A Canadian criminal lawyer is at the heart of a media storm after several highly offensive tweets referring to the Boston bombing were posted from a law firm Twitter account that he is believed to control.
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The Anonymous Twitter Account Causing A Storm Among Nation’s Law Students
Law students don’t get out much, preferring instead to pour their energies into work – and procrastination. Enter @LawVicissitudes, an anonymous Twitter account which is causing a storm among British wannabe lawyers.
Since launching less than two months ago, @LawVicissitudes has rapidly hauled in over 4,000 followers, with retweets of its pithy one-liners about what's on the minds of us legal library hermits bounding round the law student Twittersphere. Speculation about who is behind the account is rife, but the identity of @LawVicissitudes remains a mystery.
Here, grouped into category type for your convenience, are my top ten @LawVicissitudes tweets to date...
1KBW divorce barrister offers priest work experience
"I should very much like to be a barrister so I could say things like 'I put it to you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury' and wear a bow tie," tweeted celeb priest Richard Coles on Friday. To which he received this helpful response from 1KBW's Philip Marshall QC...
Celeb Lawyer Mark Stephens Hits Back After Comedian Accuses Him Of Stealing Hugo Chavez Joke
After Hugo Chavez died last week, comedian Stephen Grant tweeted this gag about the former Venezuelan President: "In honour of the passing of Hugo Chavez, I have had his initials inscribed onto my bathroom taps."
Lord Neuberger Is Trending! UK’s Top Judge Ousts Justin Bieber As Twitter’s Hottest Topic After Voicing Legal Aid Concerns
It's not often that you get a member of the legal profession outperforming Justin Bieber on Twitter. But this morning UK Supreme Court chief Lord Neuberger achieved this impressive feat after his suggestion that legal aid cuts could undermine the rule of law sparked a wave of debate on the social network...
The Weight Loss Obsession Of Anne Hathaway’s Lawyer Dad
As Anne Hathaway was sending viewers to sleep with her acceptance speech at last night's Baftas, the actor's lawyer father, Gerald Hathaway, had other things on his mind...
Julian Assange’s Mum Labels David Allen Green A ‘Troll’ – Borat-Themed Bust-Up Ensues
Solicitor and New Statesman legal correspondent David Allen Green suffered a bruising weekend on Twitter after Assange supporters took umbrage at his views on the high profile extradition case.
The altercation even saw one of the pro-Assange group turn to Photoshop to create this mock-up of Green with Borat-style hair and moustache.
But the most memorable bit of the two-day war of words occurred at its outset on Saturday, when Christine Assange (aka Julian's mum) went on the anti-Green offensive...