Last week's podcast on whether getting a 2:2 is fatal for wannabe lawyers got me thinking. Obviously, those in possession of a Desmond need to do loads of extra-curricular activities and work experience to make up for their poor uni results, but that will only get them so far. They also, probably more importantly, need a compelling explanation for their rubbish academic performance...
Who owns the copyright on barristers’ advocacy? [UK Human Rights Blog]
Snow penis elicits chortles at DLA Piper [RollOnFriday]
56-year-old British grandmother sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia for drug trafficking [BBC News]
How UK libel laws undermined Sunday Times in Lance Armstrong case [The Guardian]
A&O joins host of firms announcing trainee retention rates [Legal Week]
Canadian gunman kills lawyer and doctor and critically wounds female prosecutor in Philippines court [Mail Online]
Director of Public Prosecutions pledges to clamp down on tax dodgers and avoidance schemes [Evening Standard]
Catastrophe averted as Hunter the cat returns to Inner Temple [The Lawyer]
Thom Yorke threatens to "sue the living shit" out of David Cameron if the prime minister uses a Radiohead song in a future election campaign [The Guardian]
Half of law firm partners think they're underpaid [The Lawyer]
Judge orders barrister to donate £10 to charity after mobile breaks silence in court [Evening Standard]
Fee earner numbers at SNR Denton fell from 517 to 471, while support staff numbers dropped from 577 to 523, during the last financial year [Legal Week]
Alex Salmond entices left and lawyers with promise of new rights in a written constitution [The Guardian]
Welcome to White & Case Miami, the graveyard of women lawyers' partnership dreams [ABA Journal]
Sponsor BPTC student Matt Sellwood in his 50 mile run to raise funds for FRU – that's much further than the London Legal Walk [MyDonate]
BPP joins government initiative to create non-uni route to lawyer career [Legal Week]
What can judge-watchers expect in 2013? [The Guardian]
College of Law settles exam paper dispute [Lawyer2B]
Judges told to consider "viral tweets" in libel damages [PC Pro]
Lawyer charged with trying to sell Saddam Hussein family's guns [Miami Herald]
Gay marriage and Paul Coleridge: our legal system provides rights for all [The Guardian]
Looks like we’re not the only country with social media issues...
Law blogger questioned by police after tweeting that he wants National Rifle Association chief’s ‘head on a stick’ [Crooked Timber]
Indonesian lawyer faces 8 years in prison for tweeting allegations against government official [The Jakarta Post]
Winston Roddick insists police commissioner job is full time [BBC News]
How redundancy had a silver lining for ‘legal eagle’ [EADT]
The lawyer v the law firm [Law 21]
Hillsborough families move another step closer to justice [The Guardian]
Legal Week news round-up: the best of 2012 [Legal Week]
Grayling sets out plan for culling judicial reviews [Law Society Gazette]
Jon Robins follows the furore over regulation in the legal fraternity [New Law Journal]
Transcript of today's hearing in Litvinenko inquest [Litvinenkoinquest.org via Joshua Rozenberg on Twitter]
Legal warning for tweeters and bloggers [BBC]
US Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayor tells how fear of early death affected motherhood decision [ABA Journal]
Major firms join influential 30% Club initiative to boost female partners [Legal Week]
[Picture from Tompride.wordpress.com]
Broadcasters pushing for cameras in court only want 'rape, blood and gore', claims peer [Press Gazette]
Lord McAlpine’s solicitor Andrew Reid: “So much of the fun and characters have gone out of the law that I would not encourage a career in the law as a final profession” [The Times (£)]
New online barrister portal launched in effort to harness direct access [Legal Week]
The glamorous LA lifestyle of the law student executed on a New York street [Mail Online]
Cops face jail over murder of IRA lawyer [The Sun]
Alexander Litvinenko inquest: what are the issues at stake? [The Guardian]
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