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Twitter dismay over new justice committee chair’s defence of legal aid cuts
Former barrister Bob Neill unveiled as parliamentary justice committee chairman
Now work-experience-charging firm exposed for alleged plagiarism
London niche practice forced to pull training contract blurb from website after striking similarities with wording of City and national firms were uncovered
Who is the mysterious cigar smoking London lawyer on Instagram?
Instagram user "Londonlawyer" is a social media mystery man, but is he actually a practising certificate-holder of any type?
The Judge Rules: Bar officialdom must tidy up the mess around ‘brand barrister’
Scraped through the BPTC but failed to bag a pupillage? Not to worry -- you can still call yourself a barrister
Morning round-up: Friday 19 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Top silk leads call for renegade criminal bar strike over legal aid cuts
Michael Mansfield QC lashes out at Criminal Bar Association decision to drop direct action plans
DLA in the soup over ‘wicked witch’ label for ex-client
Regulator called in after data retention disclosure unearths embarrassing emails
Breaking news: Shearman & Sterling retains all 13 of its London trainees
New Yorkers are first off the blocks for the “autumn” newly-qualified retention figures
Ukip man calls himself ‘Barrister-at-Law’ despite not doing pupillage — BSB says it’s OK
Bar regulator relaxed -- and Bar Council silent -- about protecting professional title
Morning round-up: Thursday 18 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Ministry of Justice — the sick man of Whitehall
Michael Gove arrives to find a culture of sick days and stress that is the worst of all government departments
Gove goes to war with judges over posh digs
In his first battle with legal profession, new Justice Secretary wants to flog mansions and penthouse lodgings for Crown Court judges on the road
City lawyers pour cold water over proposed apprenticeship qualifying route
Professional regulators’ plans described as potentially weakening entry standards by not even requiring GCSEs
County court notice flags up the lack of love between barristers and solicitors
Segregation attempt triggers social media outrage from the larger branch of legal profession
Male solicitors are paid 38% more than women at commercial law firms
The sisters are taking a huge hammering worth thousands of pounds, according to research released yesterday
Morning round-up: Wednesday 17 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Exclusive: Reed Smith hands qualifying solicitors modest 1.5% pay rise
Trainees at Pittsburgh-headquartered practice do better, bagging 4% rise to take them to £38,500
Smartphones have made overtime culture ‘endemic’ in law, finds research
Study released today blames phones and tablets for allowing partners to deprive associates of almost all sleep
Sacked gun-wielding magistrate’s fury at ‘double standard’ over BSB investigator’s Dirty Harry-style photo
AK-47 posing magistrate frustrated over his fate as staffer at bar regulator goes unpunished for Facebook gun pose
Research: wannabe barristers are the biggest law student druggies
Legal Practice Course counterparts are the least keen, but when wannabe solicitors do take drugs they have penchant for cocaine
Morning round-up: Tuesday 16 June
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts