go global this summer?
Another criminal barristers chambers axes its pupillage
EXCLUSIVE: Criminal set Dyers Chambers — which specialises in high value fraud and serious crime — withdraws its pupillage for 2015.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 16 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal apprenticeships: ‘I fully intend to progress to partner’
Legal Cheek's Alex Aldridge meets three lawyers who took the legal apprenticeship route before it became fashionable.
Top QCs slam Pistorius prosecutor’s cross-examination style
Don't imitate approach of Gerrie Nel, urge three silks on Twitter.
Taxi driver films himself rebuffing lawyer’s sexual advances — litigation ensues
Video of drunken US lawyer seducing taxi driver leads to three legal disputes.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 15 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
QC day: in cat selfies
Bringing together the cat selfie template that exploded on social media over the weekend and today's QC appointment ceremony.
Paralegal who sent takedown notice to remove Wonga parody meme forced into internet hiding
Wonga's legal team hand recent University of Law graduate the dubious privilege of getting an image parodying the company removed from Twitter. Backlash focuses on him, rather than senior members of legal team.
Who’s been pinching textbooks from Gray’s Inn?
Inn of Court issues issues Facebook plea after textbooks go missing.
Morning round-up: Monday 14 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
The winner of our Facebook caption competition is...Elwyn Evans.
Law student jailed for dealing crack cocaine
Hertfordshire University first-year law student is sent to prison for three years this morning, after disastrous sequence of events set in motion by his lack of money.
Four candles stolen from magistrates court — or was it fork handles?
Candle theft sees lawyer make Two Ronnies quip.
Blogging barrister refers himself to the Bar Standards Board after committing ‘very serious’ contempt of court
Henry Hendron's "ringside" coverage of the Nigel Evans trial lands him in hot water.
Morning round-up: Friday 11 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Barrister feted as a ‘hero’ after jumping into canal fully-suited to retrieve child’s toy turtle
When attempt to fish toy from water with umbrella failed, in-house barrister Steven Molloy threw himself into canal and seized turtle — generating applause from passers-by.
If you look like Saul Goodman, why not dress like Saul Goodman?
Snapchat photo of a man who looks and dresses like Breaking Bad lawyer Saul Goodman goes viral after screenshot appears on Facebook.
Lawyer couple make incredible ‘save the date’ video for their ‘boss wedding’
British solicitors and barristers should do more of this sort of thing.
This is what happens when a group of law students have a conversation about cats on Facebook
It began on Sunday with an inquiry by a US law student about the possibility of using cats to combat a mouse infestation. And ended yesterday amid a storm of legal threats.
8 historical moments as captured on Gray’s Inn’s very cool Facebook timeline
The Armada, Shakespeare and Blitz devastation: as experienced by the Inns of Court.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 9 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
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- 1 'They call me Gerrie Nel and I am mad as hell': Now Pistorius prosecutor gets his own rap
- 2 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 was shot down by Chinese missile, claims practising barrister
- 3 Blogging barrister refers himself to the Bar Standards Board after committing 'very serious' contempt of court
- 4 Interview: Glamour model and law student Vanessa Knowles on her quest to bag a training contract
- 5 Google autocomplete reveals people's true feelings about lawyers
- 1 Legal apprenticeships: 'I fully intend to progress to partner'
- 2 Another criminal barristers chambers axes its pupillage
- 3 Top QCs slam Pistorius prosecutor's cross-examination style
- 4 Taxi driver films himself rebuffing lawyer's sexual advances — litigation ensues
- 5 Blogging barrister refers himself to the Bar Standards Board after committing 'very serious' contempt of court
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