Tag: News
Why it’s inadvisable to describe yourself as a lawyer on Twitter when you’re not
Activist and campaigner Mohammed Ansar is probably regretting claiming to be a qualified lawyer.
Morning round-up: Thursday 15 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Top London solicitor and law student who worked as prostitute sent each other ‘behaviour contracts’ before suing each other — judgment reveals
Could better drafting have avoided unseemly dispute which graced yesterday's tabloids?
BPP Law School in disability access shame
Astounded disabled trainee solicitor tweets photos of law school's building access "solution".
Morning round-up: Wednesday 14 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
#OpCotton ‘reserved’: Case so far explained through 9 memorable tweets
The judgment on the case that threatens to derail the government's legal aid cuts has been "reserved", with the judges hoping to rule within a "short space of time". Here is what has happened so far.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Equity and Trusts version
Finally, it's here.
Morning round-up: Tuesday 13 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Barristers vent pupillage application sift pain on Twitter
Social media-loving barristers are increasingly turning to Twitter to share the tedium of graduate recruitment.
A tie for Mondays
"My dad, a lawyer, gave this to me," writes Imgur user 'Swedishish'. "He had it for years but told me he never had the courage to wear it in court."
Morning round-up: Monday 12 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Would you turn down pupillage at a top chambers to go travelling?
A Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) graduate has penned a blog about declining a top intellectual property set's pupillage offer in order to see the world.
Morning round-up: Friday 9 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
There is a lawyer performing in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
Junior corporate lawyer Sebastiano Paù-Lessi is representing Switzerland as his whistling fiddler alter ego "Sebalter".
Junior solicitor releases rap album about how much he hated his training contract at top City firm
'Square Meal, Square Mile' details solicitor's unhappiness during TC at top 10 City outfit.
Morning round-up: Thursday 8 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Why lawyers need to shower more
Survey of City solicitors finds that they are at their most creative while showering.
An anatomy of Kaplan’s doomed BPTC
Positioning itself as cool, unfussy and cheap would have made the Kaplan Law School Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) less vulnerable to competition from bigger rivals.
Morning round-up: Wednesday 7 May
The morning's top legal news stories and social media posts.
Kaplan Law School to quit pricey Thames-side campus
Move away from South Bank premises follows ditching of Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), as Kaplan re-focuses on Legal Practice Course (LPC) which is to be extended to include a free LLM qualification.
Suspended lawyer’s bid to marry his porn-filled laptop is dismissed by judge
Lawyer claims he "fell in love" with computer and "preferred having sex with it over all other persons or things".