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Solicitors’ leader smarms up to new Attorney General and Solicitor General despite no other lawyer having heard of them

While the rest of the legal profession scratches its head in bafflement at the elevation of Jeremy Wright and Robert Buckland, the Law Society President tweets fawning congratulations

23 July 2014 14:35

God orders student to go to law school — but she wants us to foot the bill

A young woman in South Carolina launches a novel crowd-funding bid to cover degree fees after the Almighty provides career planning advice

23 July 2014 12:28

Let’s break free from the cultural imperialism of US legal dramas and stop imagining that English judges use gavels

Even a respected broadsheet falls into the trap of thinking British judges bang away like their Yankee counterparts

23 July 2014 09:46

Morning round-up: Wednesday 23 July

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

23 July 2014 08:03

Legal pic of the day

Law firm business development latest:

22 July 2014 17:12

Law firm rues its creation of fictional ‘Mr Thikas Toosh Ortplanks’ character

Solicitors coined £77m from personal injury claims, but it didn’t stop them taking the Micky out of miners

22 July 2014 14:51

Punters ignore Law Society cheap lager deals — so it boosts prices

Photographic evidence proves that not even cut price booze can convince legal London to fall in love with the solicitors’ trade union

22 July 2014 12:06

A reading from the Book of Mitchell

Wigapedia draws upon Biblical inspiration to follow the twists and turns of the Jackson reforms

22 July 2014 09:12

Morning round-up: Tuesday 22 July

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

22 July 2014 08:06

Legal pic of the day

What your parents say when you tell them you want to quit law to become an artist

21 July 2014 16:21