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Selfie-taking lawyer gored by bull during Spanish festival
US criminal defence specialist recovering in hospital

Legal Twitterati sent into overdrive after former PM threatens to take Boris Johnson to court to stop a no-deal Brexit
John Major says he'd consider lawyering up to stop the Queen suspending the House of Commons

Open thread: What are magic circle firms REALLY paying their newly qualified lawyers?
Help us fill the gaps by sharing your insider salary info below the line

Criminal defence solicitor expecting child with Celebrity Big Brother reality star
Couple met after she represented Jeremy McConnell for assaulting Hollyoaks actress Stephanie Davis

This is the ‘behaviour contract’ Love Island contestants have to sign
Strict rules regarding alcohol, drugs, sex, smoking and contact with the outside world

Exclusive interview: Man who brought private prosecution against Boris Johnson faces ‘financial ruin’ over £200,000 debt
Uncertainty over Marcus Ball’s future comes despite crowdfunding over £500,000

Pride 2019: Lawyers take to London’s streets to celebrate LGBT+ rights
Pride Jubilee marked half-century since Stonewall uprising

Lincoln, Glasgow and Aberystwyth Unis home to nation’s happiest law students
Trio top National Student Survey for LLB satisfaction; ULaw performs strongly across the board; Russell Group struggle

Edge Hill Uni law grad left tetraplegic after horror car smash set to realise barrister dream
Simon Arnold defies odds to secure pupillage

Aspiring barrister jailed for grooming over 140 children online
Aberystwyth Uni law grad handed 10 year sentence

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Nearly a third of magic circle trainees went to Oxbridge
This despite making up less than 1% of each year’s graduating class

Stephenson Harwood ups junior lawyer pay to £75,000
Trainees also handed extra cash

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

British 22-year-old lawtech entrepreneur raises £3.7 million from Facebook and Airbnb backers to help fund ‘robot lawyer’ app
Joshua Browder secures big financial boost

International human rights lawyer jailed for spitting at air crew found dead
Body of Simone Burns discovered at Beachy Head cliffs in East Sussex

BPTC grads more likely to get pupillage if they’re white
Ethnic minorities with same marks as white peers find it harder to get a place at chambers, figures show

Supreme Court chiefs celebrate 10th anniversary with official portrait launch
Team Supreme snaps unveiled by Hale

British barrister faces extradition to Turkey over ‘propaganda’ charges
Ozcan Keles accused of spreading propaganda online

5 reasons why law students should be obsessed with Kim Kardashian
She’s a real-life Elle Woods