Category: News
Heartthrob Cumberbatch in shock revelation: he wanted to be a barrister
Actor parents of Sherlock star encouraged him to go into law, but the closest he came was to preside over Judge Rinder's wedding
Research: 77% of rookie tenants at top 30 chambers went to Oxbridge
Top end of the junior bar is dominated by Oxford and Cambridge -- to a far greater extent than leading law firms
Morning round-up: Friday 16 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Have you seen missing Durham law student Euan Coulthard?
Law second year last seen leaving Durham nightclub Loveshack
Legal pic of the day
Great puns, but why the penguins?
Ex-Brunel law student scammed tens of thousands from migrants to fund gambling debts
Abdul Farooq admits being in cahoots with dodgy Border Agency official to hoodwink the vulnerable
A QC has made a lawyer version of Twitter with ‘moots’ rather than tweets
A new frontier for social media?
Legal pic of the day
Hammer time
Clifford Chance trainee pulls Charlie Hebdo rant from YouTube
Exclusive: Magic circle firm distances itself from rookie's online diatribe -- not difficult to imagine the reaction of senior partners
New silks: Women and ethnic minorities have best strike rate, but men dominate
Today’s silk round shows women and ethnic minorities have a much better success rate than their male counterparts -- but they still lag way behind in applications
Legal profession has best-ever showing in gay-friendly employer rankings
Three law firms make top 10 of Stonewall list, seven more in top 100 -- and one granted "star performer" status. Plus the CPS is there too
Is this the most random Twitter hacking ever to have befallen a law firm?
Hill Dickinson’s Twitter account "hacked" by The Undateables fan
Legal pic of the day
"Shit happens"
New full-length trailer for Breaking Bad spinoff ‘Better Call Saul’ suggests we could be in for a treat
Forget Silk, there's a new legal drama in town
Queen Mary and Reed Smith combine to launch sandwich law degree — with guaranteed training contract interview
The law sandwich degree is here
Legal pic of the day
Meme mocks actor hubby of London human rights lawyer
Spoof Fox News account fools Twitter with fake legal threat
If only this was legit
BBC throws jobless LPC students a training contract lifeline
New in-house TCs start in September this year
BPTC application deadline extended as website goes down on deadline day
The deadline is now noon on Wednesday
11 reasons to think twice about doing the BPTC
Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first
Legal pic of the day
Emoji art -- works well on court drawings too