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Morning round-up: Wednesday 1 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Top barrister sparks social media row with telly-copper over Janner ‘trial of facts’
"Pro paedophile followers" accusation sparks Twitter anger
Oxford University law student guilty of serious assault on woman in local nightclub
Judge warns of possible jail time after vicious attack involving seven punches left victim with a broken nose
York Uni law grad lands training contract through Twitter direct message
Why bother with application forms when you can DM the boss?
The Lawyers’ Revolt is spreading
Solicitors and barristers in London, Leeds and Manchester latest to join insurgency
Morning round-up: Tuesday 30 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Cambridge law student seeks to track down Pride barrister so he can make work experience plea
Bar hopeful is offering cake in return for information
Latest landmark for Amal Clooney – first professional lookalike hits party circuit
A holiday worker from Cornwall has teamed with a Kent cleaner to mirror high-flying barrister and her middle-aged actor hubby
Pride 2015: Profession pays tribute to ‘Legal Heroes’ who’ve championed LGBT rights
Lawyers contribute to carnival atmosphere at London Pride march buoyed by US Supreme Court backing of gay marriage
Morning round-up: Monday 29 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
How ex-Linklaters solicitor Julia Salasky created a start-up to crowdfund justice
Is this the future in a world where legal aid is almost non-existent for challenging fundamental human rights issues?
The Judge Rules: get off mini-pupillage cake-girl’s back
Critics can’t go soft on work experience QC while slagging off mini-pupil for angling for her own edge
Law grad loses breach of contract case alleging Glasgow Caledonian Uni tuition not up to scratch
Former LLB student -- who refused to pay fees after claiming law lecturer was a "joker" -- sees overly ambitious case thrown out
‘Hunt the partner’: Top London media firm makes trainees play Hide and Seek with ‘disguised’ senior lawyers
News of Clintons' bizarre Covent Garden game leaks on Instagram
Morning round-up: Friday 26 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
7 cool pieces of art from the Magna Carta exhibition at Gray’s Inn
Rebecca Hossack's exhibition has a sense of humour
German bar association puts hands up to online hoax that went viral
Lawyers in The Fatherland confound stereotypes by producing a vaguely funny video about the perils of not seeking legal advice when divorcing
Leveson slams technophobe judges – and calls for credit card justice
Queen’s Bench Division guvnor calls on colleagues to give up on paper -- especially in complex fraud trials
Liverpool lawyers defy bar chiefs to launch criminal courts strike
Local barristers are refusing to take new instructions from beginning of July in fight against legal aid cuts
Morning round-up: Thursday 25 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Criminal law juniors take another knock as Supreme Court green-lights QASA
Controversial advocacy assessment regime loses final judicial review hurdle today