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"THE founder of a US television station aimed at countering stereotypes of Muslims has been arrested and charged with beheading his wife" TV founder charged with beheading wife in Buffalo, New York From correspondents in New York AAP February 17, 2009 07:15pm...

When it comes to choosing what kind of lawyer to be, the answer is “rich”. Unfortunately, being rich is not as easy as it was in the bad old ’80s, when many law graduates were given a BMW right at the graduation ceremony. Luckily, however, there are still plenty of opportunities to get...

It was shit, literally: ""Whether it was the largest collection of lizard shit in the world is uncertain," he said." Student fuming over loss of lizard dung Posted 3 hours 51 minutes ago Updated 3 hours 50 minutes ago A British graduate student was left "reeling" after his...

Indonesian Obama lookalike cashes in January 20, 2009 11:00pm WITH his toothy smile, oversized ears and cropped black hair, Indonesian Ilham Anas is cashing in as a lookalike of US President-elect Barack Obama. The photographer is already a celebrity in Obama's former hometown of...

For everyone's interest, there's an article in today's (Friday 6 Feb 09) Australian Financial Review: Law clerks laid off as firms feel pinch Friday, 06 February 2009 | The Australian Financial Review | James Eyers On Monday night, nine of Deacons' 18 articled clerks in Melbourne received...

Canberra considers plan to attract lawyers to the bush Nicola Berkovic | January 30, 2009 Article from: The Australian THE Rudd Government is considering a plan to slash university debts for law students who agree to work in country towns. The Government is hoping the plan will ease...

Well, George Obama, not Barack Obama. Obama half-brother on drug charge The Kenyan half-brother of President Barack Obama has been arrested for alleged marijuana possession. George Obama was arrested in Nairobi with one joint of marijuana, police chief Joshua Omokulongolo said. "He...

No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else The “Butt” in this road, in South Yorkshire, probably refers to a container for collecting water. January 23, 2009 By SARAH LYALL CRAPSTONE, England — When ordering things by telephone, Stewart Pearce tends to take a proactive...

Sorry, ayds, not aids. AYDS Commercial Fail FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments

Here we go.... it will just get worse and worse. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/world/middleeast/15mideast.html?_r=1&hp January 15, 2009 Bin Laden, on Tape, Urges Holy War Over Gaza By ALAN COWELL AND GRAHAM BOWLEY In his first public statement over the 19-day Gaza conflict...

"... to replace the current LLB." Growing number? Anyone have any numbers on this? Interesting that they mentioned Uni of Melb and Monash as well. Western law debates change of LLB to JD

What were those metal bar / flashlight / firearm things they used to kill the female assassin?

Anyone choose clothes that seems (stupidly) weird when you look at the stuff you used to wear in '98? I'm wearing DKNY. I dunno, I just decided I don't wanna wear prada, dolce&gabbana or any of that shit. Boxer shorts ooooookay. :/ __________________ 2008 DKNY Bust: 94 Waist: 46...

Considering that it is one of the major points considered when kicking him out of contention for the Olympics, how would you feel if D'Arcy had been allowed to compete, and what if he had gone on to win a gold medal? I think the AOC made the right decision kicking him off, there would've been...

What are your opinions on this issue? I am tending to agree with employers on this one. Why would they want to hire someone who is very likely to take (potentially paid) leave soon? The employer would then either have to go through the hiring process again to find a maternity leave replacement...

Under what circumstances can solicitors make appearances in court? I've never been able to figure this one out. Besides taking the usual role of the instructor for a barrister in court.

YOU DESERVE IT If you lack the capacity to grow up, get the hell out of dodge and let someone else have a go at the opportunities you've had in life so far.

So is there anyone here who isn't looking to go into commercial law with a major law firm after graduation? ie. Anyone looking to go into human rights or community law etc?

Did anyone go to the recent RipCurl @ Bells/JanJuc? Anyway I just wanted to know how they allocate and score points in surfing competitions, and how they decide put which two competitors against each other, and how the two competitors compete in a heat. It's not like a tennis match where you...

Reading the Australian Financial Review today - the Australian Law Reform Commission upheld legal privilege protection for lawyers. This legal privilege was also extended to tax advice offered by tax accountants. That got me thinking - the obvious difference between a tax lawyer and a tax...