Category: News
‘We are not doing a Tooks’ says Argent as it prepares to ‘merge’ with Goldsmith Chambers
Yet more drastic action forced on criminal sets by the legal aid cuts.
Adventures in procrastination: the comedy Defamation Act 2013 video
Hot on the heels of the Law Revision Crossbow comes this student lament on the fluid nature of English defamation law.
Morning round-up: Thursday 1 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
An oasis of humour in the equity & trusts desert.
Hilarious transcript of lawyer’s argument with witness over definition of a photocopier is turned into a short film
New short film 'Verbatim' uses actors to document, word-for-word, an incredible exchange which featured in a 2010 US case.
Brighton Pier Tarot reader wows barrister
First you get hit by the law schools selling their barrister dream, then the Tarot Card readers get you...
Morning round-up: Wednesday 30 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
After posting today's Vine revision tips article, featuring University of Law heartthrob Faheem Ahmad, we received this Snapchat.
Top QC offers George Clooney 14 tips on being married to a barrister
The advice by 11KBW barrister Sean Jones QC — delivered via the #MarriedtotheBar Twitter hashtag — is essential reading for the film star ahead of his wedding to Doughty Street's Amal Alamuddin.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 29 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Driving forward efficiency and innovation in the legal sector.
Barrister to stand trial accused of falsely notifying British government of Olympics nuclear attack
Practising barrister faces bomb hoax charges under Section 51(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 for Olympics terrorist nuclear attack warning.
Doughty Street barrister who topped ‘Bar hottie’ list gets engaged to George Clooney
Did legal blog YourBarristerBoyfriend bring human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin and film star together?
Morning round-up: Monday 28 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Do you mean "Public Law"?
How far would you go for silence in the library?
Court hears how law student lay in street with a noose around his neck in protest at noise in library, having also threatened hunger strike and suicide.
The emerging etiquette of the training contract video interview
How best to present yourself to potential employers through a laptop camera.
Morning round-up: Friday 25 April
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Embracing the stereotype that lawyers are shark-like.
‘I worry I’m wasting my hero’s heart at law school’
Heroic law student reveals inner struggle to PostSecret.
12 alternative approaches to law revision
Because it can help to mix things up...