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Morning round-up: Thursday 30 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
University of Law tight-lipped over BPTC launch for Leeds and Manchester
So-called northern powerhouse cities already have 285 bar courses on offer -- and only 26 pupillage places
Clifford Chance outstrips rivals in bid to field most charity walkers
Law firms can’t resist competing with each other -- even over charity events, as a league table currently being updated on social media graphically illustrates
Litigant-in-person files notice to ‘f*ck this court and everything it stands for’
This expletive-fuelled -- but strangely nearly cogent -- notice to a US federal court judge may be the rudest official legal document ever
Law firm charges wannabe solicitors thousands for homemade diploma and internship
Exclusive: The very expensive fortnight may leave students in more debt and still jobless
Morning round-up: Wednesday 29 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Star Wars fighters do battle above lawyer heads in Manchester
Office block lobby in building that houses three leading law firms has been turned into dreamland for the film’s addicts
Twitter outpouring as R v Brown dissenting judge dies
Lord Mustill stood up for the right of consenting adults to get involved in a spot of painful S&M -- but he was on the losing side
9 hateful Daily Mail comments about lawyers prompted by the illegal cycling of Justine Thornton
Further proof that Mail readers really, really hate lawyers
Pupillage places slip below the 400 mark for the first time
Training contracts tumbled yesterday, now it’s the turn of wannabe barristers to face bad news …
Morning round-up: Tuesday 28 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Election latest: some voters aren’t that sold on lawyer candidates
One Tory newbie barrister in standing in Hampshire, and our old friend the former telly producer turned Justice Secretary come in for flack
Official figures: training contracts plummet by 12.5% over last decade
Tough conditions for wannabe solicitors continues -- as stats show London tightens grip on training contract market
Exposed: another possible supermarket case of outrageous passing off
Will the intellectual property law teams at two supermarket giants leap into their panda cars to clamp down on these cheeky independents?
Cambridge law students claim they’re being hit on by ‘predatory’ solicitors and barristers
Student paper Varsity lifts lid on unwelcome advances made during graduate recruitment events
Morning round-up: Monday 27 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Bring on the revolution, cries former Appeal Court judge, imploring lawyers to ignore establishment and go on strike
Timid approach from establishment representation bodies should be binned, advises Sir Anthony Hooper, in bid to put fire in belly of criminal law practitioners
City lawyer parliamentary candidate battles claims he over-egged experience at Clifford Chance
Tory safe seat man in bid to refute allegations that his claim to have headed a magic circle department is a big fat exaggeration
Bogus ‘boutique barrister’ puts regulator in spotlight over non-practising status
Bar Standards Board defends its position as pupillage-less bar graduate is jailed for fraud after using "barrister" title
Meet the solicitor-pop star more popular than her magic circle law firm
Slaughter and May pop star associate puts her firm in social media shadows with her latest catchy release
The Judge rules: lawyer websites — little more than worthy vanity publishing
A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences