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Morning round-up: Wednesday 10 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

10 June 2015 08:16

Outsourced court staff play Bhutanese translation joke on harassed barrister

Pay attention crime lawyers -- salutary tale highlighted on Secret Barrister Blog

9 June 2015 16:34

Exclusive: man appears naked in Appeal Court for first time … probably

Renowned ‘naked rambler’ lives up to name in bid to overturn ASBO sentence -- but sadly its via video link

9 June 2015 14:47

Freshfields chucks £500 pay rise at trainees as top partners take home nearly £1.5m

Latest magic circle player to update pay gives newly-qualified solicitors a big fat nothing

9 June 2015 13:45

‘Jeoffrey’ commits multiple torts against Catelyn and Sansa in Game of Thrones-inspired law exam

Legal academics at Sheffield University in exam homage to hit show First year law students...

9 June 2015 12:42

9 things that happen when legal brains attend music festivals

As a lawyer it can be hard to just enjoy the show

9 June 2015 10:55

Sacked Apprentice lawyer wants you to fund her business

Lauren Riley turns to crowd funding to boost her client-communications app

9 June 2015 09:14

Morning round-up: Tuesday 9 June

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

9 June 2015 08:25

Now there’s a mobile app that monitors and records human rights abuses

International lawyers group launches hi-tech tool in fight against tyrants and political fanatics

8 June 2015 15:45

Herbert Smith Freehills and Ashurst latest to jump on contextual recruiting bandwagon

Both firms adopt diversity tool after informally assessing recruits against it for last year

8 June 2015 14:32