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‘Don’t sweat the small stuff, do sweat the big stuff – and learn to tell the difference’

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

21 June 2013 09:30

Morning round-up: Friday 21 June

“Astonishing” letter from Attorney General hints at government split over legal aid reform [Legal Futures]...

21 June 2013 08:21

End of the day round-up

Twitter and Facebook users who post offensive messages online are likely to escape prosecution if...

20 June 2013 17:31

Controversial ‘Rate Your Lecturer’ website features 3 law lecturers in its Top 10

Since it launched at the beginning of the month, RateYourLecturer.co.uk has aroused the ire of...

20 June 2013 12:52

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