Author: katie-king

Exclusive SQE survey: sceptical students rank practical skills training over value for money — and want more lawtech courses

Legal Cheek research on the future of legal education and training revealed

May 23 2018 9:03am

There’s an incredible new Twitter account combining law and RuPaul’s Drag Race

Who knew American drag queens were such experts on the BPTC?

May 22 2018 9:17am

How one Westminster law student makes money photographing her law revision notes

50,000 people follow her journey through law school

May 21 2018 9:21am

Royal wedding: Suits actors arrive in London for former co-star’s big day

Doughty Street barrister Amal Clooney and ex-corporate lawyer Chelsy Davy also expected to attend big event

May 18 2018 10:47am

Solicitor sentenced to community service after bombarding law student with ‘creepy’ messages

He reportedly threatened to block her from practising law

May 17 2018 1:48pm

No-fault divorce gets the Supreme Court treatment

Lady Hale, who's hearing today's case, is a vocal supporter of divorce law reform

May 17 2018 9:03am

Durham Law School teams up with BARBRI to offer New York and California bar course

Exclusive: New students to start in September

May 15 2018 10:22am

The super-exam uncertainty that lies ahead

The SQE presents an opportunity 'to do something dynamic and innovative', says ULaw chief Peter Crisp, if a clear framework can be agreed

May 15 2018 9:09am

In the Supreme Court today: Is denying straight couples a civil partnership unlawful?

Lady Hale to hear boyfriend and girlfriend's human rights challenge

May 14 2018 9:16am

‘My cerebral palsy may affect my speech and mobility, but it won’t stop me becoming a barrister’

Law graduate Daniel Holt hopes to start BPTC this September and is 'very confident' he'll secure pupillage

May 11 2018 9:09am

Tort lawyers won’t be required in 30 years, suggests top judge

Could Donoghue v Stevenson be ditched from law school syllabuses?

May 10 2018 2:35pm

A ‘golden ticket’ to training contract glory, or losing its shine? Legal Cheek explores the Oxbridge law degree

Recruitment teams still dazzled by high-status law schools, despite so-so performance in rankings

May 10 2018 9:07am

Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report

As MPs vote against reversing legal aid changes

May 9 2018 3:46pm

The story of Christabel Pankhurst, the law graduate suffragette barred from joining an Inn

We pick up the trail of the female suffrage campaigner coined 'Queen of the Mob' by the press, 100 years after (some) women got the vote

May 9 2018 9:18am