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Law students are pompous, anal bores with ‘booming voices’ — claims BuzzFeed as it evaluates undergraduate personalities
Journalists at London office of social news website BuzzFeed think people who study law are much less cool than them
Video: lawyer attacks judge with a fly swatter before being punched by fellow advocate
CCTV footage of extraordinary Kazakhstan courtroom bust-up becomes viral hit
Law firm seeks to glam-up paralegal vacancy by pretending it’s a job in ‘The Paras’
"Fancy joining the Paras?” asks a Quality Solicitor franchise firm in Dudley, applying gloss to some fairly mundane social welfare and family law tasks.
Morning round-up: Monday 21 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Members of Leeds' Zenith Chambers cool off with a 'Vodka Luge'
Law lecturer lip sync battles are a thing
Lip sync battles -- as popularised by British comic Stephen Merchant, whose classic lip sync performance on the Jimmy Fallon show has become a YouTube classic -- have finally reached the law
Transcript emerges of huge bust-up between judge and ‘breathtakingly arrogant’ barrister that has shocked the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has torn into a criminal barrister and referred him to the Bar Standards Board for getting into a slanging match with a Crown Court judge — but what did the pair actually say to each other?
Morning round-up: Friday 18 July
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Legal pic of the day
Guardian illustrates law story with photo of … an erotica book?!
Bar Hottie 2014: 1 Hare Court’s Nicholas Wilkinson is crowned ‘London’s hottest barrister’ in a list stacked with new talent
Divorce lawyer Wilkinson wins; last year's top hottie Patrick Hennessey down to fourth place; 17 new entrants to 21-strong list