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‘Plagiarised’ law essay goes viral
White student writes of the injustice she faces as a black woman.
10 outrageous slurs on Chris Grayling’s appearance made during Question Time
As Chris Grayling sailed through last night's Question Time without being asked a single question about legal aid, Twitter found itself captivated by the justice secretary's face.
The mysterious website offering wannabe solicitors application help in exchange for 3% of their training contract salary
Lack of phone number, company number or functioning social media links don't inspire confidence. Oh, and "EMPLOYABILITY" has borrowed the name of a non-profit that helps disabled students into careers.
Morning round-up: Friday 23 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Mixing love and legal education: what could possibly go wrong?
Combining your personal life with legal study seems to be all the rage in the US right now.
Revision hell captured through Snapchat
We asked our Snapchat followers how their law revision was going. This is how they responded...
Morning round-up: Thursday 22 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
The encouraging bit of the disappointing #OpCotton judgment
Today's ruling by the Court of Appeal at least offered a crumb of comfort to criminal lawyers. Although not everyone is buying it.
What some deeply unoriginal sexist emails say about lawyers
An apology may have been enough for DLA Piper sexist email partner Nick West to keep his job. But it can’t reverse the damage his witless misogynistic quips have done to City lawyers’ reputations.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
General public flee as T-shirt clad lawyers descend on London
Not only did yesterday's London Legal Walk raise over £500,000 for legal advice charities, but it also produced a host of delightful visual moments.
Tory councillor who described herself as a ‘barrister’ despite never being called to the Bar is arrested
Law graduate was originally cleared of wrongdoing for using ‘barrister’ title, but Legal Cheek‘s identification of huge Bar Council error in investigation leads to intervention by police.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 20 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Man sues for more money than there is on earth
$2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 claim issued by New York man after he is allegedly bitten by a dog.
Bristol Uni law student lands the best part-time job in the history of part-time jobs
Second year law student will test baths professionally after becoming the nation's first ever Bathroom Executive Officer.
Morning round-up: Monday 19 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
DLA Piper launches probe over reports that partner referred to women as ‘gash’ in email exchange
City law firm confirms Nick West is being investigated as part of the sexist email scandal that has engulfed FA chief Richard Scudamore.
Uni law exam features Breaking Bad characters
Breaking Bad duo Walter White and Jesse Pinkman star in City University employment law exam.
Morning round-up: Friday 16 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Noisy pigeons force abandonment of university law exam
First and third year students doing public law and international law affected, but someone has seen the funny side and created a @BangorUniPigeon Twitter account.
The legal correspondence that ensued when Instagram sensation Dan Bilzerian threw porn star Janice Griffith off a roof
Letter appears on website that was purportedly written by Dan Bilzerian's lawyer to pornstar who was injured after he threw her into a pool.