Legal TV UK online / Englisches Online Juristenfernsehen
am 21.08.2006 von http://transblawg.eu
legaltv.co.uk is a TV channel which has apparently been online (and on Sky) since February. It calls itself ‘The law firm in your living room’.
Via RollOnFriday:
A spokeswoman told us that the channel launched back in February, although no one noticed, and it is targeting students, qualified lawyers and, err, really just the public generally. Rather alarmingly, it aims to be a “law firm in your living room” …
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