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Could the ‘Desk Safari’ craze spread to law?

So far, justice secretary Chris Grayling is the only representative of the legal profession to...

20 June 2013 10:01

Morning round-up: Thursday 20 June

Judge accepts testimony from Michael Jackson’s “ghost” in court [Now] Moral Maze: Pornography and the...

20 June 2013 08:27

Lawyer’s swaggering response to ‘ham-fisted’ cease and desist letter goes viral

The US legal blogosphere was lit up yesterday by a brilliant leaked response to a...

19 June 2013 11:44

Judicial ‘Pepsi Challenge’ fails as law students are unable to identify judges’ gender from their anonymised rulings

Durham University law students’ attempt to tell the gender of a judge on the basis...

19 June 2013 08:37

Law students among the most mentally stable of undergraduates at top uni

A survey of Cambridge University undergraduates’ mental health has, comfortingly for the future of the...

18 June 2013 12:40

The terrifying personality cult of Bernadette Kearns

Meet Bernadette Kearns, the great leader of Wigan law firm Bernadette Kearns Property Lawyers. The...

18 June 2013 09:31

Legal typos: 7 absolute howlers

Oh how we clinical negligence practitioners laughed when a pfannenstiel incision — which is a...

14 June 2013 12:34

How I became a tech start-up lawyer

In the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series,...

14 June 2013 09:18

Bristol Uni law student who swore at police avoids criminal record after representing himself in court

In this difficult moment for wannabe lawyers, where work experience is so scarce that a...

13 June 2013 13:30

Wannabe lawyer in vile Dunkin’ Donuts rant

Note to law students: avoid becoming carried away by a newfound knowledge of “your rights”...

13 June 2013 09:16