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Mooting Fails: ‘It’s Very Embarrassing…I Am Not Entirely Familiar With The Facts Myself’

Among the mooting clips recently placed on video-sharing site Vimeo by City Law School are...

Dec 20 2012 1:31pm

‘Can You Be A Lawyer With Tattoos?’ Asks Wannabe Barrister Professor Green

And the answer to rapper Professor Green’s question, which he asked the other day on...

Dec 20 2012 10:20am

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 20 December

Looks like we’re not the only country with social media issues… Law blogger questioned by...

Dec 20 2012 9:24am

End Of The Day Round-Up

How to abuse people on Twitter and get away with it [The Guardian] Michael Douglas’s...

Dec 19 2012 7:13pm

DPP Slams Twitter Joke Trial QC For Making ‘Cheap Points’ And Failing To Grasp ‘Sophistication’ Of Social Media Issues

Having narrowly beaten Kirsty Brimelow in the last battle of the top QCs, Twitter Joke...

Dec 19 2012 1:50pm

‘Beautician Barrister’ Ditches BPP Law School To Do Bar Professional Training Course At Rival

Back in 2009, Essex beautician Georgina Blackwell caused a media storm when, without any legal...

Dec 19 2012 11:12am

Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 19 December

Posters of offensive messages on Twitter or Facebook less likely to face criminal charges, under...

Dec 19 2012 9:22am

End Of The Day Round-Up

DPP’s interim guidelines for social media prosecutions embargoed til midnight. But Twitter Joke Trial barrister...

Dec 18 2012 6:18pm

Ex-Eastenders and Strictly Star Chris Parker On His Frustration With Law Firms’ A-Level Obsession

After spending his 20s as an actor, rising to fame in Eastenders and Strictly Come...

Dec 18 2012 2:18pm

Legal Twitter Profile Of The Week

In these difficult times for the legal profession, it’s all about carving out a niche…

Dec 18 2012 1:59pm

Fighting The ‘Facebook Mentality’: Why Barristers Should Be Proud Of Their Refusal To ‘Share’ Diversity Data

I see barristers’ refusal to embrace diversity monitoring has been described as “embarrassing” and “pathetic”....

Dec 18 2012 10:40am

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 18 December

Commission on a Bill of Rights BINGO [UK Human Rights Blog] Slaughter and May solicitor...

Dec 18 2012 9:29am

End Of The Day Round-Up

“The Bill of Rights Commission reports tomorrow. Please, please can we all try to be...

Dec 17 2012 6:58pm

Solicitor Wows Polar Explorer With Hilarious Christmas Card

Ben Saunders, the third person in history to reach the North Pole alone and on...

Dec 17 2012 2:55pm

JOB ALERT: Clinical Negligence Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a top London law firm seeks a paralegal for its clinical negligence...

Dec 17 2012 1:15pm

BPP Sparks Fury As Its Official Twitter Account Ridicules David Beckham’s Reading Ability

Corporate Twitter accounts are often criticised for their blandness. But what happens when they go...

Dec 17 2012 10:12am

Morning Round-Up: Monday 17 December

Barrister snub to diversity monitoring “embarrassing” and “pathetic” [Legal Futures] Judges take on ministers over...

Dec 17 2012 9:31am

Legal Cheek Top Five: The Week’s Most Read Stories

1. Meet The ‘UK’s Top Barrister’… 2. Better Late Than Never: Lawyers – Gangnam Style...

Dec 15 2012 1:20pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Gary McKinnon will face no UK charges [CPS Blog] Margaret Moran’s lawyer, Jim Sturman QC,...

Dec 14 2012 7:01pm

‘I Naïvely Believed That If I Performed Well I Would Be Rewarded Accordingly’

Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...

Dec 14 2012 12:22pm

A Tesco Law Metaphor? Law Firm’s YouTube Christmas Card In Which Its Solicitors Are Wiped Out By Huge Snowball

Is the wintry mini-disaster movie created by Bhayani Bracewell in its YouTube Christmas card an...

Dec 14 2012 10:52am