The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Stobart Barristers reaches the end of the road [Legal Futures]
George Clooney’s fiancée Amal Alamuddin cuts a stylish figure at a beauty salon after she is showered with engagement gifts from friends and family at her London home [Mail Online]
Judges criticise impact of legal aid cuts [The Guardian]
“You Can Do Anything With a Law Degree”: That’s what everyone says. Turns out everyone’s wrong [Slate]
Corporate lawyer needed [Twitter]
Are there any corporate lawyers who could run their eye over my son's proposed pocket money contact? 🙂 pic.twitter.com/HWgqK4VkHl
— Jon Busby (@jonb1966) May 14, 2014
Law Society warns of “Solicitors from Hell” email scam [Law Society Gazette]
The criminal barrister — an endangered species [The Times] Free version available on [Facebook]
Legal laggards begin to master diversity briefs [Financial Times]
Qatar promises to reform labour laws after outcry over “World Cup slaves” [The Guardian]
The world needs a lawyer version of this [White Men Wearing Google Glass]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Interesting that BPP hasn’t caught up with the DDA being replaced by the Equality Act…” [Legal Cheek Comments]
