The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Dechert partner Miriam Clegg calls on girls to “aim high and focus on your careers” as she and Fiona Bruce launch a campaign to bring business and schools together [Mail Online]
Bar Council chair: Lord Chancellor should be “very senior lawyer” [Legal Futures]
Gerard Pique to face judge after Barcelona centre-back told a police officer “you’re jealous because I’m famous” [The Independent]
9 of the most quirky judgments of recent times [JustCite Blog]
Law students the most likely to work their way through university [Lawyer2B]
Amal Clooney in Evening Standard’s ten most influential Londoners [Mail Online]
Oscar Pistorius sentencing: court wishes judge Happy Birthday [The Telegraph]
Lawyer who robbed 3 banks and shot state trooper gets 24 years [ABA Journal]
Residential conveyancing paralegal [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Awww … so heartwarming! Everyone must have had a good laugh before they upheld the death sentence of another mentally retarded person” [Legal Cheek Comments]