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Squirrel News · @squirrelnews_en
20 followers · 70 posts · Server newsie.social

Over 120 UK defied bar rules by promising to not prosecute peaceful protesters, or act for any companies pursuing projects.

There is a lot of legalese involved, but thankfully reporter Damien Gayle makes it understandable.

theguardian.com/environment/20

#barristers #climate #fossilfuel #netzero #legal #CarbonNeutral

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Marc · @mm
366 followers · 16 posts · Server todon.eu

๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ผ โ€๐Ÿ’ผ ๐ŸŒˆ Very pleased to see this in print! The outcome of research by Steven Vaughan, Ben Weil and I on the experiences of LGBT+/Queer barristers within the heteronormative and masculinist environment of the Bar of England and Wales. What seems to be at stake in being an 'out' professional, how that gets navigated, and what it might cost. The possible forms of Professionalism: Credibility and the performance of queer sexualities among barristers in England and Wales. doi.org/10.1111/jols.12408

#lgbt #queer #lawyers #barristers #professionalism #LGBTHistoryMonth

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Marc · @mm
366 followers · 16 posts · Server todon.eu

๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ผ โ€๐Ÿ’ผ ๐ŸŒˆ Very pleased to see this in print! The outcome of research by Steven Vaughan, Ben Weil and I on the experiences of LGBT+/Queer barristers within the heteronormative and masculinist environment of the Bar of England and Wales. What seems to be at stake in being an 'out' professional, how that gets navigated, and what it might cost. The possible forms of Professionalism: Credibility and the performance of queer sexualities among barristers in England and Wales. doi.org/10.1111/jols.12408

#lgbt #queer #lawyers #barristers #professionalism #LGBTHistoryMonth

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Russell Sandberg · @sandbergrlaw
317 followers · 178 posts · Server toot.wales

Calling all practitioners, lecturers and law graduates

If you able to spare a few hours on the morning of Saturday 11th March to judge some moots as part of the student-run mooting event being held in Cardiff please complete this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

Please share

#solicitors #solicitor #barristers #barrister #lawyer #law #mooting #moot #Wales #southwales #cardiff

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Russell Sandberg · @sandbergrlaw
318 followers · 177 posts · Server toot.wales

Calling all legal practitioners in South Wales: Are you able to spare a few hours on the morning of Saturday 11th March to judge some moots as part of the student-run mooting event being held in person at Cardiff University in aid of The National Community Law Project?

If so, it would be great if you could please complete this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

Please share

#swansea #cardiff #southwales #Wales #barrister #solicitor #barristers #solicitors #lawyers #law

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โ€˜Overwhelmedโ€™ justice system failing victims of crime, CPS chief warns | The Independent




Exclusive: Max Hill KC says a barrister shortage has left the CPS โ€˜ringing aroundโ€™ to find lawyers for trials

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home

#cps #CPSChief #UKJusticeSystem #BarristerShortage #barristers

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Javier S. Eskauriatza · @js_eskau
285 followers · 150 posts · Server mastodon.online

@NadiaBernaz I can't imagine G. Nice would have said these things (or not in this way) so I put it on the journalist who has no idea and has simply not done the work. I think he does music journalism.

A related point is that the and calling for the same are getting lots of attention while the options discusses under the auspices of the Centre for (seemingly led by Marc Weller) have not. Unfortunate.

#law #international #lauterpacht #settlement #peace #barristers #tribunal #ukraine

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the trouble with mia · @fkamiah17
1156 followers · 7122 posts · Server mastodon.social

๐Ÿšจ SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO STRIKE - PLEASE SIGN๐Ÿšจ
wesayenough.co.uk/petition/
They're striking for us. Support your public services. Join a union. Any rights we have are ones that were fought for and don't let anyone tell you different.
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ โœŠ

#strikes #fairpay #gtto #enoughisenough #SOSNHS #supportyourpost #taxtherich #torycostofgreedcrisis #workersrights #humanrights #refugeeswelcome #nurses #barristers #teachers #SupportTheStrikes #ToryCorruption #ToriesOutForever #FBPR #europeanforever

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Juggling With Eggs · @JugglingWithEggs
669 followers · 908 posts · Server mstdn.social
Alison Padfield KC · @padfield
168 followers · 12 posts · Server mastodon.online

One of my highlights of 2022 was the publication in July of the
@FreeBarLGBT Visibility Project. Iโ€™m featured with 43 others including my 4 New Square Chambers colleague Clare Dixon KC - link here: tinyurl.com/29pjpee5 +

#chambers #barristers #lgbt

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Scrumples · @Scrumples
465 followers · 282 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
Communicourt · @Communicourt
30 followers · 9 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

We're building a library of free resources for professionals, & who are working with a client with a difficulty.

The Access Brief explores topics including:

- How to assist a client who has , , & other conditions which can impact communication.

- How to assist your client throughout proceedings, from conference to sentence.

- Tips for making easy read documents, checking understanding & more.

Visit: communicourt.co.uk/welcome-to-

#legal #barristers #solicitors #communication #ptsd #dementia #DLD

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Debauched In Oz · @debauchedInOz
13 followers · 430 posts · Server mastodon.online

RT @PunchBooks
Today's PUNCH Cartoon Classic. "Do you seriously expect this court to believe that you witnessed no illegal acts during your eight years on Mr Silver's shoulder?" Bud Handelsman 1979

#barristers #parrots #lawyers #justice #crime #witnesses #defence #courtroom #judges #legal #law

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Dinah Rose · @DinahRoseKC
0 followers · 2 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
seethrujustice · @seethrujustice
155 followers · 41 posts · Server mas.to

RT @thebarcouncil
The more the public know about the legal system, the better for the rule of law, says John Battle in a guest blog for the Bar Council. Read John's blog -
barcouncil.org.uk/resource/ope
@jgbattle

#journalism #courtreporting #lawyers #barristers #legal #courts #law #media

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anneeroper · @anneeroper
97 followers · 150 posts · Server mastodon.ie

@jessica
Bravo! More of non-jargon in a VERY good idea. During I thought of offering a course teaching how to be effective vis a vis cross exam etc. when on cam because most are not so hot at it...๐Ÿ˜‚ but then cases via zoom don't happen so often now...another inadvertent case of !

#legal #law #legaltech #covid #lawyers #barristers #solicitors #zoom #plannedobsolescence #lawcourts #4courts

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Inner Temple Library · @inner_temple
294 followers · 32 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

@SeanJones
Archbold is Red,
Blackstone's is Blue,
They were both out in October,
and we've got them for you x


#LawLibrary #law #lawyers #barristers #attorneys #lawprofs #lawyerlovepoems

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Sean Jones KC · @SeanJones
2316 followers · 257 posts · Server mastodon.social

Time to find out how many lawyers have made the jump. Lawyer love poems please.

The judge is in red,
my notebook is blue.
Give me your heart,
or youโ€™ll force me to sue.

#law #lawyers #barristers #attorneys #lawprofs #lawyerlovepoems

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Sean Jones KC · @SeanJones
3760 followers · 805 posts · Server mastodon.social

Time to find out how many lawyers have made the jump. Lawyer love poems please.

The judge is in red,
my notebook is blue.
Give me your heart,
or youโ€™ll force me to sue.

#law #lawyers #barristers #attorneys #lawprofs #lawyerlovepoems

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